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Originally posted by ironchef82
He did this in order to create a diversion so that the kid could naturally escape. The terrorists knew that once the kid was taken into custody, their leverage would be taken out of play and their boss (Salazar) would still be in jail. In order to prevent that, the guy had to create chaos and hope that the kid would become free in the resulting chaos, which judging from the previews of next week, this indeed will happen. Then they can go ahead and capture him and then proceed to use him to spread the virus.
The guy wouldn't shoot the kid, this would also negate the only thing they have in hoping to get Salazar out of jail.
--wow Tikki, we posted at like the same time--
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The guy knew that CTU had surrounded the mall. His partner (the mole at CTU) told him to abort. Shooting Tony may have been a diversion, but there's no way he could be sure that the kid would escape. If anything, it was a desperation move.