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"Worried that the naked man could harm his neighbors, Kerr decided to chase the man down the street,"

Okay. Why did he chase naked man on drugs?

"‘Come on out … the police officers are driving up the street. They’ll be here in just a second,’” Kerr recollected telling the man."

So he chased naked man on drugs to talk to him. Okay so far.

"Kerr said that the intruder got up and began trying to hit Kerr with a three-foot-long and several inch thick stick. That was when Kerr pulled out his weapon."

Good. He didn't pull the weapon before naked man on drugs tried to hit him with enough force to cause severe bodily injury or death.

"Kerr said he had aimed for the man’s hands when he shot him, in hopes of getting the intruder to drop the stick."

Kerr is such a nice man, although his target choice might not have stopped the attacker and might have left kerr in mortal danger. At least he didn't shoot to kill, which is good. Shooting to more surely stop the attack might have been better.

If there was nothing more essential to the case and I was on the jury, I'm guessing that I would vote "not guilty." Can't say that I'd risk as much as Kerr did, though.