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I don’t know about baseball, but I know that the decision to fire that second shot was already made and it was not likely the officer could have changed that decision. Studies have been done in reaction time, which is defined as an officer perceiving or recognizing a threat plus the time involved in their action, in this case, firing those shots. There is simply not enough time to perceive that the suspect had thrown the gun, then decide not to fire that second shot. It’s just not possible, which is why a jury did not convict.
You may be right. Baseball aside, I know what it's like to fire off rounds from a handgun. I'd love to see a study that's measuring decision-making between shots, and not some other unrelated action. Firing that second shot isn't a new decision-making process. It's a continuation of the one you're in. Close to two seconds is not a short interval when popping off rounds.
Now if you're saying that once the first shot is fired then it's decided the trigger is getting pulled until all movement ceases, fair enough. That's more a matter of philosophy than physiology.