Bartholomew Roberts
Moderator
One thing that bothers me about this is tactically, you've got a ranged weapon and guys who have no ranged weapons.
I realize the average suburban lawn doesn't give you that much space; but I think I would definitely want to maximize that space. Maybe even use that house to create a barrier between me and the problem. This way, I get the maximum amount of notice that somebody is coming at me and it will make it easier to show aggression on their part hopefully.
It also sounds like that second shot was problematic from a forensics standpoint. From the accounts, it sounds like the first shot hit Case in the front; but the second shot hit him in the back. There are lots of reasons that could happen; but I can see why it is a tough case.
Which brings up another point, what may be real clear to you may not be so clear to investigators and if you get several different people saying different things about what happened, well that is why we have a trial system.
I realize the average suburban lawn doesn't give you that much space; but I think I would definitely want to maximize that space. Maybe even use that house to create a barrier between me and the problem. This way, I get the maximum amount of notice that somebody is coming at me and it will make it easier to show aggression on their part hopefully.
It also sounds like that second shot was problematic from a forensics standpoint. From the accounts, it sounds like the first shot hit Case in the front; but the second shot hit him in the back. There are lots of reasons that could happen; but I can see why it is a tough case.
Which brings up another point, what may be real clear to you may not be so clear to investigators and if you get several different people saying different things about what happened, well that is why we have a trial system.