I think they'll be OK.

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Unfortunately, the sources who said witnesses saw Wells after his friends left were attributed to people involved in the police investigation, but not named. Hopefully at some point the full police investigation will be revealed. In the meantime, there's no evidence whatsoever that it was homicide.

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Those would typically be matters for a jury to consider. The general principle of provocation affecting privilege of self-defense is a sound one. Most people understand the concept that if you provoke the encounter, causing yourself to be attacked, you may forfeit legal privilege of self-defense.

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Problem is, witnesses reportedly saw him on the island after his friends left on their boat. A far more likely scenario is he went swimming, got caught in a riptide & drowned. Riptides in that area are well documented and can kill the best of swimmers.

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Your stance appears to be that someone engaging in unlawful conduct could claim self-defense. Self-defense laws typically have that scenario covered off with provocation clauses, which do not afford privilege of self-defense to the actor under those kind of circumstances.

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