A enterprise proprietor allegedly shot and killed an intruder in Norman. It occurred early Thursday morning after enterprise hours.
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In accordance with the stand-your-ground legislation, Oklahoma residents have the appropriate to count on absolute security inside their very own houses, locations of enterprise or locations of worship and have the appropriate to determine insurance policies relating to the possession of weapons on property.
“It says you presumed to be in worry of your life and presumed to be in worry of your property. If that particular person is intruder and committing against the law, then you will have the appropriate to make use of lethal pressure,” Information 9 authorized Analyst Irven Field mentioned.
In accordance with Field, this incident falls straight into the legislation of bodily or lethal pressure in opposition to an intruder.
“It seems on the floor precisely what it was. It was a enterprise the place somebody was allegedly breaking in, and the particular person shot and killed the particular person breaking in,” Field mentioned.
At round 1 a.m. Thursday morning close to the busy intersection of twelfth Avenue Southeast and East Lindsey Road, officers obtained a name from a enterprise proprietor saying he shot a person breaking into his constructing.
“He acknowledged that he shot a person in his enterprise,” Ali Jeffery with Norman Police mentioned.
“After we arrived, we did discover a male particular person deceased.”
“We’ve got had a case lately in Cleveland County throughout the final yr the place the particular person was bothered of their automotive, and that particular person shot and killed the intruder. The district legal professional dominated in that case that there can be no prices filed,” Field mentioned.
Beneath this legislation, people can’t be charged civilly or criminally.
Norman Police mentioned the incident continues to be underneath investigation, and so they haven’t launched the suspect’s identify at the moment.