I take your point about the person who panics, the young individual who, for whatever reason, just doesn't know what to do and is scared, who has never committed a serious act or contemplated doing such a thing, and yes, they engaged in a reckless act that could have killed people.
Je prends bonne note de votre argument au sujet des gens qui paniquent, des jeunes qui, pour une raison quelconque, ne savent quoi faire et ont peur, même s'ils n'ont jamais commis d'acte grave ni envisagé de le faire.