Beretta92FSLady
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OC-Glock19 wrote:
I sure hope that he didn't word it like that or he is in trouble. The woman was released? Sounds to me like two people were somewhere they weren't supposed to be. The man might be civily liable. If he thought they were a threat and shot in self-defense then I hope he is not found civily liable, even though the proof is much less in civil court.
OC-Glock19 wrote:
It may not be a clean shoot. From another story about this:
"The 59-year-old homeowner told police he took a life to protect his own. He says the home he's been renovating had been broken into at about 5 p.m.
He planned on spending the night there in case the burglars came back.
At about 9:45, a man and a woman pulled into his driveway in a pick-up. When the owner opened the garage he saw the two holding flashlights.
The property owner opened fire, killing the 56-year-old man. The 31-year-old woman who had been in the pickup ran away, but later talked to deputies and was released."
Even if cleared by the police he could be sued for wrongful death by the family of the deceased who could argue that he laid in wait with a gun and intended to shoot anyone who ventured onto his property.
I sure hope that he didn't word it like that or he is in trouble. The woman was released? Sounds to me like two people were somewhere they weren't supposed to be. The man might be civily liable. If he thought they were a threat and shot in self-defense then I hope he is not found civily liable, even though the proof is much less in civil court.