How can police be sure theres not a child in the back seat? Seems somewhat reckless to shoot into a car when they dont know what/who else might be in it. Shooting out a tire or into the engine compartment I can see...
I reckon when you start a gunfight with the police, it falls on the suspect if anyone in the vehicle is endangered.
No, that's incorrect. Every time I've started a gunfight with police, they've always asked (politely I might add) if there were others in the car, before returning fire.