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[–] facepaint ago 

I dug up this good article on the subject in Colorado.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23756639/colorado-gun-laws-afford-rights-those-shooting-self

By contrast, 81-year-old homeowner Robert Wallace was charged with attempted first-degree murder when he fired his gun at Alvaro Cardona and Damacio Torres-Ochoa, two men in a pickup stealing a flatbed trailer outside his Wheat Ridge home in 2010. One shot struck Cardona in the face, blinding him and causing a serious brain injury.

" 'Make my day' did not apply. He was not in danger in his residence," said Pete Weir, the district attorney in Jefferson County. "Somebody fleeing from the scene, you're just not allowed to be shooting at them."

Wallace ultimately pleaded no contest to reduced charges and did not go to prison. He is 84 now. In an interview last week, he said he had no idea he was breaking the law and did not know he had shot one of the men until police came to arrest him days later for attempted murder.

As he fired at the men driving off in the dark, "the trailer almost ran me over," he said.

That suggests the man could be charged as guilty, but get off light by the prosecutor. Hell the prosecutor might even opt not to press charges.

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[–] ZweibelKuchen 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I was thinking of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule

I checked the CO law. C.R.S. 18-1-707 basically has the "fleeing felon rule" but it only applies to police officers.

So it looks like he can be charged with manslaughter, but like you said he'll probably not be charged or charged with something minor.