Both officers were very, very lucky. The perp's woeful shooting saved them as much if not more than them shooting back. The rifles vs pistols thing also applies. Unless you are wearing military grade armour a COM hit from any rifle round with more grunt than a .22LR means you will likely stay hit. That guy went into spray and pray mode and fortunately most of his shots were total misses with only two peripheral hits, although those are bad enough.
Aimed shots are much more deadly. Sadly a Nye county deputy was killed in 2010 by a domestic abuser with an SKS who bothered to aim. He hit the officer three times with one round penetrating his vest, although it was never made clear if that was the fatal injury. The perp was terminated by another deputy on the scene.
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