The Red Eye was hit by the bullet at point blank, range, it's eye and it's brain matter be blasted open, but it was beyond it's already damaged brain. It's teeth were embedded into Nikolai's arm tearing at it's claws twitching and clawing at whatever it could going over his chest. This lasted, but for a moment, before it stopped moving, the creature finally dying and releasing Nikolai's mangled arm, that looked as if it were about to fall off at the slightest movement.