> Washington's mother, Corine Goodman, said the shooter should have stopped firing as soon as there was no longer a threat. > > 'If you had to kill him, I can deal with that. I can come to grips with that. He did something wrong, I understand that,' she said at the time. > > 'But for him to be shot four times in the back leaving and when he falls down and he shoots him four more times. He abused him.' The hero did exactly what you said, he stopped firing once there was no longer a threat.