Posted on 02/18/2024 5:09:06 AM PST by marktwain
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man reportedly shot at two burglars during a Raleigh home invasion Wednesday, killing one. The survivor is being charged.
Fernando Diveney, 29, is charged with first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated burglary, and aggravated robbery.
His alleged accomplice, Tadarrius Allen, was killed when the resident of the apartment they allegedly broke into opened fire.
Wednesday, Memphis Police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex on Cedar Glen in Raleigh.
A homeowner told officers he was asleep when he heard glass breaking in one of his bedrooms. Moments later, the suspects, Diveney and Allen, were in his room with him.
The homeowner yelled at the men, asking why they were in his house. Allen walked toward him, and he fired shots.
Reports state that the two men ran back to the other bedroom to escape, and the homeowner ran out of his front door asking for help.
The resident told police he saw Diveney pull Allen out of a window and, believing they were going to harm him, he fired more shots before the two men got away.
Both Diveney and Allen were shot; Allen did not survive.
Diveney was taken into custody, where he told police that he and Allen had been breaking into apartments and stealing items. They were reportedly told that a television and Nike shoes were inside the apartment.
Diveney was booked into jail Wednesday. The resident who fired the shots has not been charged, according to court and jail records.
WREG reached out to the District Attorney’s office to see why Diveney was charged with first-degree murder when he was not the one who pulled the trigger. The DA’s office responded with the statement below:
“In the state of Tennessee a person can be charged with murder if someone was killed during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a felony, as determined by Tennessee’s felony murder rule—burglary, robbery, or arson.”
In this case, Diveney is accused of participating in a burglary where his accomplice was killed. Because burglary is a felony, he is now charged with first-degree murder.
Heart warming story.
Homeowner needs more range time. Both should be dead.
Wouldn’t good journalists KNOW the law?
“WREG reached out to the District Attorney’s office to see why Diveney was charged with first-degree murder when he was not the one who pulled the trigger.”
Fernando and Tadarrius jus’ be wantin’ Dem Nikes.
Diveney is accused of participating in a burglary where his accomplice was killed. Because burglary is a felony, he is now charged with first-degree murder.
Feel-good story of the day!
Leftist news trying to portray the robbers as victims.
Unrelated story, but an older clip of a similar incident. Just 37 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tap6SEf0Er4
I would be interested to know if authorities seized all the homeowner’s firearms and ammo “pending investigation” while they were there? Because if they did he will be lucky to get them back or it will cost him more than they are worth to get them back.
Even if he is found to be in the right. Once they take them it is almost impossible to get them back.
Well we now know Allen’s life was worth one TV and a pair of used shoes. Well, I guess he wasn’t totally worthless.
I love to start Sunday mornings with happy news.
Not very good burglars. They must be desperate druggies.
Tadarrius sounds Roman
.....”..Fernando Diveney, 29, ...., Tadarrius Allen,”
oh, geezzz...those pesky Amish up to no good again...!! when will they ever learn....!!??..yes, indeed....more range time is warranted....both of these PoS should be dead and gone...
To the low IQ minions this means its there for the taking.
Good news, good comments.
I don’t know about that. My husband had a wreck on I-75 a few years ago. They airlifted him to the hospital. The State Trooper brought his carry gun to me at 10:00 that night.
I got stopped once in Chattanooga and the cop saw that I had a carry permit. He asked me if I had my gun in the truck and I said no. He said, “if you have a permit, you need to carry that gun”.
TN is mostly pretty gun friendly but I’m in S.E.TN and not Memphis.
If the victim doesn’t have a criminal record and they did take his gun, he will get it back. It was a good shoot. It would have been a better shoot if both criminals had been shot dead but I think he did fine considering.
Did that eighty year old end up on charges?
...or more powerful ammunition.
Tadarrius Allen, was killed ............TA - DA!..................
This “home invasion violence” has got to stop. American home owners are being forced to waste much needed ammunition shooting these bass turds. We need some much-needed, common sense burglar control. The DNC’s support for home invaders is much more dangerous to American democracy than the NRA is.
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