re: #355 Gus

OK. So this NYPD officer shot some innocent bystanders. Question…

Had they not been injured in the indiscriminate fire would more people have been killed?

Seems like the shooter was after just one person:

Ercolino was walking toward Hazan Imports, across 33rd Street from the Empire State Building, and stopped to talk to a colleague. Johnson, dressed in a suit and tie and carrying a black canvas bag, walked up and shot Ercolino at close range, police said, and then stood over the man and shot him again - a total of five shots.

HISTORY OF ANIMOSITY

Johnson, carrying a second magazine in his bag, then walked “calmly” a block away, police said, past two officers stationed in front of the entrance to the Empire State Building.

A pair of construction workers who witnessed the shooting followed Johnson and tipped off the officers, pointing at Johnson as he passed, police said.

The two cops approached Johnson, who drew his gun, turned and pointed it directly at the officers from about eight feet away, police said. Police opened fire and shot him, Police Department spokesman Paul Browne told reporters.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-shooting-empirestatebre87n0m2-20120824,0,4180453.story