“Tom Greer says he fought back when he was attacked by intruders at his Southern California home. When he got his gun and fired at them, they ran.
“The 80-year-old homeowner says one of the fleeing burglars, a woman, shouted, ‘I’m pregnant!’ He shot her twice, killing her.
“The woman was not pregnant, Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office told CNN.
“The district attorney will decide Friday whether Greer will face criminal charges.
“Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Greer walked into his house Tuesday to find suspects Andrea Miller, 26, and Gus Adams, 28, ransacking it. According to McDonnell, Greer said this was the fourth time his house has been burglarized.” *
In this clip The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur (http://twitter.com/cenkuygur), Ana Kasparian (http://twitter.com/anakasparian), John Iadarola (http://twitter.com/jiadarola) and Wesley Clark break down the story.
* For more, read the CNN story here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/25/justice/california-slain-burglar-pregnant/
Comments
This isn’t easy.
I don’t think that it is justifiable to shoot anyone IF the crime takes place outside of the home, AND there is no threat to the occupants of the home.
Because they:
(1.) broke into the house;
(2.) broke his collar bone during the course of an assault,
-the shooting would have been justified.
The problem is, he shot her AFTER they left the house, while she was running.
Again, this is a problem, because, if not for the fact that there is evidence that she was at the scene of the crime (her carcass), there is a strong possibly that they would not have been caught.
As long as they are not caught, they continue to commit crimes.