Exactly What Was Prescribed

The footage shows Radcliff beat Gillenwater on the draw and fire a shot that hits the robber in the chest. A second shot hits Gillenwater's gun, knocking it to the floor. As Gillenwater runs off camera, Radcliff fires a third shot that hits the suspect in the abdomen and brings him down. [More]

He was lucky.

Not because he was prepared and capable, but because he wasn't working at some place like Walgreens, where corporate risk managers place their gutless policies above the lives of employees and customers.