Was in the position to shoot twice, managed to get out of having to pull the trigger. I ended up going hand to hand both times, one guy had a knife the other a hammer.
The guy with the hammer was threatening both my partner and I, my partner jumped on him as I was pulling the trigger. I had a few words with my partner later on. He was my best friend and I could have ended up shooting him.
The knife suspect was released by a judge who declared him incapable of standnig trial and he was "not a danger to himself or others" just because he tried to knife a cop. Same suspect was later shot and wounded 6 months later by another Officer who was jumped in a supposedly abandoned building. The guy did serious injury to a K9 that was sent in to get him later.
Seriously this is something not to be made light of, being in these situations isn't fun or funny, particularly at the time.