If the homeowner acted lawfully, he has immunity from civil suits arising from his actions under the castle doctrine.OneGun wrote:philip964 wrote:"I saw a girl run out of the house and a guy chasing after her walking speed," said witness Brian Valera. "He was very, very angry. He yelled very threateningly at them."
Here was my concern for our shooter.
Brian's not a great witness for his neighbor.
My other concern for our shooter is probably both these woman have boy friends and fathers, who might be very upset.
A KHOU video story from yesterday interviews a South Texas College of Law professor that states under Texas Law, the homeowner was within his rights. The story also draws a parallel with the Joe Horn shooting in Pasadena 7 years ago where Mr. Horn shot two burglars that broke into his neighbor's house and shot both of them on the street as they were leaving his neighbor's house. The grand jury did not indict Mr. Horn. However, Quanell X did hold demonstrations outside of Mr. Horn's house arguing that burglary should not be a capital crime, even for illegal immigrants with prior convictions as was the situation in Mr. Horn's shooting.
In the shooting from the other day, I doubt that the homeowner will be indicted. I am confident that some plaintiffs attorney will encourage the ladies to file civil suits for millions of dollars in damages that they will never be able to spend when they are in prison.
The suspects are learning some hard lessons here.