Raptor, you're from south Florida, so let's try this out as a roundworld scenario. (Let us assume that Willikens had not been deputized and was acting as a private citizen at the end of Snuff).
Will E. Kins, a regular citizen who also happens to be the janitor working in the office of Dade Country sheriff Stan Vines, has been riding on I-95 in his Camaro following a police van that he knows is carrying Joe Stratford, a ruthless serial murderer, from its starting point at Ft. Lauderdale police headquarters to Dade County Correctional. Suddenly, the van veers off the road and crashes into a ditch. Kins pulls over to observe.
Moments later, the back of the van blows open. Two bodies are thrown out. Kins emerges, free from his shackles, carrying a gun. Kids steps out of his car, unsheaths the Glock from his hip holster, aims it at Stratford, and tells him to drop his weapon. Stratford thinks for a moment, and then aims his gun at Kins. Kins fires first, killing Stratford. Kins gets into his car and drives away.
Sheriff Vines hears about this event over the radio. He knows that Kins is a crack shot and is rumored to have a violent criminal past, although he has never been arrested. He also saw Kins' Camaro following the van when it left the Ft. Lauderdale police station and, in the past, has often heard Kins talking about the merits of vigilante justice. He knows that Kins carries a Glock .44 caliber gun with him at all times, and also has heard from forensics that Stratford was killed by a .44 bullet, while the other policemen were killed with bullets from their own service revolvers.
In this situation, do you believe that Vins would simply let this matter rest and choose not to ask Kins where he was at the time of Stratford's death? Do you think Vins would choose not to investigate the killing? Do you think that Kins was acting purely in self defense when he killed Stratford, even though he clearly was following the van, anticipating a possible confrontation?
