From Reader Brad comes this extraordinary tale from Chicago:
A suspect who entered a Northwest Side home without permission was shot Monday afternoon.
A 26-year-old man was in the home in the 2100 block of North Meade Avenue a little before 1 p.m. when an unknown suspect entered without permission, police said.
The man, who has a FOID card, fired a gun in the direction of the suspect, hitting him twice in the chest.
The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Alexis Quiles by the Medical Examiner’s Office, fled and was found nearby. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center and was listed in serious condition and was later pronounced dead.
Ahhh… nothing says “You’re goin’ down!” like a double-tap to the chest.
As for the “extraordinary” part: in Chicago, Righteous Shootings are very much out of the ordinary — but there’s always hope that it will become more popular.
I am always entertained by how these reports are worded. This wasn’t breaking and entering at night, no, this was just entering a home without permission. A much less serious sounding incident. Then They reported that “the card holder fired in the direction of the suspect”. Not the trained Homeowner defended his family by shooting the home invader twice in the center of mass. ( maybe he was supposed to fire a warning shot thru the ceiling and into the upstairs bedroom at 1 in the morning. ) At least the headline writer got the Home invader part right.
Given the fact that the choirboy managed to flee some distance before collapsing, it sounds like the homeowner needs a bigger gun or next time more rounds.
“it sounds like the homeowner needs a bigger gun or next time more rounds.”
You do understand “FATAL WOUND” vs “INCAPACITATED” and the two DON’T always go hand in hand.
FATAL WOUND – One could get hit with a 22 LR. Not feel too bad. Still be walking around. But the wound could be unsurvivable. Example, a deer gets plowed by a round. Deer runs fast for a while. Then expires.
INCAPACITATED – One could get hit with a 45 ACP in the chest. Go down, fall to the ground. They get to the hospital and get treated, no major organs struck. They live.
The outcome of the shitbag going some distance and then expiring is fine, as he will NEVER “enter a home without permission” ever again.
Ok, about that wording…
After a justified shooting, when you give minimal if any immediate statement to the popo, you clam up until you get a lawer.
When you do make a formal statement, it will not include “I shot him 2 times in the center of mass.” It will be more in the form of “In fear of my life inside my own home, I fired in his direction to stop him. I am uncertain how many shots I fired. It was probably more than one.”
Because if you say 2, and it turns out to be 3 or 4, you will be presented in both criminal and civil trials as being a liar by the opposing shyster.
Your statement conveys the necessary information without needless specificity. You establish both self defense and castle doctrine.
As Merrill Jenkins once told me face-to-face, “Did you know shyster lawyer is redundant?”
My comment was on the reporting by the writer of the article, not the shooter. But yes, as my Lawyer Stepfather advised, never volunteer any information to anyone in any adversarial situation.
Just have to hope some local DA doesn’t indict the hero for putting the criminal to bed for his well deserved dirt nap. Too many stories in liberal states of the defender getting boned.
@Coffee ..
Greetings from Lake County, IL.
Based on the facts of this case, as reported, even Cook (Crook?) County States Attorney “Catch-and-release” Kim Foxx would have trouble charging The Homeowner. Since the election of Rahm Emanuel as Mayor, and continuing with Lori “Groot” Lightfoot and now with Brandon “I’m a pandering liberal progressive wokist union wonk” Johnson, violent crime of all types has gone one direction in Chicago. People are sick of the unchecked mayhem. While I doubt The Homeowner will get a ticker-tape parade up and down Michigan Avenue, I bet there are thousands who applaud his action.
That’s good no charges. I’m in Massachusetts.
Here is an example of the bullshit that happens here
Some punks tried to break into this guys house. He shot one in self defense.
He was arrested and spent time in jail during trial.
He was found not guilty. Booby prize after losing everything else. The family of the punk is suing him.
https://www.masslive.com/topic/jeffrey-lovell/
I feel your pain. Many states would still prosecute the hero because juries are often comprised of stupid people
JQ
Nothing screams Illinois (regrettably the state of my birth) like a reference to a FOID
One of the most satisfying moments of my life was when I left Chicago for the last time, I tossed my (cut-up) FOID card into the Mississippi en route south.
Was that in the dead-of-night, and that’s the reason you weren’t ticketed for LITTERING?
The Hero needs to sue the perp’s estate for the cost of the bullets and some sessions with a shrink to deal with the stress and aftermath of the shooting.
The perp’s remains need to be gibbeted or is it put into a gibbet.
JQ
“…fired a gun in the direction of the suspect, hitting him twice in the chest.”
If this guy had been AIMING, he’d have killed the perp’s whole family.