Despite all the guns drawn in Thornton the shooter got away and wasn't captured until the next morning. The wanna be hero's who drew their weapons didn't do anything to diffuse the situation. The real hero was the guy who pulled out a pen and jotted down the maniac's license plate number. If he hadn't had done that he may still be on the run. Animal cruelty and domestic violence on the Texas maniac's spouse and child is an indicator that he is violent but hindsight is 20/20. At least he was stupid enough to commit his ultimate act of violence in Texas. They aren't as squeamish about the death penalty for hate crimes as Colorado is.