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TomsTXCHL wrote:Good grief, y'all are harsh. At least, while I haven't read the article it occurs to me that the guy did right by calling a taxi (assuming his other option might've been to drive drunk) and how can you fault him for being dropped-off at the wrong place.

And maybe the houses in his neighborhood all look mostly alike.

Anyway I can imagine this having happened to ME when I was young & stoopid; a needless tragedy for sure. At 64 this woman is NOT old (younger than I am!) and should have ID'ed her target before firing. A simple exchange of shouts-thru-the-door should have done it???!!!

I said in my post that either of them could have prevented this death. I think it's a shame she did what she did, and I certainly regret the resultant loss of life. It's not what I expect I would do in her situation, or what I would recommend to anyone. But one of them put himself in the situation and the other had it brought to her. He chose to go out and incapacitate himself. She was just home minding her own business. The article says she tried shouting through the door: she told him to leave and that she was armed. Odds are good if he couldn't tell he was at the wrong house, he was too incapacitated to carry on a coherent conversation establishing that he's not a bad guy. Assuming there isn't more than one Youpon Lane in Porter Heights, the houses do not look all alike (per Google Maps street view).

Also, with all respect to the departed, maybe don't get so drunk you can't recognize your own house.

Either party could have changed the outcome by the simple use of common sense. It's tragic to see a loss like this when a very simple step by either party could easily have prevented it.