Discussion: Man Shot And Killed Following Incident In Houston Neighborhood

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Thanks for the link. This story is beyond bizarre. It is almost as if it was scripted. [Hint to police: Investigate the relationship between the shooter and the woman in the car.]

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Castle Doctrine
Texas has a self-defense law based on the castle doctrine. The law has a “stand your ground” clause, meaning the person using physical or deadly force against an attacker does not have a duty to retreat. Deadly force is permissible under the law when a person is attempting to defend himself from deadly force of an attacker in his home, vehicle or place of employment, or against attackers who are committing crimes of kidnapping, murder, sexual assault or robbery.

Correct.
But in name only; meaning inside the building proper.

Over 35 years, the only case I can recall in the metro-Houston area which had earmarks such as this one-- where a resident was no-billed for killing outside the home, actually occurred within the jurisdiction of the suburban city-- Pasadena.
And that was during an attempted burglary of a neighbor’s home.

jw1

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Actually?
The shooter was Hispanic.

S Gessner is a north-south thoroughfare and the area there is where the 2 cultures ‘cross’ each other from a housing and business perspective. Where S Gessner crosses Bellaire Blvd.-- you’ll find the Hispanic population running north-south on S Gessner-- and the Asian population running east-west on Bellaire.

The differences of driving down either, culturally, are visibly stark from one another.

jw1

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It’s like “The War of the Roses”, except that wacky neighbor (played by Brad Garrett) shoots and kills Michael Douglas, while Kathleen Turner looks on.

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…It’s the GZS

GeorgeZimmermanSyndrome…packing heat just in case somebody scares the armed&dangerous into shooting .

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Was the “homeowner” who was running towards the car BLACK?
That would “explain” it all.

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Cute way of editing the story to leave out the fact that the woman crashed into the shooter’s house. I guess anything is fair when trying to make your point, or trying to come up with a talking point memo. Talking point memos don’t have to have basic truth in them as long as they provide a talking point.

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Looks like there is more to the story than what this article suggests.