[Morgana]

I don't feel sorry for the kid. We played that game when we were kids but we sure as hell did not play it at 11 pm at night! We knew better.

Where were his parents? Why was he out that late doing crap like this?

Kids today should know better anyway with Ring.com they gonna get caught.

[jacknhoo]

Wow, you have very hardened heart.

[Jonty30]

They are kids. He shot them when he was in no danger. It is a justifiable charge.

[Equine1952]

Major problem, the kid rang the bell and ran. If you’re in a “fear for your life” issue. You shoot till the threat stops. If the assailant retreats you don’t shoot. If you shoot, you shoot till the threat stops. This guys is in trouble, and the kid was wrong. Now he and the kid’s parents get to live with it. Life sucks. It sucks worse when you’re stupid. IMO

[Apparatchik]

I can’t decide whether you are mean or stupid or both.

[suasponte137]

He might be confusing with those guys that were taking airsoft guns, kicking the door in and shooting into the house. These guys were just doing the same old dingdong ditch that we all did when we were kids. In the report says the guy actually walked out onto the street chasing him and shot him. I don’t care what state you’re a man that ain’t gonna fly.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Shooting Chico undoubtedly saved society from all his future crimes which will now never be
committed. Little Chico was just starting out on his lifelong journey of crime. No mas, amigo.

[No name given]

I agree with you on this one.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Shooting a kid in the back for ringing your doorbell. The guy better have Jesus Christ himself as his lawyer, but I don’t think he’d take the case.

[Tell It Right]

The earlier versions of the story is that the kids kicked his door. And one version says that kids had done that in the past and the man tried to get the police to stop it.

Was it illegal for him to chase the kids and shoot them? Yes. Immoral? Yes. Sin? Yes.

But every kid should pay attention and learn that everyone has a breaking point. You don’t know what someone has been going through that day. Especially keep in mind the fear and adrenaline that happens if someone suddenly starts kicking your door.

[marktwain]

What happened to “the talk” these children were supposed to be given about acting like idiots, and the danger thereof.

[frogjerk]

There was another case of this where the "kids" were much older and were kicking in the back door around 3am. Someone got shot over that. That was much more plausable as those "kids" were out 3am kicking in someone's back door

[joshua c]

the guy seriously overreacted

[Jamestown1630]

So, you have no problem with shooting kids who are running away?

I sure hope you don’t own a firearm.

[MortMan]

Ringing doorbells or kicking the doors hard? One is pretty innocuous, but simulating a violent break-in is not.

[maddog55]

One less idiot on the streets. Wonder if his cousin learned anything.

From the home owners side this could have been a diversionary tactic. Shoot to kill them empty the magazine and reload.

[equaviator]

It’s about time for a war on hotheads.

[Secret Agent Man]

Probably not your best response here.

[rottndog]

I don't feel sorry for the kid. We played that game when we were kids but we sure as hell did not play it at 11 pm at night! We knew better.

So the death penalty for ringing a doorbell and running away? You are insane.

[TigersEye]

Gonzalo Leon Jr. is toast and he deserves to be.

[WKUHilltopper]

Growing up I was always told don’t play or wonder around people’s yards at night. You’re liable to get your ass shot off.