Apparent robber fatally shot by Indiana homeowner

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

Salem - State police say a southern Indiana homeowner fatally shot one of two men who had entered his house in an apparent robbery.

Police were searching Wednesday for the second man, who fled from the house near the Washington County city of Salem after Tuesday night's shooting.

The homeowner told investigators that a man knocked on the door asking to use the telephone. As that man came inside, another man wearing a mask entered as well. The homeowner said he retrieved a gun and shot the first man.


http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=11650284

[petersjo02]

1. And the good news justs keeps rollin' in.

n/t

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

6. The innocent people lived, I'd call that a good day.

[Ken Burch]

2. Jeez....how many "folks getting shot" threads are you gonna START today?

n/t.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

4. I've got a half dozen more or so.

[Ken Burch]

5. Sheesh!...well, just so long as you don't start shooting people just to CREATE new threads.

:eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2Vdcv9Q_o

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

7. Unlikely, they have to be completely insane to break in my house.

I drive a marked government vehicle so it would be unlikely while I wasn't at home either especially since I don't carry a firearm.

[rgbecker]

3. I get it, shoot the guy who needs the telephone, let the masked man go!

Thank God he had a gun, no telling who that guy might have called!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

8. It might have been a 900 number. One can never tell.

[taurus145]

11. C'mon, Dave, get it right

"One never knows, do one?" (Fats Waller, from Ain't Misbehavin')

[pipoman]

9. You think the guy was there to use the telephone?

:dunce:

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

10. That's funny.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

12. Come on at least have the guts to defend your statements.

[rgbecker]

13. What statement do you have a problem with?

The post said the guy shot the first guy which I assume means the first guy in, who was the very one who, according to the post asked to use the phone. The post states the other guy, meaning the one with the mask, was still being hunted. So the question is, why did he shoot the guy who needed the phone instead of the guy with the mask. Not enough practice? Or, was it indeed because the phone guy was intending to run up the phone bill by calling a 900 number as you suggest? Either way, I hope the next time I ask to barrow someone's phone, the guy doesn't unload his 357 on me before asking some questions. By the way, did the post ever mention if the masked guy had a weapon or not?

[PavePusher]

14. Amazing.

Do you even hear the words coming out of your head?

[slackmaster]

15. Maybe he thought the guy asking to use the phone was in cahoots with the guy with the mask

I'm just taking a wild guess here.

Have you ever read the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, or seen the movie version made by Stanley Kubrick? It's about a dystopic future where young criminals run rampant. There's a scene where the anti-hero Alex and his droogs (friends) knock on the door of a home and say "Please help. I need to use your phone. There's been a terrible accident, and my friend's bleeding to death in the road!"

The homeowner lets the boys in, and they proceed to gang-rape the man's wife and beat him until he is crippled for life. The bad boys had masks too.

Maybe the homeowner had read the book or seen the movie, and got the idea that real-life crooks might do something like that.

You know, kind of like a copycat crime.

Or something.

I really don't know what was going on in his mind.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

16. So your theory is that these are 2 completely coincidental occurences? LOL.

Who cares if the 2nd perpetrator was armed? It's completely irrelevant to the discussion.

[rgbecker]

17. Actually, the article doesn't mention either of the guys had arms.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

18. Who cares if either of the perpetrators was armed?

[slackmaster]

19. I found a pic of one of them. He was definitely unarmed.

[Hoopla Phil]

20. When will these people realize that someone's "stuff" is not worth dieing for?

[Mr Kilroi]

22. About the same time

they realize crack and meth are bad for them.

[iverglas]

23. root causes! root causes!

Why aren't these brave homeowners out shooting the crack and meth dealers on the streetcorners before these future violent criminals get all addled???

We must go after the root causes, and stop shooting the victims of greedy drug traffickers and the corrupt politicians who enable them, I sez.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

25. Don't be so silly, they aren't posing a direct threat to the lives of gun owners.

[Hoopla Phil]

24. That's a fair answer. Welcome to D.U.

[proteus_lives]

21. I'm glad my fellow Hoosier is ok.

He did the right thing and I wish him well.