Dude shouldn’t have been running around with a gun at 17years of age. That’s the first and primary problem, IMO.
However, I don’t doubt dude feared for his life. I don’t doubt he was being chased down because of his big gun. Ole boy was being chased and potentially killed, and he acted first. He didn’t snipe random joes from a distance…..
Dudes innocent, IMO. Wrong to kill people. Wrong to run around at 17 with a large gun, but dude was chased and assaulted. He fired some shots in defense and unfortunately people died.