The trespasser was armed with his fists and a 40 lb weight advantage. I do not fault the homeowner for arming himself against an obvious threat and I certainly won’t second guess him for shooting when the trespasser made contact and then grabbed for the gun.
Some other posters hint that the ex husband was goaded into confrontation by the ex wife. The Ironic thing is if, instead of rushing toward the armed property owner, he had simply walked to the street and pulled out his phone he would have some pretty damning video for use in family court.
I do not fault the homeowner for arming himself against an obvious threat
***As I stated, he came OUTSIDE to wave his gun around. That aint no longer defending yer castle, it is displaying your superiority of weapons confrontation.
and I certainly won’t second guess him for shooting when the trespasser made contact and then grabbed for the gun.
***The victim was shot several feet away, off the porch, no longer grabbing for the gun. He mighta been charging. But the shooter was no longer defending his castle, he was AWAY from his castle shooting back towards it.
Oh well, it doesn’t look like we lost a bright shining exemplar of humanity on this round, but I still say it was a bad shoot. No charges when a man lost his life? At the very least, reckless endangerment or involuntary manslaughter, get it pleaded down to a misdemeanor.
As stupid as the victim was, it makes me wonder if he had a high blood alcohol [or sumthin similar] content.