theblakester
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This happened at an apartment complex near where I live...
A man was angry over a breakup with his girlfriend. She first called police just before 9:30 Sunday night, telling them her ex-boyfriend was at her apartment complex. She later called back and told them he had left. However, the man came back, this time, with a gun and repeatedly shot the door of the apartment where his ex-girlfriend lived (w/ her family and a 2 yr old child), trying to force his way inside. A family member called police at 1 a.m. and it took them just minutes to arrive and confront the suspect. When confronted by the officers and ordered to drop the weapon, the suspect actually pointed the weapon in a menacing and threatening manner toward the officers. An officer shot the man w/ his shotgun and killed him.
The woman involved had filed a terrorist threat report against her ex-boyfriend on April 22. She said she was scared and he had been harassing her. A neighbor heard the gunshots. Thinking it was fireworks, the neighbor stepped outside and saw the man shooting so she ran back inside. She called him a "lunatic"
More details here ---> http://www.kvue.com/news/Officer-involved--121529114.html
My question is, what would you have done if you were the next door neighbor knowing that there was a family w/ children there who you knew very well. The reason that Im asking is because I live in a duplex and there is a very nice family living next door to me. I know the laws are different in in different states, and Im in Tx. Laws here allow us to protect ourselves, our families, our property, our neighbors, and our neighbors property (Joe Horn shot and killed 2 robbers in Pasadena Tx for robbing his neighbors house while they were on vacation. He didnt get charged with anything. heres that 9-1-1 call --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-63eOPywSw). Im not saying the Joe Horn incident was right or wrong. However, in this incident there was a family w/ a 2 year old baby in the home. Regardless of legality, I'm trying to figure out what I would do morally/ ethically. Grab a gun, call 9-1-1 and barricade yourself in your bed room? grab a gun, call 9-1-1, and confront the guy who is shooting up your next door neighbor's/friends front door trying to get in, risking your own life? Grab a gun, call 9-1-1, and shoot the guy??? BTW Im single w/ no kids
Scenario: You're on your couch watching TV after midnight/before bed and suddenly some crazy guy starts yellling and gunshots start goin off right outside your doorn on the front porch and theres a guy w/ a pistol shooting the front door of the family's home that lives just on the opposite side of the wall of your duplex, trying to force entry into their home. What would you do?
A man was angry over a breakup with his girlfriend. She first called police just before 9:30 Sunday night, telling them her ex-boyfriend was at her apartment complex. She later called back and told them he had left. However, the man came back, this time, with a gun and repeatedly shot the door of the apartment where his ex-girlfriend lived (w/ her family and a 2 yr old child), trying to force his way inside. A family member called police at 1 a.m. and it took them just minutes to arrive and confront the suspect. When confronted by the officers and ordered to drop the weapon, the suspect actually pointed the weapon in a menacing and threatening manner toward the officers. An officer shot the man w/ his shotgun and killed him.
The woman involved had filed a terrorist threat report against her ex-boyfriend on April 22. She said she was scared and he had been harassing her. A neighbor heard the gunshots. Thinking it was fireworks, the neighbor stepped outside and saw the man shooting so she ran back inside. She called him a "lunatic"
More details here ---> http://www.kvue.com/news/Officer-involved--121529114.html
My question is, what would you have done if you were the next door neighbor knowing that there was a family w/ children there who you knew very well. The reason that Im asking is because I live in a duplex and there is a very nice family living next door to me. I know the laws are different in in different states, and Im in Tx. Laws here allow us to protect ourselves, our families, our property, our neighbors, and our neighbors property (Joe Horn shot and killed 2 robbers in Pasadena Tx for robbing his neighbors house while they were on vacation. He didnt get charged with anything. heres that 9-1-1 call --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-63eOPywSw). Im not saying the Joe Horn incident was right or wrong. However, in this incident there was a family w/ a 2 year old baby in the home. Regardless of legality, I'm trying to figure out what I would do morally/ ethically. Grab a gun, call 9-1-1 and barricade yourself in your bed room? grab a gun, call 9-1-1, and confront the guy who is shooting up your next door neighbor's/friends front door trying to get in, risking your own life? Grab a gun, call 9-1-1, and shoot the guy??? BTW Im single w/ no kids
Scenario: You're on your couch watching TV after midnight/before bed and suddenly some crazy guy starts yellling and gunshots start goin off right outside your doorn on the front porch and theres a guy w/ a pistol shooting the front door of the family's home that lives just on the opposite side of the wall of your duplex, trying to force entry into their home. What would you do?