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Police identify teenager slain in home-invasion shootout
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 3/3/8 | News Sentinel Staff

Posted on 03/03/2008 7:39:03 AM PST by SmithL

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To: BerryDingle

Word is some of those initial reports about the victims being mutilated are false. There still is speculation though. Whether this will come out at the trial or not I do not know. In any case I think we have a good idea why Nancy Grace, Greta Van S., Tru TV et al were not on this story....

Regarding the death of this 16 year old marauding “child,” I hate to say it but if he was indeed the perpetrator then society owes the guy who shot him in self defense a medal. He probably would have gone on to committ more crimes and would have ended up killing someone. So future victims and their families are spared the agony of what these innocent kids and their survivors must go through.


41 posted on 03/03/2008 9:01:04 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Jamodd Mack — Obviously Japanese.


42 posted on 03/03/2008 9:04:03 AM PST by Appleby
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To: SmithL

the news headline makes one assume, that the “child” was killed during a break-in in which he was the victim

that’s what i thought until i read the article and realized that the teenager was the “alleged perp”


43 posted on 03/03/2008 9:04:08 AM PST by machogirl
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To: Morgana
iOr can’t they just be more truthful about the teenager?

How about: GOOD!! SLIMEBAG BURGLAR RIGHTFULLY KILLED -- HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

That suit you?? Sounds good to me.

44 posted on 03/03/2008 9:32:10 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (Smart burglars would be lining up up at the unemployment offices.)
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To: Rick.Donaldson
tnx

?????????????

45 posted on 03/03/2008 9:38:57 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (Smart burglars would be lining up up at the unemployment offices.)
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To: Halo-JM
Police (with firearms IN THEIR HOLSTERS, NOTEBOOKS, FINGERPRINT KITS, AND STRETCHERS) always show up when the crime is over! ACCOMPANIED BY AMBULANCES TO CARRY AWAY THE WOUNDED AND DEAD. When seconds count, the Police are only minutes away!
46 posted on 03/03/2008 9:47:02 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (Smart burglars would be lining up up at the unemployment offices.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

ping


47 posted on 03/03/2008 10:04:18 AM PST by trussell
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To: Turret Gunner A20

I love the additions! Adds a special flare and visual aids.


48 posted on 03/03/2008 10:18:46 AM PST by Halo-JM
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To: Turret Gunner A20
BURGLAR

Just to pick a minor nit, he was committing armed robbery, not burglary. Burglary would be if the house were unoccupied.

49 posted on 03/03/2008 10:24:01 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: SmithL

Doesn’t sound like much of a “gunbattle”.
LOL!


50 posted on 03/03/2008 11:42:26 AM PST by Redbob (WWJBD: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Turret Gunner A20

was in a hurry, on the phone typing one-handed — and used a typical ham radio short hand code. lol

TNX - aka Thanks. :)


51 posted on 03/03/2008 11:49:09 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: SmithL
A more honest headline would have been.

“Criminal home invasion thwarted by quick thinking armed citizen. One invader dead, one sought on charges after fleeing.”

But honesty and reporting are often mutually exclusive.

53 posted on 03/03/2008 12:18:19 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

When asked: “Why did you shoot him 11 times?”, a homeowner who had defended his family reportedly responded “I ran out of bullets!”


54 posted on 03/03/2008 12:20:09 PM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: SmithL
"Teenager?!"

How about "Armed Predator?!"

55 posted on 03/03/2008 12:22:05 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass
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To: RobinOfKingston

Possibly the gentleman would not appreciate being publicized as being in that house at that time.


56 posted on 03/03/2008 1:18:59 PM PST by arthurus
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To: SmithL

57 posted on 03/03/2008 1:24:27 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Turret Gunner A20

Thanks for the great tagline!


58 posted on 03/03/2008 1:25:36 PM PST by Lancey Howard (When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!)
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To: SmithL

Authorities this morning said a 16-year-old Knoxville boy was killed during a weekend home break-in that prompted a gun battle inside the residence.

How did authorities determine that the assailants were not there to rob and rape the female. They were obviously surprised by the armed visitor. It sounds as if they had been planning this break in and expected her to be alone.

As far as the comment by someone that eleven shots were fired. Always remember if you are involved in this type of self defense shooting. The best thing you can be doing when the cops finally arrive is to be standing over the dead body pulling the trigger of your empty gun. I was traumatized by the situation officer.


59 posted on 03/03/2008 2:50:30 PM PST by cquiggy
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To: Lancey Howard; Halo-JM

Nice tag line Lancey Howard.. /grin


60 posted on 03/03/2008 3:24:07 PM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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