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Not uncommon issue for suicide at gun range. Happens several times a year around the country. Murder-suicides are even more common. Speculating, but this sounds like this guy maybe was capable of killing his wife, but didn't have the means to commit quick suicide, so went to the range and rented a gun to do it.

How rude.

Sheriff's deputies went to his home in Tamarac, about five miles from the gun range, but got no answer when they knocked on the door, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The officers went into the home and found the man's 45-year-old wife dead in a bedroom.

In this particular case, the police would certainly not have gained normal access to the house since the wife was already dead. The story implies, though, that the officers were not aware of her state. Were they in the right to go into the home anyway? If the wife had been alive and out shopping with a dead cell phone battery (i.e. unreachable) when they stopped by the house, did they have a reasonable right to enter the home without permission of the homeowner?

Note to self: The happening place if I ever decide to off myself, would be my local shooting range.

SavageMythology wrote:

Sheriff's deputies went to his home in Tamarac, about five miles from the gun range, but got no answer when they knocked on the door, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The officers went into the home and found the man's 45-year-old wife dead in a bedroom.

In this particular case, the police would certainly not have gained normal access to the house since the wife was already dead. The story implies, though, that the officers were not aware of her state. Were they in the right to go into the home anyway? If the wife had been alive and out shopping with a dead cell phone battery (i.e. unreachable) when they stopped by the house, did they have a reasonable right to enter the home without permission of the homeowner?

...yes, they did...can you imagine if she'd been in there shot and dying and left a note that she heard the police knocking but couldn't let them in...and she lay there for days before dying? I'd rather replace a window or door than have them just leave, given the man's suicide...they would have been derelict had they not persisted until they got in and made sure noone was hurt there...

03Lightningrocks wrote:Note to self: The happening place if I ever decide to off myself, would be my local shooting range.

Keep us posted. We're here for you if you need to talk.

speedsix wrote:

SavageMythology wrote:

Sheriff's deputies went to his home in Tamarac, about five miles from the gun range, but got no answer when they knocked on the door, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The officers went into the home and found the man's 45-year-old wife dead in a bedroom.

In this particular case, the police would certainly not have gained normal access to the house since the wife was already dead. The story implies, though, that the officers were not aware of her state. Were they in the right to go into the home anyway? If the wife had been alive and out shopping with a dead cell phone battery (i.e. unreachable) when they stopped by the house, did they have a reasonable right to enter the home without permission of the homeowner?

...yes, they did...can you imagine if she'd been in there shot and dying and left a note that she heard the police knocking but couldn't let them in...and she lay there for days before dying? I'd rather replace a window or door than have them just leave, given the man's suicide...they would have been derelict had they not persisted until they got in and made sure noone was hurt there...

Can you say "stinky"?

Oldgringo wrote:How rude.

Sad business, though.

Oldgringo wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:Note to self: The happening place if I ever decide to off myself, would be my local shooting range.

Keep us posted. We're here for you if you need to talk.

I am pretty certain a lot of posters on this forum would tell me to "jump".