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If you shoot someone that is not armed and threatening you with deadly force outside of the threshold ( not having forced his way) of/into your ''house''; you are guilty of felonious assault with a firearm, attempted murder ( if you shoot him) and/or manslaughter if you kill him.
If someone breaks into your garage and steals or tries to steal your automobile and you shoot him dead; the case being he was a thief and not threatening you with a deadly weapon -- you will be charged with manslaughter.
You cannot (it is unlawful to) open fire on or kill someone committing a property crime when your life is not in danger if you are an armed civilian (is most states in the USA).
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