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Mother devastated after homeowner shoots, kills Rosemont 8th grader
CBS ^ | 12/16/23 | Olivia Leach

Posted on 12/16/2023 7:40:34 AM PST by Levy78

FORT WORTH - "My son had a lot of dreams and he was so talented," said Latoiya Landers. "I don't get it."

Landers' 14-year-old son Devin Baker was shot and killed Thursday morning after allegedly attempting to break in to a home in the Rosemont neighborhood. Now, Fort Worth police are investigating.

Police say they were called to the 5200 block of Southcrest Ct. in the Rosemont neighborhood of Fort Worth early Thursday morning for a call about a prowler. When they got there, a woman told them several people were attempting to break into her home but they had left the scene.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anotherdeadthug; banglist; breakin; crime; devinbaker; latoiyalanders; texas; wheresdad
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To: Levy78

Not getting shot is for whitey.


41 posted on 12/16/2023 8:12:53 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
I can pinpoint the problem in almost all of these situations. NO FATHER in the situation.

We can thank liberalism for this.

42 posted on 12/16/2023 8:14:55 AM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Levy78

Gee. What would be a good curfew for a 14 year old on a Wednesday night? 6am Thursday? Sorry Mama. This one is on you. SMH

EC


43 posted on 12/16/2023 8:17:11 AM PST by Ex-Con777
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To: Levy78

All you need to read is that the owner shot and self-defense a person who is attempting to break into their house. The parents of that kid should look in the mirror and reflect on what they did wrong and raising their kid, and other parents, especially whose kids were friends of this kid should reconsider how they are raising their kids and who their kids associate with.


44 posted on 12/16/2023 8:17:52 AM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: Levy78

Presuming the police took her gun, I hope she has another one to protect herself if there is a future, repeat, attempt to burglarize and threaten her.


45 posted on 12/16/2023 8:21:44 AM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: simpson96

“My son had a lot of dreams and he was so talented,”

Not very talented at B&E, apparently.


46 posted on 12/16/2023 8:21:58 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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I would imagine the homeowner, who is also likely a black female, will be cleared. Prowling after dark in Texas is enough cause to get you killed, legally.

I am truly sorry for the mother and for the tragic situation that occurred. The boy reaped a terrible reward for his crime, and a homeowner has to deal with the emotional scar because of the boy’s evil deed. In time, I hope the mother accepts the reality of the situation and realizes blaming others is misplaced.


47 posted on 12/16/2023 8:22:00 AM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Levy78

The headline is very deceiving. It sounds as if a homeowner, out of the blue, murdered this kid. And then you read......


48 posted on 12/16/2023 8:24:39 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Levy78

All it takes is one good kid to hook up with the wrong crowd, for whatever reason, for bad things to happen. It’s sad it went this far this time. I’m actually surprised it doesn’t happen more often. I think this new Marxist Nationalist takeover of the USA will cause this to happen more as people feel (and are) less safe.


49 posted on 12/16/2023 8:26:19 AM PST by Boomer (The Long Winter is coming...)
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To: Levy78


50 posted on 12/16/2023 8:28:17 AM PST by Iron Munro (CENTURY)
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To: Levy78

I want to give the mother the benefit of the doubt. She might have tried her best to raise the boy right, but the pull of criminality was just too strong. Her motives, and almost everything she says, are ambiguous.

She says she wants the police to “look into the case deeper”. If she wants them to catch and prosecute the other robbers in the gang for causing her son’s death, may the force be with her. Or perhaps she wants them to find that the victim used a racial epithet in 1953 so she can blame her and sue for millions.

She says: “When I think of all the things he had at home...” Does that mean positive things like love, security, teenager stuff she bought for him? Or did he have lots of nice stolen goods? Police should have already looked into that/searched their dwelling.


51 posted on 12/16/2023 8:33:49 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Levy78

And he hadn’t even finished his algebra homework yet….


52 posted on 12/16/2023 8:34:26 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Levy78

“The mother says she wants more answers from police.
“I feel like they need to dig deeper,” said Landers.

Detectives say the woman who shot the teen had reported break ins and attempted break ins at her home before and that she is cooperating with the investigation. No one has been arrested.

“I feel like it’s very wrong,” said Landers. “He had so many dreams. My son was not a criminal.””

I think she needs to dig deeper on how her son turned into a common criminal at such a young age.


53 posted on 12/16/2023 8:35:26 AM PST by plain talk
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To: Bob434

Who knows, if she had not had a weapon and used it, she might have been killed by these young thugs. I’ve seen tragedies like this all the time in the news. She may have saved her life by her actions.


54 posted on 12/16/2023 8:36:31 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: silent majority rising

“Maybe mom should have told her son not to break in to other folks homes and steal stuff.”

For all we know... the mom knew full well what he was up to and was expecting her cut from the heist.


55 posted on 12/16/2023 8:37:03 AM PST by Danie_2023
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To: Levy78

>>> “My son had a lot of dreams and he was so talented,” said Latoiya Landers. “I don’t get it.”<<<

She doesn’t get it? Let me explain: Her son was a thug and he got killed in the commission of a crime. What’s so hard to understand about that?


56 posted on 12/16/2023 8:38:18 AM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: eyeamok

Maybe not. Do 14 year olds have visitation rights???


57 posted on 12/16/2023 8:39:10 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: Iron Munro

“N_____s have got to go!” - Chris Rock


58 posted on 12/16/2023 8:39:15 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Last year my super liberal uncle in Minneapolis had his house broke into.

He started by telling me “Last month 5 teens broke into my house...their race doesn’t matter.”

He never told me the race of the teens, but I assumed that deep inside he thought it must matter or he wouldn’t have brought up the topic.


59 posted on 12/16/2023 8:39:27 AM PST by MNDude
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To: plain talk

it sounds like she should learn how to think rather than to depend on her feelings


60 posted on 12/16/2023 8:42:13 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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