I'm betting they had 9mm.
Doubt it would do much without a several head shots.
I would think roid rage has simularities with PCP.
My wife the trauma nurse has noticed a trend: the bigger someone is, be it muscle or fat, the more likely they are to survive being shot. Penetration becomes a Very Big Deal with larger attackers. I personally met a man who survived being shot with a full mag frmo a Browning High Power: 13 rounds of 9mm goodness didn;t even knock him on his *expletive deleted*ss. He
walked home and called 911. This guy was really, really fat. 400+ pounds before the shooting, 300lbs after recovery.
Roids are most similar to testosterone, not an hallucinogen. In the long term, they stimulate muscle recovery. In the short term, they can increase aggression. IOW, increase the size of the *expletive deleted*hole both physically and socially.
9mm? Pfft. Grab a blunt object, a piece of rebar will do just nicely, take a hard swing at the head or knees, he will go down like a ton of Obama if you make contact with either, if he gets a limb in the way to block it, that will get broken, so simply repeat the process.
I swear that people make this a lot more complicated than it needs to be. I think the cops on the scene were the new age type- all high speed low drag until they come across someone that challenges them. I've seen an old school Vietnam Vet cop who couldn't have weighed in at more than 150lbs take down multiple hopped up big brawlers with nothing more than a night stick.
Being less susceptible to GSW trauma but still susceptible to blunt force trauma directed at CNS or joints are not mutually exclusive.
The beat cop equivalent of SWATties who futz around in full view of the objective house's front windows and then stack up like a chinese fire drill at the entrance. The day these jokers go up against a truly dangerous man, half won't make it home that night.