Posted on 07/13/2005 6:55:05 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Police Find Man Dead In Doorway
DAVIE, Fla. -- An 18-year-old was shot to death early Wednesday morning after apparently breaking into a home in western Davie.
The shooting happened at about 1:45 a.m. in the Chelsea at Ivanhoe community on Southwest 51st Street.
Davie police said a man and young woman -- possibly father and daughter, according to neighbors -- were sleeping inside the home when an intruder came in and startled them. The man took protective action and shot the intruder twice, striking him once in the face.
When police arrived, they found the intruder dead in the front doorway of the home.
"At some point while this young man between the age of 18 and 20 was inside the home, several gunshots rang out," Lt. Bill Bamford said. "The young man was struck twice and he fell dead in the front foyer area of the home. We don't know if there's any relationship between this young man and the residents of the home or if this was just a random act -- that he was trying to break into a home."
The victim was identified as 18-year-old Richard Rojas, of Miami.
NBC 6's Tina Conte reported that Davie police towed a red BMW from the scene that apparently belonged to Rojas.
Police are trying to determine what prompted the shooting and what relationship, if any, Rojas had with those inside the home.
An investigation is ongoing.
Nice. It would make a good newspaper advertisement.
You sound experienced!
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Good to see ya!
A: Getting drug money owed to him.
I am not a genus and don't claim to be but to me if he was found dead inside the doorway, it would sure look to me like he was breaking in.
How'd you know I had teenaged daughters? 8>)
Not necessarlily. Don't discount the possibility of an obsessed, stalking, ex-boyfriend. I've had friends who've had to deal with such, and let me tell you...shooting may have been completely justified.
The BMW was probably stolen too. This is a cut and dried "defending his home" situation. More power to the shooter.
Colorado Make May Day Law is great. If here in Colorado the break in justifies the shooting.
And it also may have been a cold-blooded murder of opportunity by Dad, so yes, we could speculate all day about exactly what happened and I am not discounting anything.
I still feel though, if he claims he shot an 'unidentified intruder' he should have had better control over who had keys to the house before doing so regardless of the time of night.
If he knew it was the ex-boyfriend and claims he had motive, that is something else. He still should have controlled the keys, of course, or changed the locks.
If a key gets lost to my house or I have any doubts at all about a copy being made that I do not know about, I change the locks for precisely this reason.
Probably a story with a happy ending, but the red BMW makes you wonder.
Something stinks here.
That's the way it should be everywhere.
Just think of the tax dollars that have been saved, trying to defend this punk, and getting him back on the street to rob again, and again.
Crime has once again become a very dangerous occupation!
And anyone questioning young punks in the greater Miami area driving late model expensive cars just hasn't been keeping up. Jeez.
So the mother's boyfriend was unaware that the daughter's boyfriend had a key to the house?
Signed up today just to post on this thread, eh?
"saucysosy"
For someone who signs up just to post a derogatory comment on a thread, these folks sure do come up with some creative names!
And don't forget: "What did Karl Rove know and when did he know it?"
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