Posted on 07/30/2015 5:41:22 AM PDT by marktwain
What you say on 911 is recorded. It can and will be used against you in a court of law. My friend and publisher of numerous books on gun laws, Alan Korwin, says that in the vast majority of cases where people involved in self defense scenarios end up in serious legal difficulties, it is what they said on 911 that got them into trouble. He expounds on this in his book "After You Shoot". In a recent case in Florida, both male participants made errors. One is dead and one has been charged.
I suspect that Robert Doyle is already regretting saying that he would put his gun to the other driver's head. If it was not for that statement, I doubt that he would be charged. The other driver, Candelario Gonzalez, threatened to "whoop his ass" and followed him to his home. Candelario Gonzalez no longer has regrets in this life. He is dead.
"I have a truck, there's some maniac that's been following me, trying to run me off the road an (expletive). My gun is already out. It's cocked and locked," Doyle told the dispatcher.In the 911 call, Robert Doyle says the driver that is following him and trying to run him off of the road, is driving a truck. In the overhead picture of the scene, the vehicle beside the truck in the driveway may well be a Kia Soul. There appear to be two children at the back of the vehicle.
At almost the exact same time, the wife of 44-year-old Candelario Gonzalez was on the phone with another 911 operator. She indicated her husband was also threatening violence.
"My husband wants to go whoop his (expletive)," he said.
"Well if he does that, he'll, he'll go to jail," the dispatcher responded.
Both callers blame the other driver for acting aggressively.
Doyle's made at least two more references to his gun.
"They are following me to my house. I'll be there in 20 seconds and the guns are already out," he said, later adding, "I'm going home and the gun's coming out. I'm going to put it to his (expletive) head."
According to detectives, Doyle then held Gonzalez's wife, daughter and grandson at gunpoint until deputies arrived. He told them he acted in self-defense.
But detectives don't believe it and said, based on the words Doyle used in his own 911 call, it appears he was the aggressor and that's why he's charged with murder.
"He doesn't come out and say I'm going to shoot this guy. He said 'I've got my gun out. I'm cocked and locked and ready to go,'" said Capt. Dave DeCarlo, with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office.
I would never confront a driver like that because I could lose my job. If the guy tries to follow me, I go to the closest police station. If that won't work, I would stay in my car. If he gets out, I wait till he is out of his car and drive away. If that's not and option and he goes bare handed after the car, I record it with my phone. If he shows up with a tire iron or something else to bust into the car he get the first portion of my pistol mag through the glass.
Shooting a man over a stupid argument presents legal problems, but I worry more about explaining it to the Big Guy when I leave this world for the next.
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The incriminating words will still be there even if the others are all gone.
If you want quicker police response, ask 911 to send the coroner because there’s about to be a body for him to pick up.
Brings back a memory from the days before cell phones, when I was between jobs and was scabbing at a union supermarket during a strike. The manager and I were the last to leave one night. There was one other car in the lot, parked at the far end in the shadows, but I saw a bit of movement inside. When I pulled out the car moved to follow me, and he did not put his lights on until he was on the road. I headed towards home, but made a couple of unnecessary turns. Sure enough, he followed me. So I simply kept driving to police headquarters and pulled in to the parking lot. He took off.
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