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Failure to stop and render aid is the standard charge for hit-and-run collisions. They could nail him with DUI after a blood test, or possibly homicide.

- Jim

Very true. And the people killed and injured by drunk drivers are totally innocent. Many if not most people who are shot asked for it (either by attacking someone or involvement in crimes like drug dealing).

- Jim

It is scary how many people think it is legal to shoot trespassers. I've asked people to show me where that is in the penal code, and of course they can't.

- Jim

I read gunshot as shotgun. I'm dyslexic (really).

- Jim

The boy who was shot (with a shotgun) survived. Assuming that this news story is accurate, the possible charges against Mr. Frosh for shooting the boy are attempted murder, aggravated assault, and deadly conduct.

Are you saying that Mr. Frosh was responsible for the death of Ms. Nalls?

- Jim

thejtrain wrote:... I find it very hard to believe that a boy that age would be so cavalier as to attempt to break into the house of a next-door neighbor who he presumably knows.

I'm not speculating one way or the other in this case, but people do things that stupid and worse all the time.

There was a case a few years ago in my neighborhood where a teenager pushed his way into a home where the people knew him, injured the housewife, and stole four fancy car wheels. The cops went to his house and found him with the loot.

- Jim

If the facts stated in this article are correct, I think the shooting was not justified. You can use deadly force to prevent burglary, theft, or criminal mischief in the night time, but the perpetrators have to make some obvious move toward committing one of those crimes.

It is possible that the story will change when the police question all the people involved separately.

- Jim