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Man shoots intruder then goes back to sleep, charged with murder
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:51 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:51 am
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Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:52 am to tiger1014
Man reads post, goes to sleep, wakes up and reposts. No charges
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:53 am to tiger1014
Murder?
Doubtful
Doubtful
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 9:55 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:54 am to tiger1014
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Meyer told police he fired another shot "into the night" in the direction of the park and then went to bed.
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Meyer said he had his wife contact an attorney before he called 911 at 7:04 a.m. to report a home invasion in progress.
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Crime scene analysts called to process the scene couldn't find any spent shell casings. According to the warrant, Meyer told them that he picked them up and threw them away.
Yikes.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:54 am to tiger1014
Without reading anything but the headline. If someone broke into my house and I shot them but did not alert authorities....yeah I can see you getting in some shite for it.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:55 am to tiger1014
That dude just be blasting fools and going to sleep all the time!! He did the same thing yesterday!
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:57 am to the4thgen
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That dude just be blasting fools and going to sleep all the time!! He did the same thing yesterday!
You'd think people would learn not to break into his house. Maybe after this one, they will.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 9:57 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:57 am to tiger1014
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Meyer told the intruder not to come any closer or he would shoot him, the warrant reads. Meyer said the man took a few steps toward him with a pickax in his hand, the warrant says, and that's when he fired his gun. He said the unidentified man dropped the pickax and ran into the park behind his property. Meyer told police he fired another shot "into the night" in the direction of the park and then went to bed.
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a gunshot wound to the back of his neck
Sounds like he saw the guy in his backyard, scared him away, and shot him as he fled. The OT would want to prosecute a cop for this.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 9:58 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:57 am to geauxtigers6492
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Without reading anything but the headline. If someone broke into my house and I shot them but did not alert authorities....yeah I can see you getting in some shite for it.
He also admits to blindly shooting at a target he couldn't see and was retreating. That appears to be the shot that killed the guy. Yeah, dude is fricked.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 9:58 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:57 am to tiger1014
Murder? No.
Depending on how many bullets he fired off on the 'victim', it could catch up to him with manslaughter, but if I'm his defense attorney, I'm claiming it was 'heat of passion' or even self-defense.
Depending on how many bullets he fired off on the 'victim', it could catch up to him with manslaughter, but if I'm his defense attorney, I'm claiming it was 'heat of passion' or even self-defense.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:58 am to tiger1014
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Meyer told the intruder not to come any closer or he would shoot him, the warrant reads. Meyer said the man took a few steps toward him with a pickax in his hand, the warrant says, and that's when he fired his gun. He said the unidentified man dropped the pickax and ran into the park behind his property. Meyer told police he fired another shot "into the night" in the direction of the park and then went to bed.
If that's what happened, he won't be convicted of murder.
Weird that the warrant for his arrest for murder describes the "crime" as something perfectly legal in Texas.
Maybe it's the second shot? You can shoot a fleeing thief if he has your property and you reasonably think that's the only way to recover the stolen property. If his hands were empty, that might be the reason for the charge.
Edit: yep, CNN's shitty article didn't go into detail:
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even though "from the suspect's accounts, the threat of serious bodily injury against him was over when the complainant dropped the pickax and ran off," the affidavit said.
sad when the Dallas morning news reports better than you...
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 10:00 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:58 am to Dam Guide
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He also admits to blindly shooting at a target he couldn't see
Dude shouldn't have gotten in the way of his bullets.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:58 am to tiger1014
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Man shoots intruder then goes back to sleep
ALPHA AS frick
Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:59 am to tiger1014
He should have just drug him somewhere else and dumped the body
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:00 am to TH03
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If that's what happened, he won't be convicted of murder.
If I had him in the interrogation room, I would try to get him to admit that he made up the part about the guy coming at him with a pickax as a way to justify the shooting once he realized he killed the guy.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:00 am to TH03
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Maybe it's the second shot? You can shoot a fleeing thief if he has your property and you reasonably think that's the only way to recover the stolen property. If his hands were empty, that might be the reason for the charge.
He says the robber had a pickaxe and he dropped it and running away, so the robber didn't have anything from the guy's own story.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 10:01 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:01 am to Dam Guide
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He says the robber had a pickaxe and he dropped it and running away, so he didn't have anything.
Right, that's why I said if his hands were empty, he's in the wrong. See my edit, that's exactly what the charge is for. It's the second shot after the threat was ended.
I only wonder if they can prove the first shot killed him then he can try to fight it that way. The articles don't say how many GSWs the guy had. CNN says he had one in the back of his neck, but doesn't say if it's the only one.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 10:04 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:02 am to TH03
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Right, that's why I said if his hands were empty, he's in the wrong. See my edit, that's exactly what the charge is for. It's the second shot after the threat was ended.
Should still think it is more manslaughter though instead of murder.
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I only wonder if they can prove the first shot killed him then he can try to fight it that way.
He was hit in the back, so I would say it was the second shot.
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 10:03 am
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:05 am to Dam Guide
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Should still think it is more manslaughter though instead of murder.
Similar to the Dallas cop trial, you can be charged with murder and convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
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He was hit in the back, so I would say it was the second shot.
Yeah sounds like it. Articles are annoyingly lacking full details though.
Posted on 10/1/19 at 10:10 am to tiger1014
Yea, he’s gonna have some problems over this. What a dumbass.
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