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Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson
Let me make it even more simple:
The lessee could have shot the owner thinking he was a burglar, since the owner appeared from out of nowhere!
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That is known as murder even if it is a trespasser which the landlord and yard maintenance folks are not. Moreover, the landlords (husband and wife) did not appear out of nowhere. They no doubt came through the gate.
It is self defense if one is defending oneself or another inside a dwelling from an intruder who has made a forced entry, is actually inside the dwelling and poses a mortal threat or great bodily harm.