You just never know now. It’s sad that the first reaction of the homeowner(s) was to shoot. It would have been so simple just to ask. Now someone’s husband, mother, sister, or friend is dead.

Not shoot.

I also don't know what was going through the shooter's head, what the evaluation of the relative risk was. Were there stories about home invasion robberies? Burglaries in the area? Did the shooter suspect that maybe the would-be intruders were armed--perhaps with a gun, perhaps knife or mace or just a club or fists? How old was the shooter? 75? 35?

Dunno. The police pointed out that with a breakdown in community standards as to what's 'reasonable' there's a larger problem. (Research has been done on how community cohesion breaks down when competing values are held by the community members. Takes a surprisingly small percentage of the population to be at odds with the dominant culture for that to happen. For many younger adults, that kind of tension is just normal and worth it, even as they express a lot of alienation towards society--they don't know anything else but humans are wired for cohesive social groups.)

Never, ever trust a cellphone/computer app to be accurate regarding addresses.

When I moved away from home and was looking for a rental with a buddy who also needed a roommate to share expenses we looked at places. "103B Griffith Street," for example, wasn't the house in front but the house or outside entrance in back through a gate. The problem was that the usual assumption is that the backyard goes with the house in front, not that there were two separate houses rented by the same owner, and that "103B" should be a side-by-side duplex or obvious set of houses. Not a house where the front and back were separated out so the back half's 'front door' faces the alley.

We appreciated the occasional sign that indicated that the "B" address was in the back.

...if an address had a letter it meant the house was behind the other one. Duplexes have 2 separate numbered addresses in every time around here.
Apartments have one address, then the apartment #.
Apparently, the way addresses are assigned differs by locality.

That responsibility includes knowing your target before you pull the trigger. Shooting through a door is assault and shooting anyone just for being on your property is murder.

In a sane world one would have to know their life was in peril, unlikely if a cleaning crew jiggles the door handle. "Shoot first" is not an attitude for a gun owner and often leads to charges.

it being "Stand your gound"

and had never entered the home.

https://fox59.com/news/prosecutor-weighs-whether-shooting-in-whitestown-that-killed-cleaning-lady-was-justified-under-the-law/amp/

I believe this type of 'accidental shootings' would be lessened by an insurance policy or rider to homeowners insurance. To cover the liabilities involved with gun ownership. When an individual or home is covered an insurance company would try to lessen their own liability by assessing risk and applying mitigations.

Hope I have explained this correctly and well enough.

house for a Halloween party.

This is the culture that got Charlie Kirk killed also.

So fuck him.