A Missouri homeowner shot a robbery suspect five times during a midnight argument over the weekend, and the man who appeared to be trying to break into Klin's home died days later.
What are the details?
Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs said that around 3 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to a home on Strawberry Lane for a report of a person shot. KFVS-TV reported.
Arriving officers were told that an intruder had tried to break into the home and that the homeowner had shot him five times, the department said.
The suspect, later identified as 37-year-old Darren Beneman of Chanute, Kansas, was airlifted to a hospital in Memphis, where he died Tuesday morning, according to KFVS.
Dobbs said the homeowner was not charged, citing self-defense, the department said.
How are people reacting?
A commenter reacted to a KFVS article about mass shootings posted on Facebook Apparently they agree with the homeowner.
- “Amazing!!” 1 commenter declared. “The owner of that house was nice!”
- “My sympathies to the homeowners. We are in the South. Most of us would use deadly force to protect our homes and families. And we will do just that.” I’m ready,” another user said Said. “But it's not an easy thing to have to do.”
- “Try it in a small town!!” another commenter said. Shouted out.
- “This is why we need guns. Police aren't always there.” [a] Time is up,” said another user. observed. “And…this is how you thin out the herd.”
- “Please don't trespass.[to] It’s not your home if you want to live in it,” another commenter said. said. “I don’t like when the news makes a fuss.”[s] It is the wrong person who becomes the victim. ”
- “He'll never do that again,” said another user. Said, apparently the tongue is firmly attached to the cheek. “People are tired of it. Stop trying to take things from people. We're going to protect what's ours, whether we say it or not.”
- “Play silly games and win silly prizes!!!” another commenter I have written. “It’s good for landlords.”
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