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Oh, don't get me wrong. I think deadly force was necessary here. Had someone attacked a friend that was answering the door to my home, I'd be condition red as well.

I just wonder about the amount of force (read # of shots) and the possible reload & continued fire that seems to have taken place.

I'd like to see the investigators report, but that won't happen...

GrannyGlock wrote:Frankly, I felt this was a shooting that should not have happened. When the man showed up at the house in the middle of the night, he should have been greeted with a stiff dose of OC. No one was prepared on either side it seemed and the intruder was not reported to be armed except with his fists. The home owner I felt was reckless and poorly trained.

I'll finally chime in on this thread. I am very familiar with this event, as it involved a family member. I do not wish to jeopardize anyone's privacy, so that's all you get.

However, this shooting was VERY preventable. The current boyfriend of the girl involved should never have gone this ex-boyfriends house. The fact that hasn't been released to the press is that the man killed did have a crimnal record which included a recent collar for attempted ag assault when he tried to re-enter a bar with a knife after being kicked out for intoxication. He got into a scuffle with the bouncers and LPD responded at which time he added a charge for resisting arrest.

The information that I haven't gotten cleared up yet is the balistics. One report was that 10 total wounds were counted between the dead guy and the roommate and that the gun used was only 7+1 shots. But there were only 8 casing recovered... The source I have said that shooter had reloaded... The Lubbock DA may look at this as excessive, I don't know.

The perp was definitely at fault, no doubt about it. But all parties involved were apparently drunk. I'm not going to fault anyone for drinking a little more than we should. But since I've kept guns for SD now, I make it a point to not go beyond the point of a casual after work / with dinner drink to avoid a bad shooting should a problem arise that I need to defend myself in.

The shooter also made very bad judgement in shooting at the tangled mess of his roommate brawling with an intruder. #1 Rule in shooting, KNOW YOUR TARGET. This guy is going to have a tough time when the grand jury looks at this. He may get off in the long run, but I don't think he'll walk with a no bill from the DA/GJ.

This was a very sad event in which stupid anger, machismo and alcohol turned into a leathal mix.

We should all hope that in the event we have to use deadly force, it's in a better situation that this.