03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:46 amSeveral years ago a guy in Pasadena Texas shot a criminal that was trying to run away from robbing his neighbors house. Killed him dead. Neighbor walked after some legal wrangling.Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:33 pm Hope the best for the good Samaritan. Usually not good when shooting suspect in the back, and over property. But maybe with a good defense, he can play the angle of questioning if the girls inside had been assaulted or not.
Around Easter a guy that lives in a neighborhood close to mine shot a criminal that he caught burglarizing his vehicle. Shot him dead as cootie brown. I actually was on my back porch that night having a smoke. I heard all four shots. Minutes later i heard the sirens. Before this night there had been a rash of car break in situations in the that hood. Including my Daughters car.
I am not sure anymore what I would do in this situation but would likely shoot as I am not going to wait and find out the criminal has a weapon and gets the drop on me.
I don't think the good Samaritan has to "play" any angle. One can use deadly force in these situations in Texas.
Just saw this. Yes... this is the one.
Unfortunately even here in Texas we have a culture that is against using firearms for almost any case. And I guarantee whoever the prosecutor is on this case will try to say that shooting a suspect in the back over his neighbor's property was not a good enough reason to use deadly force.