Man charged for shooting at men attacking his fiance

[Colt]

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Spring-homeowner-opens-fire-on-home-invaders-11041549.php

 

[churchmouse]

Once they flee you have to stop shooting.

 

[Thor]

True...but they were in another gang see and...

Yeah, don't shoot at people running away and don't give LEOs reason to believe you're in a gang. In fact, don't join a gang, it's just not going to end well and leave all sorts of bad ink marks.

 

[88E30M50]

I think this line pretty much sums up why he was arrested:

[FONT=&quot]"He began to indiscriminately shoot multiple rounds down the street," Montgomery County Sheriff’s Capt. Bryan Carlisle said. “These rounds definitely went down a very crowded street.[/FONT]

Idiot!

 

[LarryC]

Probably a whole lot more to the story than we will ever know! Might be a retribution attack, drug related etc.. Bad things often happen to bad people...

 

[KellyinAvon]

Bad shoot, bad shoot

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

By the way, same rules apply if you are attacked by wildlife. US Fish and Wildlife look poorly on bear, cougar, wolf, etc. with holes in their backsides.

 

[DanVoils]

What an idiot! He deserved to be arrested.
Dan

 

[DanVoils]

By the way, same rules apply if you are attacked by wildlife. US Fish and Wildlife look poorly on bear, cougar, wolf, etc. with holes in their backsides.

What about exit holes?
Dan

 

[DRob]

Probably a whole lot more to the story than we will ever know! Might be a retribution attack, drug related etc.. Bad things often happen to bad people...

This for sure! I'm thinking it was the dope dealer's "collection agency".

 

[Expat]

I think this line pretty much sums up why he was arrested:



Idiot!

Maybe he was trying out for the NYPD.

 

[medcoxo]

Yeah, Once they leave, chasing them down is the problem. Good for him defending the woman and the kids. If he had not been armed, then things could have been much worse.

 

[Excalibur]

I do have to go with the concept that once they are running away and if they are armed, NOT shooting back at you while fleeing, you stop shooting and assess your situation. To be cliche with terms, this isn't the wild west but...I do understand that some with a certain type of training and mindset might consider fleeing suspect to still be a threat and still shoot them out of their habit and training.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

What about exit holes?
Dan

Hahaha. They're pretty good at figuring out entry and exit.

 

[Excalibur]

I'm pretty sure you can tell which are the entry and which are the exit holes

 

[Thor]

I do have to go with the concept that once they are running away and if they are armed, NOT shooting back at you while fleeing, you stop shooting and assess your situation. To be cliche with terms, this isn't the wild west but...I do understand that some with a certain type of training and mindset might consider fleeing suspect to still be a threat and still shoot them out of their habit and training.

That's what I initially thought, are they repositioning for cover? If so not shooting them would be a bad idea unless you too are repositioning for cover. Then again, he didn't shoot them, he shot in their general direction endangering others. Also, I have no gang involvement so the whole thing probably wouldn't have happened...

 

[medcoxo]

Looks like they dropped any charges they were going to pursue against the shooter. I saw the video, and yeah, it was definitely a serious situation that being armed made the difference. They only 'assumed' that he had gang ties, but they ere unable to verify any of that. Chalk one up for the good guys.

 

[oldpink]

Keep shooting until the threat is ended = good shoot
Keep shooting, after the threat is decisively neutralized or beating a hasty exit stage left (Snagglepuss lives) = bad shoot

 

[Thor]

Videos? Story update links? I could find none on the site with the original link. (Google is an all seeing always watching spy...not my friend, and I don't have that much interest...and need to go to work). There were some comments that said he was released, others said it was the POS (sic) Police Sargent's fault and that they were cooperating until he claimed they were gang members.

Not being willing to press charges after an attempted kidnaping and shootout sounds like gang life...not Mr. Policeman was mean to me so I'll let the bad guys off. Also, they guys pic says gang member which does not help.

 

[numbaonecoltsfan]

By the way, same rules apply if you are attacked by wildlife. US Fish and Wildlife look poorly on bear, cougar, wolf, etc. with holes in their backsides.

I learned something today! Woohoo!