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The incident happened around three this morning in this remote trailer park along Grape Ridge Court.
The homeowner Adam Stone told police that he and his girlfriend were asleep when suddenly a man broke in and entered the bedroom. Stone and the alleged intruder struggled a bit but when the intruder did not back off Stone pulled out his shotgun and fired away.
"Deputies arrived and found a man... dead of a gunshot wound to his neck," said Sheriff James Agnes of the Goochland County Sherriff's Office.
The alleged intruder is identified as 36-year-old Joseph Johnson of Richmond.
At his home on North 30th Street, family members were too upset to talk.
Back in Goochland, Stone and his girlfriend were also too shaken to discuss the ordeal.
Authorities say Johnson did not have a weapon. The question authorities have to answer is did Stone shoot in self defense?
"There are no charges at this time right now. We are still collecting evidence... You obviously have a right to defend yourself in your home and obviously we want to get as much as we can to determine if that was the case or not," said Agnew.
This case will be handed over to the Commonwealth's Attorney to determine if in fact this was a justifiable homicide.
Copyright 2008 by Young Broadcasting, Inc
http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=8739831
The incident happened around three this morning in this remote trailer park along Grape Ridge Court.
The homeowner Adam Stone told police that he and his girlfriend were asleep when suddenly a man broke in and entered the bedroom. Stone and the alleged intruder struggled a bit but when the intruder did not back off Stone pulled out his shotgun and fired away.
"Deputies arrived and found a man... dead of a gunshot wound to his neck," said Sheriff James Agnes of the Goochland County Sherriff's Office.
The alleged intruder is identified as 36-year-old Joseph Johnson of Richmond.
At his home on North 30th Street, family members were too upset to talk.
Back in Goochland, Stone and his girlfriend were also too shaken to discuss the ordeal.
Authorities say Johnson did not have a weapon. The question authorities have to answer is did Stone shoot in self defense?
"There are no charges at this time right now. We are still collecting evidence... You obviously have a right to defend yourself in your home and obviously we want to get as much as we can to determine if that was the case or not," said Agnew.
This case will be handed over to the Commonwealth's Attorney to determine if in fact this was a justifiable homicide.
Copyright 2008 by Young Broadcasting, Inc