LMPD shoots robbery suspect in the Portland neighborhood

To pull a gun you need to have justification to shoot, otherwise you're asking for legal trouble.

If someone's being hit while on the ground, I take that as intent to cause serious harm. The same applies to those ****** only taking blows not exchanging blows and are clearly losing the fight. There are those who'd charge someone for pulling a gun in a fight if the other person had no weapon. Those people haven't won that kind of case in years. George Zimmerman is an example.

The relatively young homicide detective called to the stand to testify will invariably have far less experience and expertise than the retired homicide detectives called as expert witnesses for the defense.

Getting in a fistfight is a dangerous proposition. A group of gang punks attacking a mom and her son are literally inviting any nearby person to fill them full of lead. Homicide will be able to offer their angry families a moment of silence on TV, but not a winning case.