No charges in self-defense
shooting during home invasion
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
http://www.discoveromaha.com/
Prosecutors say they don't plan to file charges
in connection with a weekend break-in that ended with deadly gunfire.
Early Sunday morning 21-year-old Tariq
Beaudouin was shot and killed as he was breaking into a house at 41st and Miami.
At the time, 19-year-old Anthony Sims was
arrested for criminal homicide in connection with the shooting.
On Tuesday, the Douglas County Attorney's
office refused to file charges against Sims.
Chief Deputy County Attorney Don Kleine says,
"There's no question of who was the shooter here. The question is was it
justified or not and we don't have any evidence to show that it wasn't justified
at this point."
Kleine says the law is straightforward when a
homeowner shoots an intruder.
It is justified only if the homeowner fears for
his or her life and not if the gun is fired in defense of property.
NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.
Section 107, this material is distributed, without profit, for research or
educational purposes. We do our best, as well, to give credit to the original
news source who published these Guns Save Lives stories out of respect and
appreciation for their willingness to spread the word that Guns Save Lives. God
Bless the Americans that publish these stories - for assisting Americans in
hearing the truth.
