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And running away works surprisingly well. It's way way harder to hit someone running with a handgun than most people estimate.
Also, potential to survive wound. ~16% global mortality of single gunshot wound w/ medical treatment?
Criminal's payoff matrix also matters. For example, forcing somebody to move even a small distance can bump a fairly minor assault and/or robbery charge up to much more serious kidnapping charge, which means that simply executing you later will remove 1. a witness and 2. An incredibly cunning, desperate, and dangerous entity that may have hidden weapons, unexpected combat capabilities, and hidden means of calling allies, without increasing their sentence very much if they are caught.
There's also a significant chance they don't actually want to discharge the firearm in the current location and are hoping you just quietly go.
That too, not to mention that murder specifically is always investigated but assault might not be.