Quite possibly. There is, however, a word that describes a killing committed in order to silence witnesses. That word is murder.
well there's his words and let's ask the burglars...."..." not much there. their silence is just ONE of the reasons they were shot. Breaking into his house, his fear, stealing from him, destroying his property. those are some of the other reasons why he may have shot them
I'd no bill him and get the county to pay for clean up and fumigation. He did everybody a favor but since the cops weren't doing their jobs and nobody helped him, he just fixed the problem. He didn't put a patch on the problem, didn't delay repair of the problem and didn't burden his neighbors with letting the problem get into their houses. He just fixed a problem permanently. Problem solved, no more burglaries from this pair of miscreants.
Lots of wasted time and money spent on these two. Money that could go for "educating the children" , "global warming/climate change research", "prenatal care", "paying for more police protection" or "infrastructure" instead of spending resources prosecuting an old man. hahahahahahaha God, I could be a democrat politician.