[Innovative]

He should get a medal, not be charged with a crime.

The burglar may have killed him.

[PistolPaknMama]

He was 72 years old! He probably needed a nap!

[Hugh the Scot]

He was good until the burglar dropped his pickaxe and ran.

[Gay State Conservative]

Unless there's something big that I'm missing here there's no way in hell that I'd vote guilty here.

[Brilliant]

Based on his story I’d say he did not know he’d hit the guy. The guy ran. He fired a second time into the night. Maybe he was reckless in his handling of the gun but no innocent person was hit.

[Cowboy Bob]

Put me on the jury!

[Reno89519]

First thought is shock. Seems overkill to arrest and jail the guy for killing a burglar. Guess the guy needs a good attorney to help sort things out.

[Menehune56]

Well, this is Dallas we’re talking about here.

[Texas Eagle]

Murder connotes premeditation, does it not? So they guy planned on having the guy burglarize his home?

[eyeamok]

If he would have just walked into the Burglars Home and Shot him, no crime would have been committed.

[deport]

Meyers told police he was awakened by a noise around 5 a.m. and
saw someone trying to break into his storage shed with a pickax. He
grabbed his gun, came out the home and yelled at the alleged burglar.

He said he shot the person, who was coming toward him. The burglar
dropped the pickax and ran toward the park, Meyers said.

He didn't know whether he hit the person so he went back to bed, an arrest warrant affidavit said. After sunrise, he said he saw the person lying on the ground.

He told investigators he threw the spent shell casings in the trash.
Court documents said Meyers refused to answer questions from a 911
dispatcher, saying only that he was defending himself and that
medical assistance was needed.

CLICK

[Penelope Dreadful]

Wait - doesn’t Texas permit defending your property with deadly force???

I have to look up the exact wording.

[joma89]

Epic! It is guys like this that we need more of in society.

JoMa

[Penelope Dreadful]

(a) A person in lawful possession of land or tangible, movable property is justified in using force against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful interference with the property. (b) A person unlawfully dispossessed of land or tangible, movable property by another is justified in using force against the other when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if the actor uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession and: (1) the actor reasonably believes the other had no claim of right when he dispossessed the actor;  or (2) the other accomplished the dispossession by using force, threat, or fraud against the actor. https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-9-41.html

[Responsibility2nd]

Too many brain dead replies on this thread. Unbelievable.

To think that it’s OK to shoot and kill somebody and then go to bed like nothing ever happened is unbelievable.

[Bommer]

The affidavit says Meyer’s wife called an attorney for advice before her husband called 911.

Meyer refused to answer the 911 dispatcher’s questions, the Morning News reports, apparently stressing he was the victim of a crime.

The Morning News also reports that Meyer told police he threw the bullet shell casings in the trash.

Thats sounds like murder folks!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Dallas, Harris and Travis counties are Progressive ghettoes and criminal rights trump citizen rights.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The old man was dead tired.

[Texas Eagle]

Man, cut the guy some slack. So he only slept for two hours. I’m only 58 years old and I can only sleep for a couple of hours at a time myself because I have to get up and pee.

[familyop]

According to the news company and the police, Meyer talked too much.

[Pollster1]

Steps 2 and 3: “shovel and shut up”?
If you’re not going to call a shooting in immediately, it may look a little awkward to democrats who count on felons for their votes.