A lvl 1 with 10 strength and heavy handed, can beat a guy into submission and kill him. It is possible, it has happened, and will happen again.
I wont shoot an unarmed guy nearby me, but the second he starts moving in my direction, not cool.
And whats a lvl 1 doing in an unsafe area with minigun toting peeps anyways? Sounds like this lvl 1 should be out in the waste shooting things up getting some levels.