Mostly the second part. I am more of an eye for an eye kind of person. If you steal something, returning what was stolen + some jail time is sufficient. Which is why I said I hope that old geezer (whose obviously mentally unstable) gets put away for life.
But yes, you can only ride your luck for so long doing stupid shit. And if you choose to be at the wrong place, don't complain about showing up at the wrong time.
He had no duty to retreat. If he was in fear of peril of death or serious bodily harm he was still within his rights to use deadly force. The key word here is Fear, not reason. How was he to know they were helpless? You in your mindset right now would possibly deem them helpless, but a scared, adrenaline pumped old man on the edge that just shot two kids? Please.
Yes I have 0 legal knowledge because I know that pushing a gun below somebody's who is already shot multiple times, and has been defenselessly dragged across the room, in order to finish her off "cleanly" is murder... as opposed to self defense against the terrible attack of blood stains.
I would side with the home owner, but the guy went way overboard.
I would side with the victims, but they did break into the mans house with intent of wrong doing.
No one can judge what happened here untill all the facts have been revealed, did they have weapons ? were they loaded ? were they aiming at him ? did he give them a warning ? when he shot them the first time did they strugle ? how chaotic was the situation, i really do hope justice gets served here to both sides.
Since they mention stairs, it's very likely to be more than 3 steps.
I have a 4 step stair down to my garden, and i honestly don't think you dare to fall down from that on your face. Not saying that she did, but a basement stair is probably more than 4 steps.
A lot of the comments against butchering the kids, goes with things the old man is quoted for, that goes against his favour. Most of the others goes with the girl laughing, being a clear "shot to kill"-case.
Everyone has so much to say
They talk talk talk their lives away