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Probably depends on country, but where I'm from, you can't use lethal force unless there's danger to "life or health", that is, you can't use lethal force against a home invader unless it's absolutely necessary.
Besides, the most lethal weapon in most peoples homes are the fire extinguisher and kitchen knives.
To be frank: You would never get away with killing a landlord that locked themselves into your apartment while you were home, unless they tried to harm you in some way. Not a burglar either for that matter.
Disclaimer: Obviously, if you confront a burglar, and it develops to a violent confrontation, lethal force can be justified. However, you will be hard pressed on whether you had the option to remove yourself from the situation before needing to resort to lethal force.
Oh, I'm in the USA, and people here can just willy-nilly shoot people, and you'd get away with it most of the time. (unless the person you shot is a cop, in which case you're fucked, even if you genuinely thought they were a home invader)
Edit: Well it also depends on if the landlord was an individual "mom&pop" landlord, or someone with like 100 units. If its one of the "richer" landlords, I could see there being more investigations into the shooting. A shooting of those "poorer" landlords would just get swept under the rug. But I don't know why someone with 100+ units would be managing properties by themselves, so the tenant in this hypothetical situation would almost be guaranteed to walk free, since the landlord would almost be guaranteed to be not "rich enough" to warrant the attention of the authorities.
In California we follow our version of castle doctrine:
Now, you can do what you need to do to protect yourself, but then you get to explain to the cops and possibly a judge what happened, and you better hope they agree with you. It's also important to note that this doesn't extend to someone intruding on your exterior property, just someone who breaks into your house, and you do have to have reason to believe they will harm you or your family.