State v. Daniels

After the shooting, defendant claims that he placed the gun on top of his car and ran away confused and scared. When questioned as to why he used the gun, he stated that Mr. Johnson was "trying to kill" him.

According to other witnesses' testimony, at some point Mr. Johnson and defendant *360exchanged words, resulting in Mr. Johnson throwing a ladder or step-stool either at defendant's vehicle, according to the testimony of Allden Franklin, Lenetria Johnson, and Jujuan Holmes; or, as defendant testified, directly at defendant. Defendant then obtained a gun, either from the console in the interior…