{"id":131347,"date":"2016-08-23T22:07:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T04:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/a-good-guy-with-a-gun.html"},"modified":"2016-08-23T22:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T04:07:01","slug":"a-good-guy-with-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/a-good-guy-with-a-gun.html","title":{"rendered":"A Good Guy with a Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man's wife is subject of a carjacking in front of their house. Woman escapes. Man calls 911, saying car was stolen but rifle-toting robber may still be around. Man arms himself with a pistol. Police arrive, spotting the car in the driveway. Man opens garage, holding pistol.<\/p>\n

And, somewhere after that, the man was shot by the police.<\/p>\n

It's unclear at this point if it as "Hey, black<\/i> guy with a gun at a carjacking" overreaction, or just a "Guy with a gun<\/i> at a carjacking" tragedy. It's unclear whether the cops said anything or ordered the man to identify himself or lower the weapon, or if the man did something interpreted as threatening. The homeowner is still hospitalized, and the shooter is on administrative leave and consulting with his lawyer. But, as a police major said to the press:<\/p>\n

'At Tuesday's press conference, when asked whether IMPD would recommend homeowners not protect themselves in a similar situation, Riddle said callers should use caution. "If you call 911, and you know the officers are on their way, clearly we have guns, and the last thing that we want to do is confront a legal owner of a firearm and a homeowner that's doing their best to protect their family," Riddle said.'<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nQuestions surround IMPD officer’s shooting of homeowner<\/a><\/span>
\nPolice still don’t know what the nine-year IMPD veteran said, if anything, to the armed east-side homeowner before shooting him once in the stomach early Tuesday.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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