Hmmm, looks like a outrageously over the top response to a situation.
From the picture in the initial link, I can see 11 shot holes in the windshield glass - difficult to place the angle of firing & hence the shot directions into the car. From the photo slide-show option, there are 3 separate shot holes (entry or exit?) on the passenger's side window; again, no angle calculations possible.
The press report stated that an officer heard a verbal threat:
Sheriff John Rutherford said the suspect said, "I'm going to kill you," and an officer who was “fairly close to the vehicle” at the scene didn't know if the man was referring to him or the woman driving the car.
Subsequently:
According to Rutherford, after the car was carjacked, five officers responding to the scene fired 42 shots at the car as it drove away, including the officer who shot at the suspect while at Wendy's, two officers as the car drove off and two officers as the car drove over the median in the road.
Rutherford said the officer fired a shotgun at the suspect before he got into the car, forced the woman into the passenger seat and began driving away.
Now, it doesn't state it as such, but it seems very likely that the first officer may have fired first considering (in a split second) possible loss of life consequences. A thought - unless the shotgun had a "low injury" cartridge/charge, then that on its own was a huge risk to others close-by - & the officer missed!
However, the remaining 42 shots were
all fired by 4 officers at a
moving target with little or no chance for the officers to communicate about the circumstances, the hostage, or other potential occupants of the car. Note that the woman driver was in the
passenger seat - how many bullet holes in the windshield & passenger door....??? Also, there seemed to be little regard for the safety of any bystanders, etc.
So, first shot, probable good call - but lousy shooting.
All remaining shots = excessive force, hugely dangerous to the public & not warranted.
[Oh, a national-level shooting instructor & assessor, who last handled a Glock in Niagara Falls late last year. Ex-military, with live-arm requirements & lots of hand gun competitions]