Dallas: woman shoots "male companion" in self defense

[seamusTX]

Dallas -- A woman fatally shot her "male companion" around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of a pool hall in the 4700 block of Malcolm X Boulevard. Witnesses said that the man assaulted the woman before she retrieved a pistol from a vehicle and shot him. Police are considering the incident self defense.

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- Jim

[PJK]

This one is going to be interesting to watch. There has got to be a back story that will come out later. There was no mention if she was CHL.

I hope someone can please answer this. Assume she was not a CHL and was carrying in the car under MPA. Is self defense a defense to prosecution under MPA where she used that gun in a public place and not in the vehicle?

[Purplehood]

This one is going to be interesting to watch. There has got to be a back story that will come out later. There was no mention if she was CHL.

I hope someone can please answer this. Assume she was not a CHL and was carrying in the car under MPA. Is self defense a defense to prosecution under MPA where she used that gun in a public place and not in the vehicle?

Wouldn't that be a part of the rationale for the MPA in the first place? Just because I am standing down the driveway from my car, doesn't mean that I am not going to go grab my weapon in that car if I need it to defend myself.

[seamusTX]

Historically, in Texas, if someone is justified in using deadly force in self defense and otherwise legal to have a firearm (not a felon), the authorities don't get picky about technicalities.

This issue came up more often before the MPA went into effect, when it was not generally legal to have a handgun in a vehicle.

The problem in this case may be the justification itself. The justification will need to be "the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force; or to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault,..."

Simple assault probably isn't going pass the test.

- Jim

[rbftfire]

Another thing that might come in to play is that if she was assaulted and retrieved a gun from her car, it will probably be argued that she could have just got in her car and left.

[C-dub]

Another thing that might come in to play is that if she was assaulted and retrieved a gun from her car, it will probably be argued that she could have just got in her car and left.

I was wondering this same thing. Was the assault over or was it continuing as she was attempting to get into her car?

[seamusTX]

It's possible that she didn't have the ignition key. Maybe it was his car and she knew there was a pistol in it, or maybe something had happened to her purse.

The police don't often give people a break in this kind of situation.

- Jim

[Oldgringo]

It's possible that she didn't have the ignition key. Maybe it was his car and she knew there was a pistol in it, or maybe something had happened to her purse.

The police don't often give people a break in this kind of situation.

- Jim

This happened outside a pool hall, maybe the fracas had something to with the way the assailants"... , no...I'm really not going to say it... .

[joe817]

It happened in, if not one of, THE most dangerous parts of Dallas. It's located about a mile due south of Fair Park. I don't even drive through that area during the daytime....much less at night.

[Hoi Polloi]

Male companion is an interesting term that encompasses everything from friend-of-a-friend to bar hookup to pimp. I do think there's much more to the story for the police to have so quickly said it was self defense.

[seamusTX]

Those are good observations.

No further news has emerged about this incident. The original story said that the woman was taken into custody, but not arrested or charged. The more I think about it (in the absence of any factual information) the "assault" must have been violent or sexual in nature such that witnesses could say that the shooting was justified.

- Jim

[gmantx]

It happened in, if not one of, THE most dangerous parts of Dallas. It's located about a mile due south of Fair Park. I don't even drive through that area during the daytime....much less at night.

I work in sales and that is the middle of my teritory which is the main reason I got a CHL. Need to be aware of your surroundings at all times and generally only go into the places that you know.