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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Throwing a cell phone is something an enraged teenager would do.

So why did a grown male throw it? Seems really stupid.

From my experience, when a man has behaved agressively (fighting words), then stands up and at close range throws anything into/at your face, that is the first step of a physical attack and he is seeking an advantage by distractiing you or possibly potentially obscuring your vision. If the elderly man was indeed intimidated/scared by the younger man as he claims...then shooting was justified. Clearly, the dead man had committed a felony at this point...and under Florida law, the elderly man had every right to defend himself with deadly force. He had no obligation to wait and be struck again...harder...as the situation was obviously escalating quickly.