It was a bad shoot, period.
I remember my Brother brandished his Carry Pistol once and the wannabe Perp turned around and ran. If he advanced in a threatening manner, the rules would have changed.
That is the best outcome for the potential Victim and the Perp. Even when the shoot is 100% justified, you end up taking a ride to the Police Station. To think otherwise is to make the false assumption that the Authorities support your Second Amendment Rights. They merely tolerate your Rights at best.
The two kids were stupid Punks, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to shoot them in the back.
Just my $.02, your mileage may vary.
I’m in Texas and have past military and LEO experience and I’m not too sure I could charge with what evidence I know of now. I still haven’t read whether the car in the garage was his or theirs. With that said I’m going to go with it being his car. I walk into my garage and find three individuals who I do not know sitting in my car, I have probable cause. I might add that at that point myself and anybody else in that position is going to experience a fear of life. In what I can only imagine was quite a melee once the shooting started pretty much throws all the rules out the door. At this point you don’t know who’s armed and who’s not and I’m not going to wait until I’m shot or stabbed to find out. It’s kind of like past Military ROI’s demanding one must be shot at before engaging. People get shot for allot of stupid things and it’s not up to me to determine their IQ.