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it hurts so bad to read all of this stuff about my brother you people saying that he was a bad person and that he was going to hurt linn storadahl i can tell you right now that my brother would never hurt any one I knew him for 15 years I think that I would know he woouldnt even kill a bug what makes you think hes would hurt a person. he always put everyone else befor him he was loving careing and harmless all but violent and he sure wasnt going to go into linns house your probally thinking how do you know he wasnt well you see we went to the front door and tried to open it he didnt keep pulling thier was no sign of forced entry if he really wanted to break in he probally would of broke a window. you people are acting like it was some huge fire but it wasnt only 2 inches of the box were burnt how big could it have been not big at all. now this is another thing that you guys shouldnt be saying that my
brother walked towerd linn cause if he was
walkingto him and he shot him in the neck the bulet wouldnt of went into his stomach like it did the people at the autospy place said that the only way it could of was if he was sitting down on the grouned bent over a little bit i found that
strange. linn also said that he was 4 feet away from him when he shot him and he thought he shot him in the arm when your that close how do you miss but the wired thing is that linn said he was in the door way when he shoot him which was measured 8 feet from my brothers bodie so thats not possible that he walked towerd him so that just tells you that linn lies. he wouldnt even atempt to do cpr my brother sufferd for almost 9 minutes but thats okay right cause he was in linns garage and started a box on fire so he deserved it I dont think so i dont see how people can say that he was a (KID) a 16 year old kid not a adult and his chance to become a adult was taken away he always wanted to have kids but now he never can I'll never get to talk to him see his face hear his voice and he cant be here for me when I need him and it hurts so bad cause he was always there for me or anyone who needed him always and im sure that all of his friendsare in pain to its the most pain I've ever felt in my life nothing could ever hurt me more then my brother being taken away from me he was the last person i wanted to lose. R.I.P Anthony chance Choate 16 years old you have a special place in my heart you'll be missed I think about you every day.

I agree with some of your points. I appreciate your loss, and understand your anger and frustration. However, the actions that you and your friends reportedly have taken towards the homeowner since this incident puts the lie to your words (sorry) and shows such a complete lack of respect for your brother, yourselves, your community, your country and the law that the hypocrisy in your statement is blinding.

You have the benefit of historical interaction with your brother. From that perspective, you believe he would not have harmed anyone. Nevermind that when he was shot he was doing a harmful, potentially fatal thing. I didn't know your brother, and I agree that he probably didn't deserve to die. Few teenagers do. Sadly enough "deserve" has nothing to do with it. If the same circumstances were presented to me, I would have shot to kill the "dangerous intruder" I would perceive your brother to be... not "your brother." Do you see the difference? You must. It is fundamental.

To imply the homeowner was a bad person, a murderer, or a liar for protecting his life, his home, and his family in a legal and exonerated way is obscene beyond belief. You discredit whatever memories you have of your brother by following such bent and self-serving thinking. Why would you choose to memorialize Tony who was "loving, caring and harmless" in this way? What would he think about you and his friends breaking the law and terrorizing an old man? Pathetic. Heartless. Cruel. Uncaring. Illegal. All the things you claim he wasn't.

If you are brave, honest and/or ethical, I suggest that you may want to talk to your clergyman or Salem PD contact. See if they will arrange a mediated meeting between you and the homeowner. If your brother was a good person, you would be doing yourself and his memory a real service. You also may want to talk to his friends about how they are acting. What they are doing is an offense to you, your family, themselves and your brother's memory.