He fired warning shots, but the guy had not attacked the shooter initially or even after the warning shots.
Wonder how that works in terms of law of self-defense. I imagine it covers like a family member being attacked in your presence, but a buddy at a bar? Probably highly situation specific, was the guy doing the attacking at a physical advantage over the people being attacked etc. Although does sound like the shooter and buddies had a numbers advantage. So I dunno.
The shooter was d-bag for pulling a gun but doesn't sound like a clear 1st degree murder case.
Tho 11 shots can play either way, overkill for a self-defense claim vs I was in an overly excited state and didn't know what i was doing, which could knock it down from 1st degree.
Prosecutors always overcharge in anticipation of plea deals, of course. If they start off with 2nd degree you're quickly down to manslaughter for a plea deal and that's like nothing in terms of prison time.
