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Kirata -> RE: Senseless Gun Violence -- Fearful Homeowner Kills Unarmed German Exchange Student (5/8/2014 9:46:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: cloudboy
Teenagers call it garage hopping. The goal was to sneak into an open garage, steal some beer or other items and slip away into the night. It was dumb and clearly illegal. It was not supposed to be deadly.
Inside the house, motion sensors alerted Markus Kaarma, 29, to an intruder’s presence.....
....he grabbed a shotgun from the dining room and rushed outside......
....He aimed into the garage and, according to court documents, fired four blasts into the dark.....
Mr. Dede’s (a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany named Diren Dede ) body crumpled to the floor.
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I can only shake my head in dismay......
It wasn't an open garage door inviting entry, it was only partially open, a not uncommon practice for ventilation, and likely would have been closed when the homeowner went to bed. Also omitted, the man and his family were already on edge from two recent burglaries at their home. In addition to his wife, there was a 10-month old child in the house. The couple had contacted police previously, but received little assistance.
“Markus felt a high level of fear and anxiety for himself and his family due to the burglaries and lack of response from law enforcement,” he [Kaarma's attorney] said... Ryan said they watched in fear and terror” as the intruder entered the garage and headed toward the kitchen door. Kaarma, Ryan wrote, believed the intruder posed “an imminent threat” to himself and his family. ~Missoulian
Not knowing if the intruder was armed, and not wanting to risk him gaining entry to the house, Kaarma went outside while his wife called 911. After the shooting, Kaarma's wife administered "lifesaving procedures" and comforted the shot man. A second intruder was not injured, and fled the scene. My guess would be that he wasn't the one who approached the door into the house.
Prosecutors are making shit up wholesale. Presumably relying on their crystal balls, they're claiming that Kaarma baited the burglars by leaving the door open and placing a purse inside.
Ryan staunchly refutes that claim. “The family’s garage door was open for ventilation because Markus and Janelle smoke cigarettes in the garage and had done so minutes before this tragedy,” Ryan wrote. The purse, Ryan said, wasn’t in plain view, but was in the back of the garage.
Oh yeah, and they suspect Kaarma may have been smoking pot. Gawd momma, say it ain't so!
K.
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