He should have been convicted of second degree, not first degree.
He did not go into work with the intent to kill, be
Ut he did kill when the opportunity presented itself.
At least, as far as I understand what first degree and second degree means.
If he had stopped at the point when he shot him the first time and he was out on the floor ... that would have been fine. That was not premeditated murder.
But, when he walked past him and out of the store the first time, shot and ran out of bullets outside the store, then walked over him on the way in, just strolling by (both times, out of the store and back into the store, with his back to him on the floor) and then walked to the other side of the store, got another gun, then walked over to him (the guy still on the floor ... all that time, and not moving according to the medical examiner and the forensics done on the scene), and then proceeded to shoot him five more times, while out cold (again according to the testimony of the medical examiner) ... that was premeditated murder.
He didn’t start this fight. Bullshit in my opinion.