you don t know who he is. you know it s somebody that you don t know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. well, you ve got to be able to articulate the threat. reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. i imagined an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. reporter: and kaarma said he was positive he heard that scraping sound just moments before he fired the shotgun. i m describing the sound when i say it hit okay. but what i m picturing in my head is i m going to die. reporter: to hear markus kaarma tell it, he d faced down a threat. it was kill or be killed. and that was justifiable homicide. the young soccer star who was by now in the morgue must have had a darker side that many didn t see.
you don t know who he is. you know it s somebody that you don t know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. well, you ve got to be able to articulate the threat. reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. i imagined an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. reporter: and kaarma said he was positive he heard that scraping sound just moments before he fired the shotgun. i m describing the sound when i say it hit okay. but what i m picturing in my head is i m going to die. reporter: to hear markus kaarma tell it, he d faced down a threat. it was kill or be killed. and that was justifiable homicide. the young soccer star who was by now in the morgue must have had a darker side that many didn t see. detectives decided to dig deeper into the lives of both diren
you know it s somebody that you don t know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. well, you ve got to be able to articulate the threat. reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. i imagined an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. reporter: and kaarma said he was positive he heard that scraping sound just moments before he fired the shotgun. i m describing the sound when i say it hit okay. but what i m picturing in my head is i m going to die. reporter: to hear markus kaarma tell it, he d faced down a threat. it was kill or be killed. and that was justifiable homicide. the young soccer star who was by now in the morgue must have had a darker side that many didn t
himself. immediately i fired high up in the right corner of the garage. here i am looking at my garage. i think in total four rounds were shot. all directly one, two, three, four. if i live in montana, what right do i have to shoot someone who has entered my house? you have the right to use any force necessary in defense of yourself or no greater force. okay. this was a burglar who had broken in. you don t know who he is. you know it s somebody that you don t know, and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. they are by that definition alone i would say a threat to me. well, you got to be able to articulate the threat. and karma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. i imaged an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the
you know it s somebody that you don t know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. well, you ve got to be able to articulate the threat. reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. i imagined an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. reporter: and kaarma said he was positive he heard that scraping sound just moments before he fired the shotgun. i m describing the sound when i say it hit okay. but what i m picturing in my head is i m going to die. reporter: to hear markus kaarma tell it, he d faced down a threat. it was kill or be killed. and that was justifiable homicide. the young soccer star who was by now in the morgue must have had a darker side that many didn t see.