he also shot a cop on his way out of the couthouse, stole a car, broke into a womans house, made her follow him in her car so he could ditch the stolen one, drove her car (with her) back to her house, where they chilled for a few hours, and then finally called himself in.

Sounds to me like buddy was playing real-life grand theft auto.
If you ask me, they should have just shot him when they caught him, who kills a judge man!? lol that dude is crazy, heat him up and then we can be done with it.