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Lousy situation. The deceased started this by disrupting a church service. The shooter should have handled this a lot differently. He should have approached the deceased and asked him to calm down or leave. If that doesn't work, you call 911 and get 3 or 4 brothers, ushers, Deacons elders, whatever and try to isolate him until the police arrive.

Even with this, it seems like self defense. The deceased started the whole situation. The deceased also threw the first punch which can be deadly force. Then the shooter killed him. That seems like self defence.

Having said that, I am not surprised that he was convicted. Just bad optics.