While the AJC story casts this shooting in light of the recent waiter shooting/robbery, this would be the third panhandler-related shooting in recent months around here, and the first one which involved the panhandler getting the business (the other two were a tourist and a delivery driver).
As for this case, I don't particularly buy the story. Not that I would charge the shooter with anything, because having been in that situation, panhandler has enough tactical advantage to present a direct threat. | 