bbb Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Today, the News was finally able to get words from the shooter who could describe what happened (because now the civil suit was withdrawn. I'm not a gun-owner, but I think the shooter/home-owner had every right to shoot. What do you guys think?: Tells his story The widow also finally released a statement: I don't like the way she blames the shooter and not her husband at all (she is cute, though)
Cynical Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Today, the News was finally able to get words from the shooter who could describe what happened (because now the civil suit was withdrawn. I'm not a gun-owner, but I think the shooter/home-owner had every right to shoot. What do you guys think?: Tells his story The widow also finally released a statement: I don't like the way she blames the shooter and not her husband at all (she is cute, though) Tragic accident, no doubt. Guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I get the widow's response, but she will have to accept reality her husband walked into the wrong house. At the same time, I am not completely buying the shooter's story. I think he was scared shitless and reacted in a knee jerk fashion. By painting the intruder as "acting strangely", he can justify the shooting when in reality the guy was probably walking around in a drunken stupor.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Tragic accident, no doubt. Guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I get the widow's response, but she will have to accept reality her husband walked into the wrong house. At the same time, I am not completely buying the shooter's story. I think he was scared shitless and reacted in a knee jerk fashion. By painting the intruder as "acting strangely", he can justify the shooting when in reality the guy was probably walking around in a drunken stupor. In Texas, if you're inside someone's house, you're dead meat - no questions asked.
KD in CA Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 It's a sad incident; they all sound like normal, reasonable people. I feel bad for his wife, but the fault lies the guy who got drunk and walked into the wrong house at 1 am. A homeowner has no way of knowing the intentions of someone who has entered their home in the middle of the night and the vast majority of the time such a person is there with the intent to commit crimes. D'Amico had every right to protect himself and his pregnant wife.
DC Tom Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Dude probably deserved it. He was probably illegally downloading movies or throwing cups of beer at Ron Artest...
gmac17 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Dude probably deserved it. He was probably illegally downloading movies or throwing cups of beer at Ron Artest... or asking if anyone knew of any online currency converters.
Jim in Anchorage Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Tragic accident, no doubt. Guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I get the widow's response, but she will have to accept reality her husband walked into the wrong house. At the same time, I am not completely buying the shooter's story. I think he was scared shitless and reacted in a knee jerk fashion. By painting the intruder as "acting strangely", he can justify the shooting when in reality the guy was probably walking around in a drunken stupor. And of course you would not be under those circumstances.
bbb Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 And of course you would not be under those circumstances. I was just going to reply the same thing. I'm pretty sure I would be. Man, somebody in your house is scary. I really didn't like the tone or lack or responsibility by the wife, but I really didn't like this part: Mr. D'Amico owns several guns, most of which were locked away. However, Mr. D'Amico stored one shotgun and ammunition in his bedroom; a calculated decision to prepare himself for this situation. I am confident that David would still be by my side if he walked into any other home on Millbrook Court that night. So, it's wrong to be prepared for the situation of an intruder? And, calculated makes it sound like he plotted for this drunk guy to come into the house. She's confident that if we walked into any other home on Millbrook Court that night, he'd be still with her. I'm not so sure about that. Maybe if he didn't go into a house with a gun, maybe he'd still be alive. Maybe somebody would have just put him a lifelong coma with a baseball bat to the head.
Corp000085 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 I guess all that we know now is that the dead guy is going to be in the runnings for the Darwin Award. The widow, while pretty cute, sounds like a future Darwin Award winner too. If some random person or neighbor came into my house at 1am stumbling around and I had a gun handy, he'd be dead, dead, dead too.
dib Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 I have 2 pistols available in the bedroom. One on my side on on my wife's. Then again I live next to a felon that likes to beat up women. He shows up on my property and he's a chalk outline.
bowery4 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) When I was about 19 I woke up in someones screen house, I thought I was at my house. An old man woke me up and said to get out of there, I had no idea where I was (it was in Amherst). I was harmless enough but not to coherent, glad he wasn't a gun happy butt head. Edited January 24, 2011 by bowery4
dib Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 I was harmless enough but not to coherent, glad he wasn't a gun happy butt head. At least he wasnt an incoherent sloppy drunk, that didnt know where he was. BTW- too, not to
shrader Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 I'm curious about how much, if any of the yelling can be heard on the 911 call. It seems like that would pretty much paint the full picture. Anyway, if the statement is true that the victim (not even sure if that is the right word here) had to climb a 6 foot fence to get in, I think that pretty much says it all. Wrong place at the incredibly wrong time, but completely justified.
