Back to the Target Range, Men

According to the New York Times, a man who lost his job shot a co-worker outside the Empire State Building.  Two cops arrived, the man took one shot at them, and they returned fire, killing him.  It also says that nine other people were wounded, and that, according to the number of shots fired and bullets left, the gunman could have only been responsible for one of those injuries.  It also says the cops shot at him from eight feet away, firing 16 shots total.  And wounded at least eight innocent bystanders?  Somehow I doubt that those people were running between the cops and the gunman after he'd already fired five shots at his co-worker.   What?