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49. Jesus H. Christ on a trailer hitch!

Are you channeling Gene Siskel? I ask because the late film critic for the Chicago Tribune had the same ability to watch a film and grossly misunderstand what he had seen. (a classic Siskel gaffe was him jumping up and down about the Rambo character in First Blood "killing all those people" when, in fact, Rambo went out of his way to avoid killing people. As I recall, the only certain fatality was the sadistic cop who fell out of the helicopter while he was trying to shoot Rambo who was trapped on the side of a cliff.)
Getting back to your analysis, Harry shot four people, all of whom had guns and were shooting at him. Whether they were trying to kill him or merely wound him is irrelevant because even in bass ackward Illinois, it would be considered attempted murder. It would also be considered four situations where deadly force was not only justifiable, but necessary as well.
Then, the guy in the yellow shirt who was apparently only hit in his right arm, gets up and grabs a hostage. Harry is about three feet away and has his pistol aimed at the guy's head. The guy's gun is NOT pointed at the hostage. It is NOT pointed at Harry. It IS pointed upwards in the general direction of the ceiling.
Now, if Harry was as bloodthirsty and homicidal as you believe, and he truly wanted to blow the man's head off, HE WOULD HAVE! An armed robber who shot at Harry and has a hostage? There isn't a review board or jury in the country that would find him guilty of murder or misuse of deadly force (unless, of course, it was a jury composed of twelve people like you)
No, Harry gave the man a chance, just as he gave all four of them a chance when he ordered them to drop their guns at the beginning of the confrontation. He was telling him, "Right now you are alive. If you put the gun down, you will stay alive. If you point the gun at the woman or me, you will die."
Aside from that, kudos on shining the light on yet another example of why Republicons should not be allowed to run anything more important than the fry machine at McDonald's and even that might be too much responsiblilty.