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They mention in the article, the four kids were overheard on 911 tapes yelling racial epithats. Sounds like they did call the cops. From the article, it's hard to know what happened between then and when the cops got there. Something must have happened in order to escalate this.

Read it again, It says the 911 call was made after the shooting, not before. The guy was in the wrong. Staying in the house and calling 911 would have been the way to go. If they attempted to enter then you shoot, but not out on the street. The only thing I disagree on is the possession law, which I think is wrong. As far as the shooting goes the facts, as given in the article, do not justify the guy shooting the kid. Running your mouth isn't a life threatening offense.

"Read it again, It says the 911 call was made after the shooting, not before."

It doesn't say that exactly. It says on the 911 call one of the kids can be heard yelling racial epithats and vowing to avenge the victim. I didn't pick up on the vowing to avenge the victim part in my first read. My bad. However, 4 teenage youths I don't know out in front of my house and challenging my son to a fight and who knows what else they were saying, I would feel threatened and I would arm myself. He screwed up by shooting them in the street and not calling the cops first. These 4 kids can share some of the blame for the shooting also.