He’d had most of his guns stolen already. All he’d had left were a Mini-14 and a .22 pistol.
He shot each of them as they came down the stairs. The woman was only wounded and possibly still a threat and his rifle jammed so he switched to the pistol.
He thought he’d killed her. As he was moving her body to the side, he noted she was still alive and choking to death on her own blood. Rather than let her expire painfully, he ended it for her with a single .22 shot into her brain.
Is that psychopathic? Are you sure?
Under MN law, he’s screwed. He’s going to jail forever.
However, these thieves deserved to die the minute they broke into his home. Period. We can quibble over method until the cows come home...
If he and his lawyer are smart he can say that when he moved her she threatened him. You know like “I’m going to kill you old man!” That would get a not guilty from me.
Man, thats a horrible position to be in. The way you stated it, I might have been screwed the same way.