[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

The guy could have been going to the truck for a tire iron to beat up or a gun to shoot the man he had brutally shoved to the ground. The dead man had a history of criminal violence as shown on his rap sheet.

If that was the case, I think that it would be incumbent for the guy on the ground to wait until he saw a tire iron or wait at least until the guy started to move toward him.

I like the stand your ground law, but I don't know if it applies in this case. Once the guy was thrown to the ground and the attacker backed off there was no longer a threat. If a threat returned, then I can see the shooting being justified, but you can't shoot someone who's moving away from you.