However if we compare the damage of the shots it seems like epic was not trying to shoot to kill versus caboose who dealt a headshot.
I know no one has really said anything about this but not everyone shoots for the head, you can kill someone in less than 5 seconds with body shots anyways.
This whole thing is a tricky situation, I believe that Epic has lost a lot of the legitimacy of his claim with the actions he has demonstrated on this thread but at the same time Caboose should have known better. As an admin you should never aggravate a situation, it is always better to defuse a problem than to let it explode. Caboose clearly made things worse but as mentioned before, this is a grey area. There is no way to prove that there were verbal warnings and at the same time there is no way to prove there weren't. Because of this I say that the ban stays and Caboose gets a final warning.
Damn, people beat me to my points xD
However, we already have enough proof to show that Caboose initiated the entire situation through actions he knew were breaking the rules.
Caboose was an innocent
Epic was the Detective
Caboose had literally no reason to follow Epic. Upon the very first warning Caboose should have left Epic alone, instead he continued to follow him. Epic gave a second warning to stop following him. However, Caboose continued to follow him, solely for baiting.
There was no reason for an innocent to follow the detective after the first warning unless you're planning to have them kill you.
I believe Epic when he says he gave a final verbal warning (Which shouldn't have been necessary) Before opening fire.
Now for further evidence look at the time for the damage.
Caboose killed Epic literally less than a second after Epic began to fire.
You know what that tells me? Caboose had his crosshairs on Epic the entire fucking time, waiting for his chance to shoot. The moment Epic began to fire, Caboose headshotted him.
You can't argue that Caboose wasn't baiting or that he didn't plan to kill Epic the moment the round began.
"L 02/20/2013 - 23:38:44: 05:28.10 - DMG: (=CG=) Epic, King of the Noobs [detective] damaged Caboose74 [innocent] for 31 dmg
L 02/20/2013 - 23:38:45: 05:28.98 - DMG: Caboose74 [innocent] damaged (=CG=) Epic, King of the Noobs "
Look at the time difference .89 seconds, a player can't turn let alone aim in that amount of time. The moment Epic began to fire Caboose shot him.