Can't anyone read? The thief was not in the house.
From the report: "Kirkley grabbed a gun and went outside."
Can't anyone read? The thief was not in the house.
From the report: "Kirkley grabbed a gun and went outside."
so? what's the problem? Family and friends of the deceased are hereby instructed to pay for all costs associated with his criminal act...next case please.
So? He was still a thief, and a trespasser. Now I don't know the law in NC, but in Texas that'd be enough justification (Actually, if he'd only committing "theft", it must be during the nighttime). However the story says "burglary suspect", and burglary is legal justification for use of deadly force, in Texas. So are robbery and armed robbery. The description makes it sound like more like robbery than burglary, but either way.
In San Antonio a kid was shot by a property owner for trying to steal his chickens. Grand Jury no billed. In Dallas a guy shot at several "youths" trying to steal his fancy rims. He used an SKS and shot into their vehicle. Again "No bill".