I'm a bit more comfortable with that link. Though while the details are vague, the family might have a decent claim that the shooting was unwarranted. According to the story, the home owner was alerted to a break in and came home to find the kid leaving house, and then a confrontation of some sort ensued after which the thief was shot.
Depending on exactly what happened, it might not be a justified shooting. If it's a case of the homeowner comes home to see the thief leaving the house, tries to apprehend him, thief runs and is shot; then I would say the shooting was not justified. The homeowner wasn't in danger and deadly force was not required.
If it was a case of the home owner gets into a tussle with the thief, and shoots in the middle of the tussle, then that's a more justified shooting.
It really depends on a wide variety of factors in these home invasion/shooting cases.
Essentially, bad judgment from both parties can continue to escalate, as soon as party A escalates it to the point of physical violence, party B is considered justified in shooting the other person. Right or wrong, that's how the law works in most states.
For example, if I'm in a restaurant, I can keep talking trash to you and provoking you, and you get so fed up with it that you eventually come over and shove me on the ground and [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] your fist back, at that split second, according to "stand your ground" laws, I have no duty to retreat and would be justified in using a firearm to defend myself... and the events that transpired in the 5 minutes leading up to that of are of no consequence under the law.
I know many people have issues with that and don't like that law, however, it is what it is. it's the reason why Zimmerman got off the hook in the other Treyvon shooting case.
Without knowing the precise details of what happened in the house, we don't know for sure if that line of logic applies to this case.
My main objection to this was the family trying to twist it around to make it sound like "our precious little angel just wanted some clothes to wear to school, it's tough being poor, that's not his fault...he loved education and school"
When my stance is, if you want some new clothes, sell the bling and buy some: