Self Defence, or Murder?

[The Landslide]

The robber, armed or not, is guilty. His friend was armed and he was using his FRIEND as a weapon to extort, and therefore he was armed by association, knew the idiocy that he was partaking in, and got his shit ruined because of it. Self defense, and the good kind.

 

[GreatOne1939]

The initial shot can be construed as self-defense. But as far as the rest I would call that a crime of passion. Whenever your life is seriously threatened that survival mode kicks in and it's either fight or flight. He chose to fight and the goal in that case is to finish off what may be a perceived threat. You can't just turn the rational side of your mind back on 30 seconds after going through something like that.

 

[IvyFanboy]

the second shot is way out of bounds. He had control of the scenario at that point. You'll notice that he casually walks up and kills him, it's premeditated. It's not as though the kid went for a gun or to lash back and was shot in defense.

Definitely murder. The guy had sooo many options to choose and going for a walk up kill is just fucked up. Do i think the kid deserved the first shot? Yes. The 2nd shot? Hell no.

 

[Hustle_Man_77]

the second shot is way out of bounds. He had control of the scenario at that point. You'll notice that he casually walks up and kills him, it's premeditated. It's not as though the kid went for a gun or to lash back and was shot in defense.

Definitely murder. The guy had sooo many options to choose and going for a walk up kill is just fucked up. Do i think the kid deserved the first shot? Yes. The 2nd shot? Hell no.

I couldn't have said that any better. Everything he did before coming back into the store was deserved. The fact that he casually walked past him then came back and killed him was just rage, not self defense.

 

[Rekano]

Moral of the story? Shoot first, Shoot again. Don't give them time of day to even think about shooting back. Fuck questions.