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You are truly guilty until proven innocent when you use a firearm in defense of your life and your loved ones.
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Unless you just chose your words poorly your training has been deficient. NO one is found "innocent" when using a firearm for self defense. They are found "guilty" of performing the act (indeed, one must admit to that in order to use self defense as a defense in court), and then the court recognizes that you are "justified" in your use of deadly force. Or not, as the case may be.
Its a legal quirk, but in law, words matter more than in our casual conversations. Essentially what it boils down to is that you admit you shot someone (which is always a crime) and then, the court rules if you were justified in doing so, or not. If justified, there is no legal conviction of the "crime" and no legal punishment is attached. If you aren't found justified, then you are convicted of the crime and you do the time.
Whether or not is was a smart thing for him to be where he was, when he was, whether he should have been there is not relevant. He was there, and what happened, happened.
I expect the prosecution to paint him as "looking for trouble" in order to convince the jury his actions were criminal, and not justifiable. That's the prosecutors job, and some get very...expansive with what they say when seeking a conviction.
ALWAYS remember that the ONLY people under oath in a courtroom are the ones sworn in giving testimony. The Prosecutor is NOT under oath, and is not legally bound to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
And neither is the defense council, nor even the judge.