As far as the man knew the guy was an intruder messing with his daughter, good judgement says shoot the punk.
Good judgement says an adult should keep his head and not gun down a teenaged boy unless that boy is presenting an immediate threat to the life of the lying daughter or hot headed father.
The father "thought" the boy was reaching for something? BS. And the daughter should be charged with the most serious crime possible for someone who lied to shift her father's rage to the boy and away from herself.
And what's been reported is nothing but the family's alibi. Nothing that can be taken as fact.
the things’that make the difference’to me are she told her dad she didn’t know him, and dad trust daughter - which people say he should. so he believesher when she says i don’t know the guy. that means he’s NOT INVITED. he’s hiding under her bed at 2 am. he is argumentative. the dad is calling 9-11. the kid quickly reaches for something while a gun is pointed at him in a extremely tense situation.
justified. based’on these facts.