I don't know about you, but my bedroom is illuminated enough at night (between my clock and a night-light I have so I don't bang into furniture getting to the bathroom) that I can make out the shape of an intruder well enough to accurately aim, even if not illuminated enough to see who it is.
In the darkness, they shouted to warn the intruder to leave and that they had a gun, but Ripple continued walking through the bedroom, and Justice fired one shot, police said.
Upon being challenged, this was the opportunity for an intruder to freeze and declare peaceful intentions. She apparently did not. Her loss.
“..that I can make out the shape of an intruder well enough to accurately aim, even if not illuminated enough to see who it is.”
Frankly I can’t recall a bedroom of mine that WASN’T illuminated enough to allow me to spot the size of anyone moving around in there.