NC: After Gunfight, AR-15 used for defense of Home in Catawba County

Gun Watch ^ | 15 February, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

On the 7th of February, 2018, three young men approached a home in Catawba County at about 6 p.m. One of the young men, a 17-year-old, shot at the intended victim.  The intended victim, also 17, was armed and fired back, hitting the attacker several times, killing him.

Shane Cauthen, Masked 17-Year-Old Shot and Killed in Self Defense Gunfight

The other two masked men have been arrested, and the incident investigated. The two remaining suspects are 22 and 16 years old.  The investigators met with the District Attorney on Thursday morning. A determination was made the shooting was in self-defense.

The family of the teen who defended himself has received death threats. A tense situation occurred when a relative of the 17-year-old suspect who was killed approached the property.  He was stopped by a man armed with an AR-15 type rifle, and told to leave. There is video of the confrontation. From wbtv.com:

A man at the house who is a relative of the teen who was the robbery target, drove up to the edge of the driveway and asked that man to leave. He didn’t.

That’s when the relative pulled out an AR-15 rifle and asked the man to go away.

When that gentleman reached behind him, as of to pull out something from behind his back, the relative with the AR-15 raised the barrel, pointed it at the man, and yelled at him to stop.

It turned out he was just trying to show that he was not armed.

The video shows the usefulness of the rifle in stopping a threat.

While the intruder was not armed, the rifleman was confident enough of his position to hesitate in firing, even though the man confronting him chose to show that he was unarmed in a confrontational and foolish fashion.


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[marktwain]

Put on masks, approach home, shoot at victim, get shot.

[redfreedom]

I like the part where the intended victim shot back several times.

That’s exactly what I’d do, get the job done to completion.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

(about the decedent, Shane Cauthen)

“I think they should be charging him. If somebody gets shot four times, I mean, that was aiming at him,” Cauthen’s grandmother, Diane said.

“He was going to better his self. He needed four more credits to graduate,” his mother, Shanda, told Channel 9.

charge description:

Second Degree Trespass (M)
Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia (M)
Larceny (M)
Possessing Stolen Goods (M)
Possess Control Substance Schedule II (F)
Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia (M)
Break Or Enter Motor Vehicle (F)
Failure To Appear (M)

While two males have been arrested, a third, female, was thought to be their driver.

[MileHi]

Another self defense shooting that will be recorded as felony murder.

[familyop]

"The family of the teen who defended himself has received death threats."

So locals allowed a whole nest of crooks to get away with crimes for some time. It's interesting to have a look at situations like that a few years later. One might find that officials have been dismissed, and those formerly afflicted by "affluenza" have long, deserved records. But from the case discussed in the article posted above, that problem has been solved early.

[NorthMountain]

While the intruder was not armed, the rifleman was confident enough of his position to hesitate in firing, even though the man confronting him chose to show that he was unarmed in a confrontational and foolish fashion.

It is to be hoped that police officers will learn the same confidence and self-restraint.

[NorthMountain]

“I think they should be charging him. If somebody gets shot four times, I mean, that was aiming at him,” Cauthen’s grandmother, Diane said.

Diane, you ignorant slut. Darn right that was "aiming at him". Your precious was committing a multitude of crimes. QUIT VIOLATING THE LAW ... you'll be less likely shot by a cop or a self defending citizen.

[Hugin]

“He was going to better his self.”

He should have started by becoming a better shot. That or quitting crime.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

That old guy went out there to try and bait someone into doing something against him so as to come up with some (lame) angle to play the victim with. From the video - "this guy who said he helped raise Cauthen" - hah, looks like a catastrophic FAIL to me.