re: Thoughts on this/chasing down thief and killing him

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to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing

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I think you’ll find that the district attorney’s office and you have different interpretations of what “immediately” means in this context. I’d bet the case law supports their interpretation. This thief had left the property already.

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he reasonably believes that the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means

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By the time someone has secured your vehicle and driven away, I’m guessing the legal position on what is reasonable = call the police.

And we’re just talking criminal here. On the civil side, shooting at a moving vehicle from a moving vehicle is hardly ever going to hit the reasonableness bar.

Again, I’m all for thieves being shot. This guy probably went a bridge too far.