Originally Posted by
Silver02ex
This question comes up alot. I suggest you pull up some security footage of some robberies or home invasion on YouTube. Most of the time the bad guy will start running when they start to get shot at. This usually is over in less than 5 seconds. What you see in Hollywood is not real life. Shoot out don't last until the police shows up.
Except we aren't talking about robberies where people don't want to get caught. We are talking about situations like terrorism or mass executions where, almost always, the person kills until he is killed or until he can only kill himself. Cops showing up only present more targets.