.22 long rifle is about the lightest ammo there is I'd never try to use it as a man stopper even if firing 7 or 8 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle. Dude is lucky they ran like the pussy cowards they are, they had him way outgunned.
I thought it would be an all out shooting war with the gangs. I've always known that regardless, as soon as the heat gets lowered the violent crime restarts anew.