Let’s not be overly simple.
I’m conflating someone not being able to make adult decisions with someone not being able to make adult decisions. How you feel about them doesn’t change their status as children.
At no point does this change because the child committed a crime, looked or acted a certain way.
‘You are not a child once you commit a crime, period.’
Okay I’m bored at work so I’ll play.
You are correct, the perpetrator in this case is in fact a child. Where we disagree is in the case of a pedo is the fact that the decision sets are vastly different. The correct adult decision is to not fukk a child on the side of the adult. The other side (the adult) legally and morally can not pursue a sexual relationship with a child.
The correct decision for a child is to never be in a situation where you are committing a potentially dangerous crime. It’s that simple. You don’t have to steal cars. At all. How
you feel about teenage criminals doesn’t change the fact that the perp in this case was a criminal (provided he was actually doing a crime, I don’t believe we have enough info to make that claim at this time).
In the case of defending yourself/possessions, you can absolutely make the adult decision to kill anyone while they are actively stealing your property provided it’s not against your state’s laws to stand your ground (like in NY for example).