Posted on 08/15/2019 10:59:31 AM PDT by grundle
Full title: Homeowner shot a 14-year-old during burglary attempt. The 5 other teens with him were charged with murder
Five Chicago teens are being charged with murder after a 14-year-old who was with them during an attempted burglary was shot by the homeowner, authorities said Tuesday.
The group traveled in a stolen Lexus to an Illinois home where they were confronted by the 75-year-old homeowner, according to the Lake County Illinois Sheriff's Office. The man went out to investigate and told authorities he believed someone was trying to steal his car, a 2011 Audi.
"At least one of the male subjects advanced toward him with an unknown object in his hand," officials said in a release. "The homeowner feared for his life and discharged a firearm."
At least one of the rounds from the small caliber revolver struck the 14-year-old, and a knife was later found at the scene of the shooting. The homeowner called 911 to report the attempted burglary and shots fired, but by the time police arrived all of the suspects had fled.
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This is not the felony murder doctrine.
Felony murder is killing someone in the commission of another felony, ie, shooting a bank teller while robbing a bank, killing someone via arson.
..... expecting his first child next month. He was so looking forward to being a father.... once he helped his grandma carry in groceries.
No mention of the race of th perps!!!!
Reading the article, of the other five, one was 18, and the other four 16 or 17.
Letting the youngest guy do the dirty work is despicable.
If it weren’t for the need for justice to be somewhat proportional, I’d say hang them. Of course, if people who needed hanging more than these were were strung up, stuff like this would likely decrease.
Comments at the source think the murder charge for the accomplices is too much. It sounds about right to me, plus the “teens” will probably be let out once they are no longer “teens”. Good for the homeowner, facing six with a revolver.
Red Flag laws would have prevented this senseless tragedy and saved an aspiring youth’s life.
Who.cares?
I would like to have the same optimism as you have.
I know in the Cross and the Switchblade (1970 movie) type of story and memoirs of a 1950s gang member who becomes a priest represent that.
I am sorry to say today seems to be different. I have about 1% non cynicism in me, but that’s at least something.
These guys are the shame of a nation.
The kid was killed during the commission of a felony and the surviving perps are guilty of his murder.
Curious about the ethnicity of the other suspects...?
I’m not making a judgement here, only stating the facts.
This is not the felony murder doctrine.
My brother in law spent his career working in the Chicago juvenile justice system, mostly with violent offenders. He would respectfully disagree with you. He said that while he was there they were mostly gang members and by the time they were teenagers they were already lost. He didn’t believe in rehabilitation and when he retired he preferred to stay away from other people as much as possible. He has no faith in humanity, the result of spending most of his adult life dealing with the worst humanity has to offer.
Yeah, only been around in common law for 200+years.
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Similar to the trick bag Kenneth Glasgow is in. He’s an ex con who’s now a gun control activist who “turned his life around” OR DID HE? He’s in the Dotham, AL lockup facing capitol murder charges. Seems after speaking at a March for our lives rally in Birmingham he hooked up with some thugs, one of whom shot a woman they were robbing with an ILLEGALLY OBTAINED HANDGUN.
And dispose of the trash?
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