[wideawake]

If the guy killed someone after they had fled several blocks from his property, I don't see how he could legally escape jail time.

[SeaHawkFan]

In the State of Washington and given these facts, you can do just that if you first tell a fleeing felon to stop or you will shoot. Ironically, a law enforcement officer cannot do the same.

[Emperor Palpatine]

It figures an authoritarian-statist JBT boot-licker like you would back up the authorities on this one.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I wouldn’t presume to speak for the law or for others, but I personally wouldn’t want to to have to live with having shot someone who was fleeing. If I read this right, the attempted theft was foiled so the thief didn’t have any of the guy’s property. On the other hand, the guy was a victim when the thief came after his stuff.

[muawiyah]

THe man had been armed with a deadly weapon ~ who knew what else he might have had. It's necessary to track down a thief under these circumstances and detain him lest he return at a later time to kill you because you are an eye-witness.

The thief didn't wish to be detained; therefore it was OK to shoot him.

That's the way I see it. Self-defense, end to end.

Surprised they had a judge on this case who is unable to think like a crook ~