Posted on 12/31/2015 4:42:16 AM PST by Jed Eckert
ST. CLOUD, Fla. - Police in St. Cloud said a woman mistook her daughter for an intruder, fatally shooting her late Tuesday night.
According to police, the homeowner fired one round at the subject, who was later identified as the homeowner's 27-year-old daughter. The victim was taken to Osceola Regional Hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.
"It's shocking, I tell you that much," said neighbor Harry Morris.
St. Cloud police officials said they aren't releasing the names of the mother or daughter since a person in their household is in law enforcement and Florida law permits the withholding of identities in such cases. Sources tell WESH 2 News the mother is a dispatcher with a local law enforcement agency...................
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Hmmm...
Very sad indeed. I’m sure the mother is devastated...and will be for life.
Every family should have some sort of code phrase for 'everything is okay'--but "Hi Mom, I'm home!" would be a good one, too.
Rule #4
If someone broke into my house and I shot them, I better be clear who I am shooting and that there was an imminent threat requiring that I shoot them. While accidents happen, there is no room for them when the results involve someone dying. Shooting someone without clarity about your target and appropriate threat making this necessary is wrong. She should be charged with murder.
When dad was an NYPD cop, a fellow cop accidentally shot his wife as she arrived home late at night. I always wondered if that one was really an accident.
For the uninitiated:
Jeff Cooper’s Rules of Gun Safety
RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY
RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET
Obama will call for gun confiscation.
I agree. Needs to be second nature.
Dead cold hands
MOLON LABE
Reading between the lines would indicate that mom is probably a cop.
There could be extenuating circumstances - maybe the daughter did not live in the area and her arrival was an unexpected surprise, maybe the woman was being stalked, maybe there had been recent break ins, etc.
But "shoot first, ask questions later" and "shoot, shovel and shut up" are bad pieces of advice from idiots and have clearly both backfired this week.
So little info to go on.
Why does FL law permit that—the withholding of names when a household member is in law enforcement?
Either that, or a “domestic partner”.
Good question. I wasn't aware there was even such a law until now.
According to this article http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/30/florida-woman-mistakes-daughter-for-intruder-shoots-her-dead-cops the mother is a 911 dispatcher and the father is a local cop who has done undercover work, so they don’t want to release the names.
The very fact that someone broke into your home is by definition of the castle doctrine an imminent threat.
Many are undercover. Mostly, to protect the families of LEO’s from being targeted by perps, bad ass perps!
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