So, we have different stories from different articles. However your article you just linked doesn’t address if Lester shot through the door. I linked an article that says INVESTIGSTORS arrived and found the glass in the door was broken.
All your article suggested is that Yarl was attempting to open the door, here’s the quote:
So, what this article was saying is that he grabbed the handle, thinking he was at the right house, at the same time, Lester opened the door (pistol in hand), and without a word, shot through the door at Yarl.
You are suggesting that Yarl is lying and I will admit they say there were some inconsistency in the story (he did just get shot so…)
So, let’s just take all of that away. Let’s take away the storm door, let’s take away how many times Lester shot Yarl, let’s take away all of it. What you have left is Lester, being so scared that he had to open the door with a gun, and shot at a kid who was just there to pick up his siblings…
Again, you can’t just shoot anyone who arrives in your doorstep, that’s not how castle doctrine works. You have to be in fear of imminent danger, and if Lester was in fear of imminent danger (as evidenced by him having a gun in hand), then he should have called 911 and left the door shut.