... So strange, why would you shoot a man who's stealing? You might actually get arrested instead for assault, not to mention if you made a mistake, you're in shit, knee deep...

I rather do this, confirm that the person is stealing, make sure what he's stealing is actually vital for survival and that he's doing it for a good cause. Ignore him if it is, but investigate further... And if all goes wrong, or if he's just being greedy or if he was a bitch stealing/looting or if he harmed another innocent bystander. Well... Go kung fu on his ass, it's easy, c'mon.

Or if not, just go into an all out brawl.