Phoenix homeowner shoots intruder

[ileus]

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/18710984/2012/06/05/phoenix-homeowner-fatally-shoots-intruder

The homeowner was an off-duty Tolleson Police officer. He was taking a nap when he heard a sound in his house

The burglar made a motion to throw a rock at the homeowner, so he shot him in the head, according to police at the scene.



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Trained officer, untrained criminal tragic result.

[slackmaster]

1. Tragic waste of life

Never go into a gunfight armed only with a rock.

[TheWraith]

2. Even better advice...

Never go into a gunfight if you don't have to.

[Common Sense Party]

3. (Completely unrelated story of an accidental death due to firearm owner neglect or stupidity)

(Posted with no comment, but with the silent, smug implication that your story of justified use of a gun is completely negated by my irrelevant anecdote of a misuse of a gun.)