CHANDLER — A woman’s shotgun blast that felled an intruder in Lincoln County was a justified act, and just as an emergency dispatcher told the woman before she squeezed the trigger, firing was her best option under the circumstances, the district attorney said Tuesday.
The intruder’s motivations for breaking into her house may remain unclear, but the action taken to stop him was a clear exercise of a homeowner’s rights, District Attorney Richard Smothermon said.
Smothermon issued a ruling Tuesday that Donna Jackson had the legal authority to shoot and kill Billy Dean Riley about 12:40 a.m. Friday. Smothermon said he has declined to file any criminal charge against her.
Jackson, 56, was standing in her home south of Cushing on Friday with a shotgun when Riley, 53, used a patio table to smash through a glass patio door, Smothermon said. She opened fire and the shooting was recorded as the 911 dispatcher talked her through it.
The dispatcher had told her, "you can defend your property.” Smothermon ruled the shooting is justified under the state’s "stand-your-ground” law, which allows a person to shoot an intruder in a home. Riley was lying dead on the back patio, with his feet inside the door threshold, by the time deputies arrived.
This happens a lot in the Metro-mess (Dallas- Ft. Worth). Texas is still real hard on intruders, they treat them like horse thief's in the old days.
I travel a lot in my business, and I'm not too worried about intruders. If they get passed the alarms and the dog, they are going to have to deal with my Oklahoma wife at the top of the stairs holding that gun! She will then try to arrange a meeting with the intruder and God!
Nice the way you think that killling an intruder and god should be in the same sentence.
Get real Willie Pa... Yes walking in my house is an invitation to meet Jesus!!!!
What would you do? Ask them to come in and take what they want and rape your wife?
BTW I'm not a pastor, or a preacher. I'm a business man that has been very successful and I try to show others God's grace. Am I a sinner? Yes saved by grace.. you need to lay off the stupid conception you have of Christians. We are still entitled to defend ourselves, and I will!
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I think a lot of good things are accomplished by a home owner shooting an intruder under such circumstances. The burden on the courts and the penal system is minimal to zero. The society is groomed of a parasite that may have corrupted others as well as have damaged other law abiding citizens. The down side is . . . what?
Granted, you want to be sure before you pull the trigger. But let's remember the circumstances. Someone throws patio furniture through your door. Given the circumstances, I'm glad the intruder is dead and my tax dollars (or my mother-in-law's tax dollars or my sister-in-law's tax dollars -- both of whom live in Oklahoma) aren't being squandered trying to rehabilitate a 53 year old man who ought to know better.
I only hope that the dead scumbag's family doesn't find some shyster ambulance chasing PI lawyer to sue her.
We need legislation protecting homeowners from civil lawsuits in instances where the DA or grand jury determine that the shooting was justified.
We have had that here since 1987. In that time no one has been successfully sued over a righteous shooting case. A couple of lawyers have told me that it would be nearly impossible to file a civil suit in OK after the DA or Grand Jury have given a shooter a pass.
Oklahoma Lady Kills Intruder, DA Gives A Pass
She will then try to arrange a meeting with the intruder and God!
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