Drejka was taken into custody Monday and held on a $100,000 bond. The maximum sentence he could face is 30 years in prison. His first appearance in court is scheduled for Tuesday.

The shooting on July 19, and the sheriff’s decision at the time not to arrest Drejka, reignited controversy over the Stand Your Ground law, one of Florida’s most far-reaching pro-gun statutes, which can make it difficult to prosecute people who kill and then claim that they acted in self-defense. Critics call it a shoot-first law that encourages escalations of violence.

The Florida statute says that people who reasonably believe they are in grave danger do not have a duty to retreat from a confrontation, even if they can safely do so, and instead have the right to stand their ground with deadly force.

The Pinellas County sheriff, Bob Gualtieri, said last month that he had decided not to arrest Drejka, who had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, because of Stand Your Ground. Drejka told detectives that he acted in self-defense.

Surveillance video of the shooting shows Drejka arguing with McGlockton’s girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, as she sits with two small children in a car parked outside a convenience store near Clearwater, Florida, in a space reserved for handicapped people. McGlockton, who had been inside the store with the couple’s 5-year-old son, is seen leaving the store and shoving Drejka to the ground as Jacobs gets out of the car.

While still sitting on the pavement, Drejka pulls out a gun and points it at McGlockton, who takes four steps backward and away from Drejka. Drejka then shoots him in the chest, and McGlockton, clutching the wound, runs back inside the store, where he collapses next to his son.

He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

Richard A. Oppel Jr. © 2018 The New York Times