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Two teenagers were drinking in Chicopee, Mass., Saturday afternoon when they set off to find a friend, according to authorities. Whether it was the booze or the sheer similarity of the neighborhood’s low-slung homes, the teens somehow ended up at the wrong house.
One of the teenagers, a 15-year-old boy, banged on the door.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from inside the house, and the boy slumped on the porch with a bullet to his belly.
The boy died at a hospital. He has not yet been identified.
The homeowner, 42-year-old Jeffrey Lovell, was arrested and charged with murder, according to the Chicopee Police Department.
Police said they were called to the house at 12:56 p.m. for a report of a breaking and entering, which suggests Lovell might have thought he was being robbed. It is unclear, however, if he was the person to call police.
“Upon arrival, our officers found a juvenile male, shot in the abdomen area,” police said. “This victim was outside the residence. Our officers began emergency medical care, and he was immediately transported to Baystate Medical Center” but did not survive.
Authorities said they were waiting to contact the dead teenager’s family before releasing his name.
Lovell’s arrest stirred debate on social media about his decision to open fire.
Many pointed out that Massachusetts does not provide as wide protection for homeowners as other states. Massachusetts law states an occupant of a dwelling must act “in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling.”
You can't just shoot people outside on your property. It's scary to believe someone is breaking in your home but you need to let it actually happen before you go shooting at them.
The story sounds sketchy. I'd bet the farm there's a whole lot more to the story. The media is known, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to lie, especially about anything to do with guns.
I'm not buying it.
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Originally Posted by North Beach Person
Also, while banging on the door and window was broken per the article.
Dumb for the homeowner but almost understandable if one follows how daytime home break-ins are carried out.
So you're saying he banged on the window hard enough to break it?
See..............this is what I mean. The title of this stupid thread is an outright lie and the whole thing should be sent to the delete bin. It's a teaser title much like find on trash like Enquirer, HuffPo, Salon, etc. Just plain outright false.
One could argue the same as in so many cases that he "felt" threatened. I do not agree with the standard of simply "feeling" threatened.
Someone driving away in a car is not threatening you, someone simply knocking on your door is not threatening you. I do not know the proper charge here but no, it's not acceptable what he did.
The story sounds sketchy. I'd bet the farm there's a whole lot more to the story. The media is known, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to lie, especially about anything to do with guns.
I'm not buying it.
I'm in shock
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