Attacking Wanted Friendly

Sometimes I'll be in a Federation system (I'm friendly with the Federation) and there is a wanted criminal with, let's say 15000 credit bounty on him with the Federation. He is green on my UI. I shoot him, he turns red. I take him down, get the bounty, but then everyone, including the Security, becomes red on my UI, but I am not wanted, and I have yet to have the Security shoot me for this reason (typically leave before they may have a chance). Can someone explain to me why this happens?
 
I think it's still with the AI that they follow faction hostility before 'wanted' status, and don't get wanted status for hitting a clean ship (i.e. you). If you FSD out and back in, they stop chasing though.

They even do it if they were firing on the same target 5 seconds ago.
 
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