[Dead Corpse]

...the question may be was his response a legally proportionate response to the attacks on him.

And here comes the moral relativism. He was ATTACKED. The appropriate response is entirely up to him and should not be subject to legal word-play and hind-sight armchair quarter -backing.

[TexasGunLover]

And here comes the moral relativism. He was ATTACKED. The appropriate response is entirely up to him and should not be subject to legal word-play and hind-sight armchair quarter -backing.

He was attacked and pursued! He showed great restraint even with an attacker 4 feet away and didn't shoot until the moron charged him (this was the ex-con with a handgun that got his bicep blown off).