HankT
State Researcher
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gThis is the first report of a shooting/death incident that took place last night around 11:30 PM. Details are very sketchy and incomplete. But we do know that:
We can't even tell if Totherow had a weapon ("He could have had a knife!," some are already exclaiming...).
If no weapon, then....uhm....could it be? Yes, it could very well be that the world-famousHankT's Postulateof Civilian Self-Defense (HPCSD) will come into play. Here it is for those who mayhave somehow forgotten it:
It is a bad strategy to shoot an unarmed person.
Hmmm, I wonder where the late Mr. Totherow was actually shot?
Developing...
Burglar Shot and Killed
09/19/09 3:47 pm
Danville - Friday just before 11:30 p.m., Danville Police (web) received a call and responded to an apartment complex at 427 Wooding Avenue for burglary in progress. When officers arrived, they found a man with a gun shoot wound lying in a grassy area near the building. He was transported to Danville Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead Saturday at 12:15 a.m. A male, who was occupying a unit in the apartment, says he, his 6-month-old child, and his girlfriend were asleep when he was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. He picked up his firearm, went into the living room area and saw an intruder whom he identified as his next door neighbor, Alex Richard Totherow, 42. The male occupant and Totherow ran from the apartment. That is when the resident fired a shot, which struck Totherow. The case is currently under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Danville Crimestoppers.
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0909/660794.html
gThis is the first report of a shooting/death incident that took place last night around 11:30 PM. Details are very sketchy and incomplete. But we do know that:
- Alex Richard Totherow, a neighbor, is dead by gunshot wound.
- Totherow's neighbor, Mr. X., shot him for being in Mr. X's living room.
We can't even tell if Totherow had a weapon ("He could have had a knife!," some are already exclaiming...).
If no weapon, then....uhm....could it be? Yes, it could very well be that the world-famousHankT's Postulateof Civilian Self-Defense (HPCSD) will come into play. Here it is for those who mayhave somehow forgotten it:
It is a bad strategy to shoot an unarmed person.
Hmmm, I wonder where the late Mr. Totherow was actually shot?
Developing...
Burglar Shot and Killed
09/19/09 3:47 pm
Danville - Friday just before 11:30 p.m., Danville Police (web) received a call and responded to an apartment complex at 427 Wooding Avenue for burglary in progress. When officers arrived, they found a man with a gun shoot wound lying in a grassy area near the building. He was transported to Danville Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead Saturday at 12:15 a.m. A male, who was occupying a unit in the apartment, says he, his 6-month-old child, and his girlfriend were asleep when he was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. He picked up his firearm, went into the living room area and saw an intruder whom he identified as his next door neighbor, Alex Richard Totherow, 42. The male occupant and Totherow ran from the apartment. That is when the resident fired a shot, which struck Totherow. The case is currently under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Danville Crimestoppers.
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0909/660794.html
