Larry Jaques writes:

LEOs are awfully irritated when you shoot fleeing banditos.
I wonder how they feel when you shoot the fleeing vehikules.

Arresting a fleeing felon is lawful. Just what means are lawful to do so
is indeed a difficult question. But my curiousity is whether bird shot
will in fact deflate a tire, because tactically, tires are next to
impossible to hit at all with bullets.