I'm sure the anti's will be all over this one.....

[ezkl2230]

A Minnesota homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in told authorities he feared they had a weapon, but acknowledged firing "more shots than I needed to" and appeared to take pride in "a good clean finishing shot" for one teen, according to investigators....

Minnesota law allows a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder if a reasonable person would fear they're in danger of harm, and Smith told investigators he was afraid the intruders might have a weapon. However, Smith's actions weren't justified, Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said.

"The law doesn't permit you to execute somebody once a threat is gone," he said....

Wetzel said that while the shootings happened on Thursday, Smith waited until Friday to report the deaths, explaining that "he didn't want to trouble us on a holiday..."

After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium," the complaint says.

"Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the complaint.

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[eagleeyes]

he may have done her a favor and put out of misery or the story could been cold blooded murder and he just made up the story??? who knows for certain what really transpired that day...the story doesn't have enough to go on to know for certain

 

[the dark]

A Minnesota homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in told authorities he feared they had a weapon, but acknowledged firing "more shots than I needed to" and appeared to take pride in "a good clean finishing shot" for one teen, according to investigators....

Minnesota law allows a homeowner to use deadly force on an intruder if a reasonable person would fear they're in danger of harm, and Smith told investigators he was afraid the intruders might have a weapon. However, Smith's actions weren't justified, Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said.

"The law doesn't permit you to execute somebody once a threat is gone," he said....

Wetzel said that while the shootings happened on Thursday, Smith waited until Friday to report the deaths, explaining that "he didn't want to trouble us on a holiday..."

After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium," the complaint says.

"Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the complaint.

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Obviously more data to acquire, but at first read I suspect any thinking human would be all over this. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

 

[JohnD13]

It would seem that once the woman was down, the shot "under her chin up into the cranium", makes the shooter subject to a manslaughter/murder charge. I don't know how Castle Doctrine works in Minnesota, or even if it is in effect in that state, but that statement sounds like all a prosecutor would need to win a case. And not "troubling" the Sheriff until the next day...I think the guy is toast in a legal sense.

 

[Rhino]

Already posted.
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http://www.usacarry.com/forums/deadly-force-law/31441-man-kills-kids-trespassing.html