I'm not saying shooting through a door is always a good policy, but it can be fact-specific. A relevant section of the Penal Code is set out above.Tex. Penal Code §9.02 wrote: Sec. 9.32. DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON. (a) A person is justified in using deadly force against another:
- (1) if the actor would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.31; and
- (2) when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:
(b) The actor's belief under Subsection (a)(2) that the deadly force was immediately necessary as described by that subdivision is presumed to be reasonable if the actor:
- (A) to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force; or
(B) to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery.
- (1) knew or had reason to believe that the person against whom the deadly force was used:
(2) did not provoke the person against whom the force was used; and
- (A) unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment;
(B) unlawfully and with force removed, or was attempting to remove unlawfully and with force, the actor from the actor's habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment; or
(C) was committing or attempting to commit an offense described by Subsection (a)(2)(B);
(3) was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used.
Chas.