The trial court properly declined to charge the jury on justification. The only evidence supporting such an instruction was defendant's vague statement to the police that the "older one" was advancing towards him with a knife while defendant and his friend were armed with guns. Moreover, there was ample opportunity for defendant to retreat from the apartment (People v Watts,
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