A screwdriver is quite obviously a deadly weapon. From the little snippet I read, the guy holding it most certainly intended to use it as such. Do you really think it is smart practice to respond to deadly threats with anything less than the same? The number or placement shots is of no consequence. Cops are trained to apply reasonable force until the threat is eliminated and there are plenty examples of criminals taking several rounds and going on to kill innocent people.

How is it these rogue cops get away with being brutal, cold, mindless killers? Do you really think we live in a society and have a legal system that would allow that? You have no idea how closely these events are scrutinized, analyzed and rehashed in court as they are held up against very clearly established standards of "reasonable."

Back to the girl, the issue isn't just "was she a threat to the officer," but was she a threat to herself or others. As someone else hypothesized, what if she ran into traffic and caused a 5 car pile up killing innocent people in the process.