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Man Claims Self Defense in Fatal Shooting of Neighbor | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!
Sounds like this guy is setting up a case of self-defense based on fearing for his life and "stand your ground". He took a gun to his neigbor's driveway with his camera while telling the police dispatcher on his cell phone that he is fearing for his life and standing his ground before the shooting.
Did he shoot and kill his neighbor, an elementary school teacher, and wounded two others in self-defense? What do you think?
A Houston man on trial for fatally shooting his neighbor says he was acting in self defense and his home video can prove it.
Raul Rodriguez, a former firefighter, was recording his argument with neighbors, when he shot and killed Kelly Danaher, an elementary school teacher, and wounded two other people in May 2010. The 22-minute homemade video is the key to the trial, but what's on the video might be in the eye of the beholder. [...]
It was after midnight when Rodriguez, complaining to police over the phone that the music was too loud, walked up to Danaher's driveway with a flashlight and gun.
On the video, Rodriguez can be heard talking to a 911 operator, saying, "I'm running the video camera right now and I'm talking to you and I mean, I'm scared to death here."
In the unfolding confrontation between Rodriguez and several unidentified men, one yells, "Tell you what, pal, you just pulled a gun on the wrong [expletive], OK?"
When one of the party-goers saw Rodriguez's gun, he suggested he is getting his own. "When I go in that house and come back," he warned, "don't think I won't be equal to you, baby."
"It's about to get out of hand sir, please help me. Please help me, my life is in danger now…," Rodriguez told police over the phone. "Now, I'm standing my ground here. Now, these people are going to try and kill me."
Seconds later, a fight about loud music ends with the crack of gunfire.
Sounds like this guy is setting up a case of self-defense based on fearing for his life and "stand your ground". He took a gun to his neigbor's driveway with his camera while telling the police dispatcher on his cell phone that he is fearing for his life and standing his ground before the shooting.
Did he shoot and kill his neighbor, an elementary school teacher, and wounded two others in self-defense? What do you think?
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