“There could be tens of thousands of reliable, decent people who saw the predator swing first and saw Harris use only the force necessary to stop that immediate threat.”
That defense does not work when the accused tracks someone down, initiates a confrontation and then shoots to kill.
Melvin will be living in a gated community for quite some time.
He didn’t shoot him, he beat him to death. No gun in the story.
Where did it say that a gun was involved?