A Richland County, South Carolina, woman, defending herself and her two small children, stopped an intruder over the weekend shooting him dead after he busted through the door to her apartment and came at her.
The woman told police she heard banging at the door of her residence in the early morning hours of Sunday. As he approached the door to see what the commotion was about, the main crashed through the door and into her apartment. The woman retrieved a gun from her purse and asked the man to identify himself, but he continued toward her at which time the woman fired the gun, killing the intruder. The woman and her two children were not harmed.
The woman called 911 immediately after the shooting and deputies were dispatched arriving around 5 a.m.
Police did take the woman into the headquarters for questioning, but was released a short time after as authorities declined to press charges determining she had indeed acted in self-defense.
There was no mention if this woman had an attorney present during questioning, but it is typically advisable, even in cases such as this where the evidence seems clear, for a citizen to ensure they have an attorney present before making statements to the police.
A happy ending to a potentially tragic story.
“…the main crashed through the door and into her apartment. The woman retrieved a gun from her purse and asked the man to identify himself, but he continued toward her”
Me, asking such an invader to identify himself: BANG! “Who” BANG! “are” BANG! “you?” BANG! “Speak up!” BANG! “I can’t hear you.” BANG!
“I can’t hear you”
Is that because they are declining to speak or because you just fired 5 times in a confined space and your ears are ringing? Just curious.
I counted 6, But in the stress of the moment I could be wrong.
Or you could be watching the opening to “The Rifleman.”
He fires 12 shots, but we hear 13.
” To tell you the truth, in all this excitement I sorta’ lost track myself….. “
Doesn’t matter, Harry…. the punk isn’t feeling lucky.
Or anything for that matter.
His new pronouns are ‘were’ and ‘was’.
The proper question is.. Who were you?
well yes.
Sounds like there is more to the story than she admitted to. In other words it does not pass the smell test.
A woman defended herself and her kids. Naturally it enrages an incel like yourself to see women empowered.
You’re going to die a sad lonely fascist virgin.
Tell me you know nothing about police procedure let alone variation in laws across various states without telling me.
Baby brother – get your cranium out of your anus, and your smell tests may be more reliable.
She did the right thing at the time. The mantra is, “Officer, I want to cooperate with your investigation. However, I decline to answer any questions, or make any statements until I have an attorney present.”
How about just, “Attorney?” That always works in Chicago P.D.
Pretty sure just the word “attorney” could be construed as a statement rather than a request for an attorney. I’ll have to look for the article, but I recall either Mas Ayoob or Andrew Branca or some other legal eagle talking on YouTube about specifically requesting an attorney.
Even if I’m remembering incorrectly, I still wouldn’t recommend getting any legal advice from TV.
Your right to remain silent is not ‘automatic’ simply by remaining silent. Law enforcement is permitted to infer guilt from silence or body language and treat you as though you are guilty (and that can also be presented in court too as evidence of your guilt – UNLESS – you specifically invoke, in some manner, the right to remain silent. This is because of a 2013 ruling from SCOTUS in the case Salinas v. Texas – where the decision basically said that a person must “speak” to invoke the right to remain silent. So what you must do is “speak” (in some way) that you are invoking your constitutional right to remain silent (in some manner). Until you do that, at the scene of your self-defense shooting the cops can treat you as if you are guilty of a crime – so what you need to do is shut them down so they can’t ‘legally’ infer guilt from your silence.
The statement: “Officer, I want to cooperate with your investigation. However, I decline to answer any questions, or make any statements until I have an attorney present.” is fine.
Oh, another tip: When the cops roll up on your self defense scene, after you statement above, tell them you want to go to the hospital to be seen at the hospital by an actual doctor – even if you do not, and the cops do not, think you are injured, this is because in reality you are possibly ‘injured’ even if you feel fine because the effects of the stress response has placed a lot of stress on your heart and body so you do need to get checked out.
The cops may say something like “let the paramedics check you out” to keep you on scene, don’t fall for it, demand to go to the hospital to see an actual doctor at the hospital to the completely checked out. You do not need to describe any specific medical issue to them, just tell them “I want to be checked out by an actual doctor at the hospital due to the stress and possible effect on my heart due to being a victim forced to defend myself from the perpetrator” (do not mention shooting the bad guy – its “victim forced to defend myself from the perpetrator”). Everyone has a ‘stress response’ effect on their heart due to all the adrenaline, even if you may not notice it, its the truth and a fact. And that’s it. Use the time at the hospital to clear your mind and get your proper mindset going.
I own my own place. The door is covered by a metal security door and is solid wood and deadbolted in.
When I lived in apartments I knew that the front doors were just privacy screens. Not there for security. I provided that for myself.
Editor (or AI bot) needed on paragraph 2.
Hehee
Who wrote this? SPELIFYING miztakes and the sentence structure is just north a 3 yo done in crayon
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