B&E in the early morning hours should be cause enough to fear for your life.
Indeed.
Texas has a stipulation in their law about burglary after dark, called “Under cover of darkness” if one recalls correctly.
The predicate of it is, if a person is breaking and entering after dark, it’s impossible to discern whether he’s armed, so it’s reasonable to assume that he is...
Sorry to see a kid get himself killed like that. It’s also impossible to determine the age of an aggressor after dark, if it matters.
Twice! They tried to break in once and got scared off. The second time when little Devin came back he got shot. End of story.
In Texas “Criminal Mischief” during the hours of darkness allows for the use of Deadly Force. Subject to the jurisdiction’s LEO’s and prosecutors, of course. Shooting in Ft Worth would be justified, not so in Dallas, Austin, Houston, etc.