http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/aug/19/dairy-queen-employee-shoots-sword-wielding-robber-/ "An employee at a southeastern valley Dairy Queen today shot a sword-wielding robber, who later died, police said." Nothing macho about them. They just wanted to live.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/andrew-lee-scott-dead_n_1679408.html Police in Florida fatally shot an innocent man over the weekend after they mistook him for an attempted murder suspect.