I find it rather idiotic to shoot the person who was with the dogs, in this case probably the only person that would be able to get the dogs under control.

I do believe the guy should have had the dogs on their leashes. I really don't like see dogs off leash unless in a fenced in area. You just never know, no matter how trained a dog is. Anything could happen. But, I guess it's a risk some people take... and in this case the risk this guy took was his life... it could have/be the dogs lives along with that. A risk i'll never be willing to take, even if it does confine my dogs to 6 or so feet of leash.

How is any kind of killing justifiable?

And how are they to say it's self defense when the old man shot the guy in the CHEST THREE times. Once or twice at his legs, feet -- maybe. But THREE times at his chest. That's trying to kill someone. Not self defense. Seems as if this old man has something going spaz inside his head... not someone who should own a gun.

What if it was a child, say maybe my age or younger, in this guys position?