Agreed. There was disparity of force. Elderly victim vs. 2 younger thieves. In addition:baldeagle wrote: He only needs to show that he "reasonably believed" that "the use of force other than deadly force....would expose [him] to a substantial risk...". He was 68. There was two of them, both young. His use of deadly force was justified.
The bg's already had his property in their pickup. It'd be pretty difficult to pull that equipment off the bg's pickup by himself, while trying to be nice to the thieves.Denton County Sheriff's Department spokesman Tom Reedy said when the owner spotted his stolen property inside the bed of the crooks' truck