No argument from me ZF, but let me ask you something. Were you his legal representative, how would you be able to prove self defense? Sure, he may have seen a sudden movement that made him assume incorrectly, but is that a cogent defense? With the lack of a weapon, and his exit from the scene without reporting the incident to the authorities, I really wouldn’t want to be him. I honestly do not see any way he’d get away with this, and that is without the media attention this case is getting. This is a man in serious need of Alladin’s genie, and even then it may not be sufficient.
We’ll see what comes to light in the months ahead. A forensic team will comb the SUV for any evidence left unscrubbed and if he’s lucky, they’ll find something corroborating his claims. The smart thing to do would have been to call 911, but it’s clear that not everyone thinks straight after having been involved in a shooting.