Can we agree the OP source in this thread is a bit biased? Try this source which takes information directly from the police report.
No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison | FOX6Now.com
When this incident happened people claimed it was a race thing. It was dark, Bo was wearing dark clothes, he was somewhere he has absolutely no right to be. The "Porch" everyone is so concerned about has to be entered via 2 exterior doors.
Just yesterday I noticed that in the 6 months since Wisconsin passed concealed carry the state has issued 100,000 permits. Guns are a big deal here. So is the right to protect yourself and your home. If someone enters my home at 2am without an invitation I do not think they should have any expectation of safety.
Still doesn't convince me that what this homeowner did was right. This source raise more question than justifies his shooting.
If this young man was running from the neighbor's garage where the party was held and into this homeowner's porch through one of the so-called "2 exterior doors" so quickly in seconds without carrying any tools for break-in, then it must not be a real secured door of any caliber.
In addition, it was said that the porch was dark when the shooting took place. So, either the homeowner didn't flip the switch to scare the intruder away as a first warning or there was no wiring for lighting to the porch which possibly was just a later add-on to the exterior at the back of the house. Therefore, it couldn't be intended for interior living space. If it was intended as a interior living space, then it is reckless of this homeowner to have such flimsy "2 exterior doors" and nothing heavily secured in-between it and the main house, given he has a family with three small children to worry about.
Also, according to this source, the homeowner confronted the intruder in the dark porch and questioned him. According to the report, the young man raised his hands (showing he was unarmed) and then, according to the homeowner's account, the young man took a step forward towards him and that's when he shot him. This doesn't sit well with me given that he should first told his wife to call the police before confronting the intruder and the police would be there about the same amount of time that the young man ran from the garage to the porch.
In addition, I don't really believe the homeowner was in fear of his life when he felt the need to confront the intruder who merely crouch in hiding somewhere in the dark porch as opposed to pounding on the door like the homeowner did when he went over to his neighbor's driveway, trespassing their property and was pounding on someone's car window, another private property of another person, at the wee hour well past midnight. He wasn't concerned that he was trespassing two different people's private property at wee hour, was he? He wouldn't have known who was/were in the car or whether he/she/they was/were armed, would he? So, why wasn't he scared? Why wasn't he afraid some armed intruder attacked him and then went over to his house and attacked his family with three young children while he was outside raising hell with his neighbor's late night visitiors or just opportunitic strangers? Besides, there was report that he was threatening those party kids with his gun (not sure whether that's true or not).
No, the fact that he was out in his neighbor's property just a few minutes ago at wee hour raising hell about their party noise with police responded at the scene thereafter and calling him about it, that his claim of self defense for fear of his life because he heard noise outside in his porch, is hard to believe.
Yes, the young man should not have intruded on his property. But, yound people make mistales. You can't guarantee that one day your children or your grandchildren or your loved ones will never made such stupid mistake. It shouldn't be a death sentence. The homeowner, who is much mature also made such mistake that night, Why should he be holier than thou to so quickly shoot a young man to death for trespassing his property without letting the police, who he had just spoken on the phone a second ago, to take care of the situation and get away with it?
