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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: MikeBjerum on May 04, 2017, 10:02:57 AM
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I shared this back when it took place, and we are progressing through the system. For those who missed it or forgot: Three men were casing a house in preparation for a break in. Early in the morning the resident woke up to sound on the deck of his second floor bedroom. When he investigated he saw two men running, one running and one crawling because of a broken leg from the jump. He went back into the house and retrieved a handgun. He then shot at a fleeing car striking it twice. In the process he wounded one and killed another.
http://www.stjamesnews.com/news/20170503/pettersen-accepts-plea-agreement (http://www.stjamesnews.com/news/20170503/pettersen-accepts-plea-agreement)
Not stated in the article is that this man can still face civil suits from the wounded man and the family of the dead man. I don't condone what Petterson did, but these other men were wrong as well. The fact they had trespassed, being a crime in itself, used to take away their right to sue. However, our Courts no longer hold to this, and they will let you sue no matter what you were doing.
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Never shoot at ANYONE or ANYTHING fleeing away from you. It doesn't take Clarence Darrow to prove they were of no threat to your life.
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The idiot got off easy. He was very lucky.