Man who shot, killed teenage neighbor will serve 1-2 years.

[Robb]

SMITHFIELD — A Wendell man charged in the accidental shooting of a teenage neighbor will serve between one and two years in prison. Robert Furey pleaded guilty earlier this month to involuntary manslaughter.

Furey was charged in the death of Nickolas Exley, 15. Furey will also have to pay the victim’s family to cover funeral costs.

When officers responded to a 911 call from Furey on Dec. 21 they found Exley dead at the scene. According to a sheriff’s report, Furey told investigators he was alone in his house when Exley and a friend walked in unannounced.

Furey said he was sitting in the dark watching a movie when he heard someone walk in the door. He said he grabbed his rifle and tried to fire a warning shot but accidentally hit Exley in the head. Furey told 911 dispatchers he wasn’t expecting company.

But Exley’s friend said Furey accidentally shot Exley while showing them his rifle. Investigators said Furey had been drinking.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/21/3044823/wendell-man-sentenced-in-accidental.html

[onehandle]

1. Guns are why we all have to be extra careful even going to the homes of people we know.

Guns are the root of many societal problems.

[enough]

2. What state is this? I don't see any indication at the link. Thanks. (nt)

[Blue_Tires]

4. N.C., I'd say...

[rrneck]

6. Looks like North Carolina

Main Office
The News & Observer
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http://www.newsobserver.com/contact-us/

That's a pet peeve of mine. Why can't local news outlets say where the hell they are in the header? It's the internet and anybody on the planet could be reading it.

[BainsBane]

3. Another teenager of color killed by someone who doesn't pay the consequence

[Robb]

7. Accountability is for "those people." nt

[Igel]

9. He pled guilty and was sentenced.

The two accounts are so at odds that there's no making sense of them.

Forensics might be able to say something useful, but that depends on where the body was found and the distance from where Furey said he was sitting. No information means no information.

The friend's story is that it was an accident. The self-defense claim would be marred by his drinking, even if it was in his own house.

One thing that made parts of the US bad in the past was a sense of and need for communal justice. It mars Pakistan and accounts for a lot of the problems in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, India. Let's let them solve their problems and not perpetuate our own.

[Robb]

10. I guess I'll ask what you mean by communal justice here.

[denverbill]

5. WTF. Why the hell are there 2 completely different stories from witnesses?

And he only gets 2 years despite having previously deliberately shot up his neighbors house?

[Igel]

8. It is rather remarkable, isn't it?

Then again, if you're drinking and showing minors your firearms that's pretty much a bad thing. Better to shoot in self-defense when two intruders pop in for an unannounced visit.

And if you did just decide to walk through the front door with a friend when it looked like nobody's home and your friend gets shot for it, are you really going to admit that you entered the presumably unguarded house uninvited?

If the shooter is is telling the truth, the other visitor has no selfish reason to confirm it. If the kid is telling the truth, the older guy has no reason to confirm it. And both have reason to lie.