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Old 10-20-2018, 10:19 AM
 
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Another misuse of SYG by a crazed gun nut....

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/us/la...ged/index.html

A city commissioner was arrested nearly three weeks after police say he shot and killed a man who tried to shoplift a small ax from a military store, authorities said.

Michael Dunn was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the Oct. 3 fatal shooting of 50-year-old Cristobal Lopez at a Lakeland, Florida, Army-Navy surplus store that Dunn owns, the Lakeland Police Department said.

He is being held without bond at the Polk County Jail. His first court appearance is set for Saturday morning, a Polk County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

Surveillance video from Vets Army Navy Surplus store appears to show Lopez trying to leave as Dunn grabs him by the shirt. Lopez is then seen holding onto the handle of the store front door while Dunn tries to pull him back inside the store.

Dunn, who was holding a firearm in his other hand, lost his grip of Lopez's shirt and fired two shots, police say.

When police arrived to the store, Dunn was standing over Lopez and pointing his firearm at him, a probable cause affidavit says.

Lopez was shot in his left upper torso and his mid back. He died at the scene, the document states.

After the shooting, Dunn told detectives he acted out of fear. Lopez was carrying the ax but he was holding its blade in the palm of his hand, a probable cause affidavit says.
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Old 10-20-2018, 10:23 AM
 
Location: SC
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  1. Interesting... This is the second time a "Michael Dunn" in Florida tried unsuccessfully to use a SYOG defense.
  2. It's about time authorities see many of these claims just as they are - an attempt to get away with murder.
  3. Amazing how all these aggressors "feared for their lives" while murdering someone else.
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Old 10-20-2018, 10:34 AM
 
Location: United States
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Nowhere does the article say the defendant claimed this falls under the stand your ground law, he only says he acted in self defense.
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Old 10-20-2018, 10:40 AM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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Well now there's 2 threads about this:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/polit...ee-murder.html

I refer to my comments on that other thread.
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