I had setup a path to move on a goodie hut or quest. The ended up intersecting an NPC and the computer had me fight him automatically (and it was just autoresolve for some reason, no option for tactical). This was not my intention, movement should stop or a warning dialog should appear before the battle happens.
Nice touch on the response to this though. I like how I was labeled a murder and was now looked at with fear by the people.