Home Is Burglarized On Sat. Sun. and Mon. Burglar killed on Mon.

[GreenStormCloud]

Disclaimer: This is the same incident as that in the post about reading the comments. I am using a different thread because the issue is different.

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-college-homicide-home-invasion-012510,0,573879.story
Video at link

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com) - A man is dead after police say he tried to break into someone's house. The incident happened around 3:40 a.m. Monday in the 1900 block of East College. The homeowner told police a man and two females entered his home and tried to burglarize it. The resident shot the man and the two females fled. The suspect was shot in the chest and died at the scene. Police say the home had also been burglarized on Saturday and Sunday. Police say charged are not expected against the resident. The suspect is described as a 45 year old black male.

I am sometimes amazed at the utter stupidity of criminals. (I am assuming that it was the same burglar on each event. I consider that to be extremely likely, although not certain.) When a home is hit two nights in a row, one may reasonably expect to find an alert and angry homeowner waiting for you if you go back the third night.

The Stupid, It Kills. As Larry Niven's aliens (Known universe series) often say, "Stupidy is always a capital offense."

Would this qualify for a Darwin Award?

BTW - MO has Castle Doctrine Law.

[liberal N proud]

1. I guess after the second time the homeowner figured they would try a third

So predictable.

[GreenStormCloud]

2. Anybody want to bet on the odds of a fourth burglary early tomorrow morning? N/T

[SteveM]

15. If they are HyperPunks, they may do it for some juice. nt

[ORDagnabbit]

3. dont do the crime dont get killed... pretty simple. n/t

[Arctic Dave]

5. If committing crimes are a capital offense, which ones fall under that statement?

Wall Street has criminals, can we kill them? GWB is a criminal can we kill him?

[rd_kent]

7. The stupid...IT BURNS!!!!

How do you go around on fire like this all the time?

[X_Digger]

8. When a wall street banker (or GWB) break into your house at 4:30am..

.. you have every right to shoot them.

Until then? You might actually want to address 'the crime' in the poster's statement you responded to, rather than what those other guys did.

[SteveM]

14. On "East College" street, not Wall Street...

Sorry, answered wrong post. This was for Dave of the North.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. If the criminal is posing an imminent threat of serious injury or death then yes you can.

[Arctic Dave]

12. So I can kill both of them, as long as it is imminent, not necessarily acute.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

13. If they are personally about to seriously injure or kill you then yes you can.

[slackmaster]

4. They KNEW the homeowner was a gun owner - Presence of a gun emboldened them!

If there hadn't been a gun in the house, there wouldn't have been any reason to break into it.

[Glassunion]

6. I swear!!!

" The suspect is described as a 45 year old black male."

In case anyone was wondering... It was not me... I was with my wife shopping at Lowes. The power tools were emboldening me to remodel a walk in closet.

[rrneck]

9. I dunno about guns

but power tools can do that.

[PavePusher]

10. OOOoo, do mine next!!!

It's for the gunzzzzeses!!!11!1!

[Glassunion]

16. Could I claim it

Towards my pro-bono work at the end of the year?

[PavePusher]

17. Fine by me...

But it's one hell of a commute...