What if the resident hadn't been at home because he/she went to work as normal? What if without a lockdown the search radius widens so much that the suspect is

What if the resident hadn't been at home because he/she went to work as normal? What if without a lockdown the search radius widens so much that the suspect is able to escape a great distance? How on earth can you rely on the suspect being too injured to move? Don't you think the lockdown was part of the reason the suspect was forced to hide in the first place, and part of the reason the resident was present and primed for anything different going on?