If reported correctly, chock one up for the good guys!

[dustoffer]

I guess my response is that I don't have anything in my house getting killed over. --

[systemnt]

My property is a secure safe haven for my family.
Stealing that security by entering un-invited is as bad as physically hurting one of them and will end the same way for you.

[rubydog]

My question is: Who stops to age and ID a masked burglar???

[bearintex]

Lyrics from a song:
"Our house is protected by the good Lord and a gun, if you come in uninvited you just might meet both of them!" or something to that effect.

[tradtiger]

Prayers for all involved. Intruders should be mindful of the fatal risk they take before entering another's castle.

[rednecktbrizz7]

Lyrics from a song:
"Our house is protected by the good Lord and a gun, if you come in uninvited you just might meet both of them!" or something to that effect.

Yup my thoughts exactly

[tvc184]

You have to feel terrible for the child's family. Typically however, their reasoning is emotion based. The grandfather is completely correct however he is likely very wrong.

I would be willing to bet that when the homeowner came upon a masked man in his home in the nighttime, he wasn't thinking about property.

The same kind of response is often stated in police shootings. Marihuana was not worth shooting someone over or a traffic citation does not earn the death sentence. Well that is correct assuming the person was shot for those reasons. Those are simply reasons that contact was made. What happened afterwards is what causes the need for deadly force. By the same reasoning I would bet this homeowner had the crap scared out of him and his last thought before pulling the trigger wasn't, "I just have to save that $10 roll of quarters".

All of course, based on the incident being as reported.

[fishingsetx]

The other thing I was glad to see is the title to the news article was "Buglary suspect shot and killed in Hamshire" instead of "homeowner shot and killed unarmed teen"

[coy-ote]

what would Carlos Mencia say? bout the burglar

[wassaw]

I'm having a hard time not reading the grandfathers "prayers for whoever shot him" in a non-threatening tone??

His statement carries that "No momma should have to fear their son being killed when robbing a store" tone to me....

probably just my non trusting attitude though

[systemnt]

what would Carlos Mencia say? bout the burglar

Pretty sure it would be something someone else already said.

[jp74]

prayers for everyone involved.. I would have done the same thing.

[rudeman]

This happened in my brother in laws neighborhood.

[Pedernal]

Tragic that a young man lost his life but you have to question how he got to the point where he figured braking into a house was better/easier than getting a job to earn the money for what ever property he was planning to take? Makes me wonder if this was a way to feed a drug problem? Some people say the war on drugs is pointless, obviously I am speculating that he was mixed up in drugs but it's cases like this that make it easy to see how evil drugs can make a person. I just can't fathom that a 16 year old would consider braking into a house unless he was using drugs.

[Tmag]

A tragedy for sure, prayers for the family and homeowner.