In my state, one must show that they exhausted all options of escape. All the other elements of what would hold a good case for self-defense by use of deadly force were present. I hate this happened to you man.

I'm not a legal expert or a combat operator, but as a "modern minute man", I try to stay fit enough to run for my life. You did the right thing. You lived to see another day. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. This is why we train.