again, to me the main issue is whether the kid attempted to open the porch door.
It would be totally believable if he did, since he believed he was at the right house just picking up his brothers (which I believe)
If I was going to someones house to pick up someone, I would naturally open the screen door to knock on the real door behind in many cases.
This to me just seems like a horrible misunderstanding.
Imagine you are asleep and you hear a knock at the door or the doorbell ring.. you get up go to the door in the middle of the night and upon opening the outer door you see a teen opening up your outer screen door. I am 100% you would be terrified, I KNOW I would be!
This is pretty much how I see it, too.
But, I can't quite figure out why the old man was so quick to start shooting. The narrative coming out is going to say that it's because the kid was black, and that might or might not be true. He could have just been a jittery old man who saw a stranger and freaked out.
Without actually being in that position myself, I like to think I would pause to ask the kid what the heck he was doing trying to get into my house before I actually fired at him, but that's from the safety of my keyboard.
THE LIGHTS WERE OFF-—
Old man was in bed.
THESE facts didn’t register on the kid???? The “INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR kid???
IF his brothers were there-—why would house be DARK???
“Terrified”? Your scenario isn’t particularly terrifying to me, but even so it wouldn’t mean you’re entitled to use deadly force.