BB27 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Homeowner/shooter acted 100% appropriately. Too many people want to judge this guy based on thier belief that breaking into someones home because your drunk/stupid isn't a bad thing......
BuffaloBill Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Sad situation for everyone involved. It's hard to say how anyone would have reacted in a simliar situation. If the homeowner was so worried about safety why was the front door unlocked at night? I also wonder if he left enough lights on to ascertain whether the guy walking in had a gun or not. I get it with drugs and the like you are never sure what someone might do. However, I would like to think that I could figure out if the guy was a real threat before just shooting him. I suppose that is an idealistic position but I would also not want to go through the balance of my life knowing that I killed a guy who was simply drunk and in the wrong place.
bbb Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 Sad situation for everyone involved. It's hard to say how anyone would have reacted in a simliar situation. If the homeowner was so worried about safety why was the front door unlocked at night? I also wonder if he left enough lights on to ascertain whether the guy walking in had a gun or not. I get it with drugs and the like you are never sure what someone might do. However, I would like to think that I could figure out if the guy was a real threat before just shooting him. I suppose that is an idealistic position but I would also not want to go through the balance of my life knowing that I killed a guy who was simply drunk and in the wrong place. Did you read the article? It was the back door and it explained why it was unlocked.......I never heard that you are supposed to leave a bunch of lights on to see if intruders are holding guns. Also, you would know if you read the article that it was not a matter of lighting. I'm curious about how much, if any of the yelling can be heard on the 911 call. It seems like that would pretty much paint the full picture. Anyway, if the statement is true that the victim (not even sure if that is the right word here) had to climb a 6 foot fence to get in, I think that pretty much says it all. Wrong place at the incredibly wrong time, but completely justified. Now, this is the first thing, after following this case, and reading these two articles, that I have actually agreed with the shootee's wife......It does seem like something is being held back if they are not releasing the 911 tapes to her. You're right - that should tell most of the story, since the homeowner's wife was on the phone with them even through the shot.
BuffaloBud Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 What would you do in this case? Columbus linky
shrader Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 What would you do in this case? Columbus linky I could see not wanting to let him in, but maybe throw the guy a blanket or something after calling 911.
bbb Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 What would you do in this case? Columbus linky I would ask him why he was naked, bloody and knocking on my door.....If his answers sounded plausible, I'd let him in and call authorities. Quite a different situation than having somebody already in my house, and not knowing their intent. (Which most of the time is not good intent).
BuffaloBill Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Did you read the article? It was the back door and it explained why it was unlocked.......I never heard that you are supposed to leave a bunch of lights on to see if intruders are holding guns. Also, you would know if you read the article that it was not a matter of lighting. Yes I read the article in the OP - what you are referring to was in a "related article" which I now just read. My point about the lights was not to say they had to be left on. I was simply trying to say that before shooting an unarmed person I would personally have hoped that I would have had the ability to better ascertain how much of a threat he really was. I said specifically in my other post it is hard to know how anyone would have reacted in the situation. I never faulted the shooter. Now, this is the first thing, after following this case, and reading these two articles, that I have actually agreed with the shootee's wife......It does seem like something is being held back if they are not releasing the 911 tapes to her. You're right - that should tell most of the story, since the homeowner's wife was on the phone with them even through the shot. Sadly, the bottom line is that the "intruder" was in the wrong house and the homeowner had the legal right to shoot him. This relates to my point above, I'd like to think in an ideal situation the homeowner could have done a better job of figuring how threatened he really was. The situation is simply bad for everyone involved.
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