how about if the guy would have just shot him in the leg or arm? i would feel, that if someone stole from me, i would hurt them for not working hard for their own property, and then id take theirs for tryign to take mine. i wouold try to think in the other guy's shoes.....just because the guy was runnign away, doesnt mean he didnt have a gun, and couldnt have come back, or couldnt have fired while runnign away. if you run from the cops, arent they allowed to shoot at you, after they tell you to stop? i dont see why it makes a difference why some peopel have authority in a similar situation, but others wouldnt.
if your life was spent working as hard as you could to get where you are and what you have, and someone takes away what you worked for, that seems to make your life worthless.