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"Well, it sounds like he was just a little too ready for the zombie apocalypse."

I'm trying to imagine how I would have responded (I am not a gun owner). I don't remember what time of the night this was, but suppose it was after I had gone to bed and I heard someone kicking and scratching at my door, shouting incoherently, perhaps using vulgar language. I'd be concerned at the least, and probably somewhat alarmed. I look through the window or peephole and see a bloodied, wild-eyed black female, apparently drunk and incoherent.

I figure I have two choices: open the door and see if I can talk to her, or call 911. I THINK I'd call 911, because you don't know if this is a setup, a home invasion, or whatever. Normally a prowler doesn't call attention to their presence by banging on the door and screaming, but - as I said - it could have been a pretext for a home invasion or robbery. But, the fact is that you don't know what's really going on.

From what I've seen so far, shooting her was not the way to go and the homeowner overreacted.