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DonP

(6,185 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:03 PM Jun 2014

Police: Dad shoots, kills man who held gun to teen daughter [View all]

"ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – An attempted home invasion turned into a murder investigation Tuesday morning. One suspect is dead and another is in critical condition after allegedly holding a gun to a teen’s head. St. Louis police are releasing chilling details of a late night shooting in south St. Louis that left one person dead, another injured and a neighborhood shaken up.

It all went down at 11:00pm last night on Newport near Neosho in the Bevo Mill neighborhood. Investigators say it all started with a teenaged girl being confronted by two armed men in front of her home. It ended with one of the suspects dead and another hospitalized.

St. Louis police say a 17 year old girl was outside of her home getting something from a car when two armed men confronted her and demanded that she return to her home.

The girl`s father saw the suspects walking his daughter toward the home. That's when police say the teen`s father, a 34 year old man, got his gun and fired several shots at the suspects, hitting both of them. The girl`s mother, also 34, got another gun and fired a round as well, not hitting either suspect."

http://fox2now.com/2014/06/10/one-person-dead-another-at-the-hospital/comment-page-1/

Sounds like Mom needs some more range time. But then again maybe the armed robbers just wanted their TV and this was an over reaction?

And spare me the crap about "how would the police know who the bad guy was", OK? Or show us a case where the cpops shot the good guy by mistake.

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yes! one where it worked out right.... daleanime Jun 2014 #1
Maybe mom was providing covering fire blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #2
Just curious. Why do they call it a murder investigation when he was defending his daughter? Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #3
The murder charge would be against the perp who survived. Jenoch Jun 2014 #7
Felony Murder statute could apply. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #8
Ah, I see. Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #13
Yeah, it gets a little weird. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #14
When I first read the story, I assumed that the father would be the one they were investigating Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #15
None of this would be necessary if they didn't have a gun to hold to the teen's head mwrguy Jun 2014 #4
Because the two perpetrators could not have attempted this crime blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #9
Yeah, you get right on that OK? DonP Jun 2014 #12
Exactly what I always say; no guns, no crime. ileus Jun 2014 #18
But Don, Shannon says that never happens. beevul Jun 2014 #5
Although I am glad it worked out *this* time, even when the bad guys get tblue37 Jun 2014 #6
Can you find any instances where that ever actually happened? DonP Jun 2014 #10
In this case the bullet went into a neighbor's bedroom. she wasn't hit, thank goodness, tblue37 Jun 2014 #11
There's likely many more, but since you asked for just a few. russ1943 Jun 2014 #16
One four year old story and one 2 year old story out of 10 million ccw carriers? DonP Jun 2014 #17
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