Kadawatha Checkpoint Shooting: Teen Hurt After Unlicensed Driver Didn't Stop — Justified?

On Oct 31 near Mahakade Junction, Kadawatha, a three-wheeler failed to stop at a police checkpoint. A 17-year-old was driving without a licence; officers opened fire, and his 16-year-old passenger was hit and hospitalised at Ragama (reported not serious). Police then posted on social media telling people to "be a law-abiding citizen," without explaining what threat made gunfire necessary or whether the shooting itself will be investigated. One side: checkpoints exist because vehicles bolt constantly, officers have seconds to decide, and if drivers simply stopped, nobody gets shot. The other side: failing to stop at a checkpoint is not, on its own, grounds for lethal force, especially when the risk lands on an uninvolved minor passenger rather than the driver who ran. Separately, a 17-year-old driving a three-wheeler with no licence is its own everyday problem on our roads, shooting incident aside. Have you seen checkpoints handled calmly, or is this kind of escalation becoming normal? Where's the line between enforcing the law and endangering the people in the vehicle? ඔබේ අදහස මොකක්ද? පාර නොනැවතීම වෙඩි තියීමට හේතුවක් වෙනවද?