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Nashville, TN: Carjackers Surprised By Victim With Gun
News 5 Nashville ^
| 12/30/02
| staff
Posted on 12/30/2002 9:19:48 PM PST by GailA
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Good guy 1, bad guy 0
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:19:48 PM PST
by
GailA
To: GailA
One less low-life to house and feed for the next few years.
To: *bang_list
bang
To: GailA
No, good guys 2, bad guys 0. "The one suspect that was shot was wanting to get money to bail out a friend or a relative." Not only was a violent criminal killed, but another likely kindred spirit remained in jail.
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:25:09 PM PST
by
coloradan
To: wardaddy
(Travis McGee here on a remote webtv)
There goes the bail money. Junior is going to have to celebrate New Year's Eve in jail after all.
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:25:59 PM PST
by
maica
To: maica
Carjacker shooting "justifiable homicide"
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State law allows citizens to defend selves
Nancy Amons
December 30, 2002
B.J. Brown, the man who shot and killed a suspected carjacker in Antioch Sunday morning, will not face charges from Metro Police. The shooting has been classified as justifiable homicide.
Police say Brown was parked at the Golden Gallon off Haywood Lane when one of the carjack suspects jumped into the back seat of his Ford Explorer and threatened to kill him.
Police say Brown grabbed a .44 caliber revolver from his floorboard, jumped out, and shot the suspect in his backseat through the window. The suspect died at the scene.
Legal expert David Raybin says state law is clear that Tennesseans have the right to defend themselves.
"Self defense will allow you to use deadly force to protect yourself or a loved one, if you are reasonable fear of death or great bodily injury," said Raybin.
Raybin says the shooting would not be justified if the suspect had been fleeing. That's what happened in the case of the second carjacking suspect, 20-year-old David Lee Moore. He ran away and was caught by police.
"When they are running away and are no longer a threat, you cannot pursue them and kill them," said Raybin.
The dead suspected carjacker was identified by police Monday as Jerry Williams Jr., of Wallace Road, a 25-year- old with a police record, including two aggravated assault charges. Detectives now believe Williams was unarmed. Raybin says that doesn't matter. What matters is what the victim thought.
B.J. Brown declined to talk on camera. He told me Channel 4 he was sorry that it happened, but says, he had no doubt they intended to kill him.
"State law says you can be reasonably mistaken. Some folks say they'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6," said Raybin.
Raybin says a different set of laws apply if someone's breaking into your home. "You don't have to wait until they get inside. You can shoot to kill to protect yourself and your family."
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:33:20 PM PST
by
GailA
To: maica
I know exactly where that is.....it's a shortcut off I-24 to South Nashville when approaching from the Southeast....right by the interstate.
Got my Landrover stuck tonight at deer camp....first time ever...lol....I think a winch is in order. Luckily, a young farmer and his wife and their JD 3040 were only a mile walk away. It was my fault....yakking with my little brother coming up a ridge and took my eyes off the trail just for a second and slid off into a side rut...bottomed out....thunk...end of story....locking differentials and sweet torque don't mean squat when bottomed out.
Anyhow....glad the victim iced the would be perp....good for him. Hope the Maryland holiday is going swell....mild and rainy here.
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:37:52 PM PST
by
wardaddy
To: GailA
Police say Brown grabbed a .44 caliber revolver from his floorboard, jumped out, and shot the suspect in his backseat through the window. The suspect died at the scene. The question is, was that a .44 special, or a .44 magnum. Do you feel lucky, punk? (That question is for the suspect, not you, GailA.)
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posted on
12/30/2002 9:41:22 PM PST
by
coloradan
To: GailA
I really miss living in Nashville.
If you count the guy who was shot, the guy who was caught trying to run away and the guy who couldn't make bail, I think that's good guys 3, bad guys 0.
To: GailA
Raybin says a different set of laws apply if someone's breaking into your home. "You don't have to wait until they get inside. You can shoot to kill to protect yourself and your family."Cool. What a relief that the law allows this.
To: GailA
Don't mess with anyone named Billy J. Brown.
To: GailA
"Some folks say they'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6."That has been my saying for years.
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posted on
12/30/2002 10:23:29 PM PST
by
SW6906
To: GailA
Too bad he couldn't get the punk that ran also but nice work none the less
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posted on
12/30/2002 10:29:45 PM PST
by
paul51
To: Lancey Howard
"Raybin says a different set of laws apply if someone's breaking into your home. "You don't have to wait until they get inside. You can shoot to kill to protect yourself and your family.
Cool. What a relief that the law allows this."
Apparently not in my home state of New York, where a homeowner is under arrest for having an 'unlicensed' weapon after shooting a burglar who was climbing in a smashed bedroom window!
I love NY [/sarcasm]
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posted on
12/31/2002 12:45:10 AM PST
by
Gigantor
To: TigersEye; glock rocks; humblegunner
Final Score: Goodguys 3, Badguys zip.
To: .30Carbine; Eaker
Final Score: Goodguys 3, Badguys zip. That just made my day!
To: GailA
Good guy 1, bad guy 0 I'm going with bad guys, -1.
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posted on
12/31/2002 4:25:42 AM PST
by
laredo44
To: dd5339; cavtrooper21
armed citizen alert
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posted on
12/31/2002 5:47:17 AM PST
by
Vic3O3
To: GailA
I'm curious as to Billy's color? With the carjack thug attempting to kidnap him and being black and have it turned around and him ending up dead, I'm sure they'll be cries of racism coming out.
To: GailA
Doesn't sound like a victim to me.
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