Topic: Don't Burglarize Homes In Texas
in Forum: Anything Goes
From KXAS News in Dallas, we get this tale of a long-time criminal, 33, named Deyfon Pipkins, who tried to climb in a window of a home.
The elderly owner inside saw him and fired one shot, ending Deyfon's criminal career.
As the police do, they came by, gathered the corpse, then went to notify Deyfon's family of his timely demise. It seems that the family was upset though because they showed up at the scene.
“He could have used a warning," Lakesha Thompson, Pipkins' sister-in-law, said. "He could have let him know that he did have a gun on his property and he would use it in self-defense."
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Homeowner-Shoots-Kills-Man-Climbing-Through-Window-191753621.html
Comments from the sidelines:
"That's certainly true, Lakesha. He could also have invited him in and given him a beer and then helped him cart the TV and other electronics out to the curb.”
But unfortunately for Deyfon, Texas is a Castle Doctrine state, and the homeowner chose to shoot Deyfon, as is his right to do.
“For that matter, Lakesha, you could have warned Deyfon by saying, "Deyfon, you need to quit breakin' into peoples’ homes and stealin' they shit or somebody gonna cap yo' ass"!
|UPDATED|9/18/2013 8:12:03 PM (AZT)|/UPDATED|
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