think of the options . manually take suspect down.. possible injury to both LEO and to suspect. Taze the suspect.. not knowing if elderly suspect has a heart condition or pacemaker.. pt could go into cardiac arrest as well as hurt herself falling from tazer shock. eg. suspect could die and last shot suspect.. always the last resort put could potentially die from wounds to werever the shot is at.pt on blood thinners or just being elderly making her more suceptable to injury. working in the medical field myself.. would you rather tend to a broken bone and bloodtrauma from an impact.. deal with performing CPR (breaks the sternum when done correctly) while waiting for EMS to revive pt if she went into cardiac arrest or needs the paddles.. or well dies from either tazer shock or gun shot? in the end the best for the LEO and the suspect is what was done...