05-29-2016, 08:58 PM
Ah, the wonderful effects of our gun fetish. Sounds like a resident thought Dejean-Jones was an intruder. Tragic effect of our gun culture.
from wikipedia link:
Death
On May 28, 2016, Dejean-Jones died when he was shot after breaking into a Knox Park, Dallas apartment. He was visiting his former girlfriend who lived on the floor above, for their child's first birthday. At 3:20 a.m., the resident of the apartment, who had been sleeping, retrieved a handgun and fired when Dejean-Jones began kicking at the bedroom door. Dejean-Jones, 23, was pronounced dead at the hospital of a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
from wikipedia link:
Death
On May 28, 2016, Dejean-Jones died when he was shot after breaking into a Knox Park, Dallas apartment. He was visiting his former girlfriend who lived on the floor above, for their child's first birthday. At 3:20 a.m., the resident of the apartment, who had been sleeping, retrieved a handgun and fired when Dejean-Jones began kicking at the bedroom door. Dejean-Jones, 23, was pronounced dead at the hospital of a gunshot wound to the abdomen.