No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison

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20. Warning shots are Hollywood Fiction.

You fire a warning shot in my neck of the woods, you get charged for unlawful discharge of a firearm. Having time to fire a warning shot means you weren't actually in fear of your life.

If you bothered to read the DA's report, you would have discovered that the intruder WAS inside the house. He was inside a fully-walled three-season room, complete with double-hung windows, insulated walls, and a locking steel exterior door with a storm door. There was no lockable door between the intruder's location and the rest of the house.

A) It was a back room, not the front porch. The homeowner armed himself because he feared those from the party had witnessed him call the cops on them, and was fearing retaliation. He was investigating the noise and going to check and make sure the back exterior door was locked. Before the homeowner even got to that door, he discovered the intruder in the room.

B) This back door was the same one the homeowner passed through as he asked those at the party to quiet their music, and while he was calling the police the first time. Perhaps he forgot to lock it because he was a little busy calling the police at the time. Regardless of if he forgot to lock it or not, an intruder still has no right to pass through the door.