Colonel Mustard Here,
As any bit of research will show most shootings involving the average officer (not those that train day in and day out) accuracy drops significantly. Adrenaline, weather, nerves, fear, etc can all cause accuracy to drop. Add to this that maybe they were threat focused and had visual exclusion and had difficulty accessing their sights. It is easy to sit back and say "oh on the range I'd do this" when in fact so much more factors into a real shooting.
As any bit of research will show most shootings involving the average officer (not those that train day in and day out) accuracy drops significantly. Adrenaline, weather, nerves, fear, etc can all cause accuracy to drop. Add to this that maybe they were threat focused and had visual exclusion and had difficulty accessing their sights. It is easy to sit back and say "oh on the range I'd do this" when in fact so much more factors into a real shooting.