Bartholomew Roberts
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Please note this is surveilance camera video of an actual shootout/home invasion: https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9mSB3_1544622453
I’ll call the shooter D1 and the invaders A1 and A2. The backstory is D1’s stepfather (A1), who had a history of violent behavior, forcibly entered the home (which A1 owned). The camera catches the entry. From off camera, D1 opens fire on A1 and A2 as they enter the house. Both A1 and A2 flee. D1 goes to the door to see where they went and A1 returns fire. D1 shoots some
more and A1 is later found dead next to some trash cans. D1 was charged with murder and after a long trial process was acquittted. Additional details on the shooting can be found here: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/12/14/james-greenwood-found-not-guilty-murder/2312177002/
I thought this story and video had some training value. First of all, the shooter has some trouble keeping his shotgun in the fight - and despite being loaded with buckshot, he doesn’t get the instant stop. He decides to pursue his targets to the door of his home. So i think we have some good lessons to learn on how he employed his firearm and how things can “gang aft agley” as William Burns might say.
Second, the complicated family relationship takes a lot of what we *know* about self-defense law and throws it right out the window. Here a man uses a shotgun to stop a forcible entry of the home he lives in and gets charged with murder. I think there are some good lessons to be learned on how the specific facts are very important to the legal outcome.
I’ll call the shooter D1 and the invaders A1 and A2. The backstory is D1’s stepfather (A1), who had a history of violent behavior, forcibly entered the home (which A1 owned). The camera catches the entry. From off camera, D1 opens fire on A1 and A2 as they enter the house. Both A1 and A2 flee. D1 goes to the door to see where they went and A1 returns fire. D1 shoots some
more and A1 is later found dead next to some trash cans. D1 was charged with murder and after a long trial process was acquittted. Additional details on the shooting can be found here: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/12/14/james-greenwood-found-not-guilty-murder/2312177002/
I thought this story and video had some training value. First of all, the shooter has some trouble keeping his shotgun in the fight - and despite being loaded with buckshot, he doesn’t get the instant stop. He decides to pursue his targets to the door of his home. So i think we have some good lessons to learn on how he employed his firearm and how things can “gang aft agley” as William Burns might say.
Second, the complicated family relationship takes a lot of what we *know* about self-defense law and throws it right out the window. Here a man uses a shotgun to stop a forcible entry of the home he lives in and gets charged with murder. I think there are some good lessons to be learned on how the specific facts are very important to the legal outcome.
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