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parabelum wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:49 amSpeaking of the case, why did the “good” guy pick up his spent case? Aside from tempering with evidence in the homicide, was he trying to make sure there is no primer drag, or is he into reloading? Maybe he did not want to litter?

Anyone else find this just a tad strange?

It is strange. But the mind does weird things under stress and he was under stress at that point. I am guessing he normally has to police up his brass when shooting at his range (I know several indoor ranges where you have to sweep it all up) or he was a veteran who when he learned to shoot was forced to do this by drill sergeants and it stuck with him without thinking about it.

But it does give the DA an argument to make him look bad by saying he was destroying evidence.

This is going to be interesting. It is a legal shoot (IMO) because Texas allows deadly force to prevent a robbery or escape after a robbery. Shoplifting is theft. Using force at any time during the theft or attempting to flee from it makes it robbery. But the shooter may not have known it was a robbery and thought it was just a fight.

He could be justified for using deadly force just based on the fight alone, but that is not nearly as clear cut. The fact that the two employees had already used weapons that were not deadly force (a stick and mace) may help the shooter.