Hi all,
Bad guy is caught by surprise by the good guys and tries to escape by taking one hostage at gunpoint. Turns out later the gun was a stage prop.
Couple of questions:
1) One of the good guys, who walks in on the hostage situation, is a cop. Would he draw his gun and demand that the bad guy drop his weapon? Or would that be seen as a risky thing to do in that situation? He's a young officer, not necessarily experienced in this sort of situation. How would he have been trained to handle it?
2) After the bad guy is caught and the good guys discover that the gun was a fake, what does this mean in terms of prosecuting the bad guy? There are other potential charges against him, but for the sake of argument, if those didn't exist, would there be a case against him for the hostage taking if the gun he used wasn't real?
Thanks in advance!
Bad guy is caught by surprise by the good guys and tries to escape by taking one hostage at gunpoint. Turns out later the gun was a stage prop.
Couple of questions:
1) One of the good guys, who walks in on the hostage situation, is a cop. Would he draw his gun and demand that the bad guy drop his weapon? Or would that be seen as a risky thing to do in that situation? He's a young officer, not necessarily experienced in this sort of situation. How would he have been trained to handle it?
2) After the bad guy is caught and the good guys discover that the gun was a fake, what does this mean in terms of prosecuting the bad guy? There are other potential charges against him, but for the sake of argument, if those didn't exist, would there be a case against him for the hostage taking if the gun he used wasn't real?
Thanks in advance!