And you say he figured ALL THAT OUT , just as the trunk opened , and he realized the dude in the trunk had not killed him . Is this a sentence ? I don ' t even know what you mean by this . had not killed him . what ? ? He didn ' t figure anything out , I ' m sure they were actively looking for a fugitive and his mother ' s car is a pretty decent guess . He didn ' t CLEARLY see the guy wasn ' t armed . The moment the trunk started to open he went to close it until he was in a spot where he could protect himself and , possibly , others . It ' s really easy for you to say this after the fact . You were not in his position . You know he wasn ' t armed , the cop didn ' t in that moment . If he waited to see if the guy was armed , he would ' ve been shot . You know who the idiot is ? The fking guy who was a fugitive on the run . Don ' t be a fugitive on the run and you can prevent anything bad possibly happening to you .