You can shoot to protect your property under certain circumstances here in Texas, especially at night.I don’t believe many other states have these provisions, though, and I’d be surprised if California does.
That is undoubtedly true. However, how is it protecting one’s property to shoot a burglar who is fleeing from one’s property and stumbles in an alley? That’s retribution, not self defense or protecting one’s property. I would have had no problem if he had shot while he was being tackled, or perhaps even if she were shot during the act of burglary. Shooting the robber while she was fleeing is not self defense, property defense, or any other kind of defense, though. It’s murder plain and simple.