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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 2655613"]
The original version of the story was that Szabo was a little drunk and innocently looking for his Uber, knocked on a car door and got punched for it.  Based on updated reports, that's not what happened.

Szabo apparently punched a man before being confronted by Jones and was loudly banging on multiple cars accordingly to multiple sources.  It sounds like he was being quite the public nuisance, not just a drunk guy trying to find an Uber.

What we don't know is the interaction Jones had with Szabo before he punched him.  If Jones witnessed Szabo banging on cars belligerently and witnessed him punch the other man, that's justification to get out of his car to intervene.  So the argument that Jones should have stayed in his car goes out the window.  If you witness somebody assault another person and you're in a position to stop the assailant, it's reasonably to confront him.  That doesn't mean he had automatic justification to punch Szabo.  But, if Szabo acted in a threatening manner towards Jones, physical intervention was likely warranted.  If Jones was aware that Szabo had just punched another man, then he has justified reason to believe Szabo could try to punch him.  If somebody is drunk and aggressive and you have reason to believe they're about to get physical with you, you have a right to defend yourself even in a non-'stand your ground' state.  You don't have to wait for them to actually take a swing at you.

It seems like a lot of people are eager to believe Jones was simply annoyed that a man touched his car and punched and killed him for it.  That's a possible explanation but far far less likely than Jones defending himself/others, imo.  Admittedly, none of us are working with all of the facts, which is why I used "if" liberally.
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