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I will be anxiously awaiting all the relevant facts in this case. But here are my initial thoughts.

The article says that if it shown the caller knew the info to be false and acted maliciously, she could be charged with "filing a false report". Really? How about murder? That seems like a more appropriate charge.

The actions of the home owner were all reasonable, as far as I can tell. If I am woken up by noises outside my house in the middle of the night I will have a gun in my hand 6 seconds later (just timed this last night, ironically enough). And I will investigate. If I see a strange shape outside, I will likely point my gun in that direction.

The call was supposedly about texts from the daughter in law threatening to harm herself. I'm just thinking that sneaking around outside the house is a bit less effective of a response than something simpler like arriving with lights going and knocking on the door. If you announce yourself as police while outside my home, I won't hear you unless you scream it REAL loud. Combination of decent insulation and ears that have seen service in the U.S. Artillery. Having lights going would mean that as soon as my dog woke me up, I would immediately see the lights flooding through my house and would at least know that police were present. I would probably still have gun in hand, but would keep it al low ready until I figured out what was going on.

I'm not certain that shooting into someone's home is a good idea. I don't plan to ever shoot someone who is outside my home for the same reason.