Originally Posted By: antiqueshell
Fact is it was clear to me that considering the homeowner's property had been violated by breaking and entering and trespassing he had every right to believe that his life could easily be in danger, the repeated, belligerent invasions prove this. It shows that the perps were bold, and agressive, he was lucky he wasn't there the first two times because he very well could have been injured or killed by those invaders onto his property.
The homeowner had an "expectation" of an imminent threat to his life.
You are twisting and distorting the facts as presented.
First off the shooter was in the house. He had the garage acoustically trapped and when he heard the victim enter the garage the shooter then sought out the victim and shot indescriminately into the garage space.
So let's be clear. The "perp" was in the garage and he shooter,who was alerted that his bait was getting nibbled,chose to seek out and fire upon the victim,instead of calling the cops.
The only danger the homeowner was exposed to was brought upon himself when he chose to confront the victim.
Had the shooter stayed in his home and called the cops, instead of choosing to put himself in harms way then the proper authorities would have been on scene and a proper threat assessment made.
Let's just simplify and condense the whole scenario.
Homeowner baits garage,leaves it open with sound traps to alert him of an intruder.
Intruder enters garage. Homeowner leaves the safety of his home and confronts intruder killing him.
So instead of calling the cops first,then heading out he murdered a kid because of past experiences and he was going to deal out his own justice.
Your right antique shell. It's plain as day.
Homeowner is gonna catch a beef without a doubt.
It was a simple bait style hunt,only the prey was a person