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Clare homeowner who shot, killed intruder acted in self-defense, prosecutor says
mlive.com ^ | Cole Waterman

Posted on 06/18/2022 4:11:10 PM PDT by marktwain

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A sad case. Paranoid schitzophrenic taking meth. No room at the jail for him.

Left to wander about the housing area, he threatens a family.

Police show up, he charges the homeowner, who shoots and kills him.

Very sad.

His mother says she does not blame anyone. He just got worse and worse after his father died.

1 posted on 06/18/2022 4:11:10 PM PDT by marktwain
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The tense and frightening situation turned tragic when the homeowner fatally shot the intruder.

"For a few billion dollars, we could have saved him."

2 posted on 06/18/2022 4:12:26 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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‘The tense and frightening situation turned tragic when the homeowner fatally shot the intruder.”

Interesting choice of words: “tragic”


3 posted on 06/18/2022 4:15:35 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: marktwain

Evil chases us. Our fastest are too slow. We all stumble, some of us are tripped. Any of us still on our feet should be grateful and keep running.


4 posted on 06/18/2022 4:28:01 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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*** a mentally ill man***

Another one who should have been in a mental hospital, but the government closed those down, and dumped the inmates on the street. Then the mass killings began.

Almost every mass shooter in the last forty two years has been a “mentally ill man” who should have been in a mental ward.
The Dems will not reopen the closed mental hospitals. If they did, so many of the Biden administration will need to be incarcerated.


5 posted on 06/18/2022 4:35:54 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
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“””“Shooting a firearm in self-defense or in defense of others requires an honest and reasonable belief … that he or another is in danger of being killed, seriously injured, or sexually assaulted,” Ambrozaitis wrote. “In this instance, Lighthall entered the home without permission and he was asked several times by the homeowner to leave. The homeowner placed himself between Lighthall and the remainder of the home where others were located.”””


The above are comments from the Michigan DA.

FReepers in Michigan you need to get your legislators to enact laws protecting them from people who illegally enter their homes.


6 posted on 06/18/2022 4:36:23 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Seems to me a perfectly apt use of the word. Tragedy is a drama proceeding from some pivotal event, that acquires a momentum of its own, terminating in death. Yes; this is a tragedy.


7 posted on 06/18/2022 4:37:06 PM PDT by Romulus
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“Yes; this is a tragedy.”

Yeah, I agree - I hadn’t researched the background of the guy killed. I figured it was a ‘usual suspect’.


8 posted on 06/18/2022 4:45:57 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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Because the authorities would not deal with him when he was clearly a problem, they left it to the home owner to solve.


9 posted on 06/18/2022 4:46:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Hi Satan, meet my 38.


10 posted on 06/18/2022 4:47:13 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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“””Because the authorities would not deal with him when he was clearly a problem, they left it to the home owner to solve.”””


Yeah, that was a pretty lame excuse by the cops that the local jail was full when they encountered him earlier. Hmmm. were the jails in the neighboring cities and counties also full?????????????

And Biden wonders why gun sales are at an all-time high.

Americans are being put in a corner by cops who are afraid and by politicians who want to take away their guns.

This is a real mess.


11 posted on 06/18/2022 4:53:16 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Tragedy:

“1. disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, adversity, calamity, affliction, whammy”

NOT a disaster

NOT a catastrophe

Not a calamity

Not a misfortune (bad luck)

Not an adversity (A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune. A calamitous event. Adverse fortune or fate; a condition or state marked by misfortune, calamity, distress, or unhappiness.)

Definitely a whammy. Whammy whammy, whammy you’re DEAD.

This guy was NUTS on DRUGS. What could possibly happen?


12 posted on 06/18/2022 4:54:51 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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It’s a shame the homeowner had to do it and then sweat for this long that he might be charged.
Some sheriff’s in some parts of the country would have praised the homeowner and immediately ruled out charges.


13 posted on 06/18/2022 4:57:32 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: faucetman

Yep. No tragedy here. Only relief that the homeowner was not injured.

MLIVE had these related reports on the incident

Read more on MLive:

Mother mourns mentally ill son, father of 4 who died in home invasion

GoFundMe started for Clare father of 4 killed in home invasion as investigation continues


14 posted on 06/18/2022 4:58:40 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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On the brighter side, he’ll still be voting in 2022 & 2024...


15 posted on 06/18/2022 5:23:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Steely Tom

IF we can save JUST ONE LIFE————————————


16 posted on 06/18/2022 5:34:14 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

A new jobs program, building Dematoriums.


17 posted on 06/18/2022 5:35:42 PM PDT by mcshot (Awe shucks and a whole lot more!)
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GREAT news! Thanks for posting.

When seconds count, police are only minutes away.


18 posted on 06/18/2022 6:02:27 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Michigan already has castle doctrine.

CC


19 posted on 06/18/2022 6:19:02 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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“Ambrozaitis went on to write the homeowner showed great restraint and did not fire his gun until Lighthall charged at him.

In conclusion, the prosecutor wrote the homeowner was legally justified in shooting Lighthall and she would not be bringing criminal charges against him.”

Clare County is a good place and reasonable people are in charge of things.
We live just a bit north of it.


20 posted on 06/18/2022 6:22:03 PM PDT by MarMema
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