MISSOURI: House sitter shoots, kills burglar in Fox Park neighborhood

[GreenStormCloud]

ST. LOUIS • A house sitter shot and killed a suspected burglar who kicked in the door of a home being rehabbed in the 2800 block of Magnolia Avenue early Friday, St. Louis police say.

Rico Kemp, 39, was shot to death at about 12:30 a.m. Friday. Kemp lived in the 2300 block of Collett Drive in Moline Acres.

The house sitter, a 48-year-old man, was not identified by police. He told detectives that he woke up after hearing someone break into the back door. He told police he was scared for his life so he fired one shot.

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According to court files, Kemp has previous convictions for burglary, theft, property damage, possession of marijuana and domestic assault.

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Missouri has Castle Doctrine. There won't be any questions about possible retreat or lawsuits by the family.

[Kolesar]

1. (Your vote: -1)

[GreenStormCloud]

5. I realize that you mourn that Missouri is so unsafe for violent criminals. N/T

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[SteveM]

18. Would you prefer the criminal be able to ___________ to victim? nt

[ClarkUSA]

2. I've got to be on the house sitter's side on this one. Sorry the perp got killed, though.

[gravity556]

3. Imagine getting *that* call from your house sitter...

"Hey man, you guys might want to come home..."
"Oh no! What happened? Are you OK? Is the house OK? WHAT DID YOU DO!?"
"House is pretty much OK-though the front door is fucked up and so is the carpet in the hall...."
"?"
"Someone kicked in the door last night, and"
"Are you OK?"
"Oh, I'm fine. The idiot who kicked in the door, however, not so much..."

[RC]

4. It was the Back door, so more than likely the blood in on easy to clean up tile.

[gravity556]

7. Good point.

Tile is much easier to clean than carpet!

[ileus]

8. It gets in the grout and won't come out...unless it's properly sealed.

[Hoopla Phil]

13. Say, how long before you need to reseal the grout? I'm thinking I may

need to reseal ours.

[ileus]

14. I keep a can of spray grout in the bathrooms, I'll whip it out and spray them down every few months.

after a good cleaning that is....

[ileus]

16. grout sealer....not spray grout.

[oneshooter]

15. With the new silicon sealers you need to clean and reseal once a year or so. n/t

[RSillsbee]

6. Fucking rude toters

Don't they know guns are evil and they're supposed to submit?

[ileus]

9. Baser gunners hate criminal freedums

[DWC]

12. House sitter did his job. Solid defense. n/t

[slackmaster]

17. Tragic waste of human life

Mr. Kemp made a series of poor choices, and paid the ultimate price.

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be criminal fucktards.