Florida store owner shoots teen in self-defense, killing him

[Yo_Mama]

77. Bullshit

When someone YOU KNOW BY NAME walks in to rob you with a drawn weapon, your chances of getting out of that alive are very slim.

10 year minimum mandatory sentence for armed robbery in Florida if he was tried as an adult. What was she going to do - call the cops and ask if he had priors?
http://www.south-floridaattorney.com/criminal-defense/when-is-it-appropriate-for-a-juvenile-to-be-tried-as-an-adult-in-a-criminal-prosecution-in-florida/

If you walk in on someone you know with a drawn weapon in FL, you are either very, very stupid or you intend to kill them. I don't know what the kid was thinking and we'll never know, but baby, this shooting wasn't about the money.

He knew he would be tried and convicted of a very serious crime if she lived, if he was thinking at all.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/police-say-tampa-store-owner-shoots-kills-teenage-robber/1222000
That's a more detailed article. The kid had been arrested in November. Her account:

"He pulled out a gun, I reached in my pocket and pulled mine out, but as I pulled mine out it fired off," Baker told Bay News 9 at the scene. "So, I'm thinking it was going to scare him, but when I turned to look he still had the gun pointed at my shoulder probably, and I just shot again and it hit him and he dropped his gun and stumbled back and he just fell on the floor."

She has three kids. Maybe she wanted to see them again. Apparently she has shut down the store and may not reopen it.