Why did Frank shoot Al in the head?

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gpapa1998-24-961204 — 10 years ago(July 15, 2015 12:25 PM)

And he wasn't even certain that the gun was empty. Why did he shoot him in the head? The gun was empty by chance. Why did he risk killing him?

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JoeSchmoe007 — 10 years ago(November 15, 2015 06:18 PM)

He secretly didn't like him and wanted another partner.

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Scaar_Alexander — 10 years ago(December 25, 2015 01:47 PM)

To me, the gun wasn't empty by chance. A clever bad guy wouldn't want his new business partner to have a murder on his hands the day they start making business, especially as he isn't a killer. It wouldn't be professional. I think Frank may have thought the same thing.

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gpapa1998-24-961204 — 10 years ago(December 25, 2015 03:37 PM)

But Frank was not a bad guy.

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fjch1997 — 10 years ago(January 31, 2016 11:06 PM)

Frank cannot possibly know whether the gun was empty for sure. But if the gun really had bullets in it, he would have to do it anyway. Because If he don't, they will. And it will kill both of them.

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nine_inch_nailed — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 02:18 PM)

He kills and arrests the bad guys afterwards anyway.
Great police work lol

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gpapa1998-24-961204 — 9 years ago(May 22, 2016 01:14 AM)

So if Frank didn't risk Al's life, they would have killed Frank and Al am I right? In that case why wouldn't Frank just shoot the bad guys in self defense?

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gpmjobs — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 03:36 AM)

Because if the gun was empty he would have given himself away and they'd both have been shot anyway, the option of the gun being empty was always there so he didn't know.