Prosecutors consider charges after burglar killed LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors deciding whether to charge a California man who says he fatally shot a violent burglar in the back in an alley as she fled his home face a difficult decision because the case falls in a gray area involving self-defense, a legal expert said Friday. Long Beach homeowner Tom Greer, 80, told a TV station he began firing after his collarbone was broken during an assault by the woman and a man that Greer discovered in his home. Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell says the homeowner shot at 28-year-old Andrea Miller in an alley. Greer said he fired at the burglars inside and outside his home, even though the female burglar told him not to shoot because she was pregnant. “The lady didn’t run as fast as the man, so I shot her in the back twice,” Greer told KNBC-TV outside his house. “She’s dead … but he got away.” An autopsy will determine if Miller was actually pregnant, Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter said. Gus Adams, 26, her suspected accomplice, was later booked on suspicion of residential burglary and murder and was being held on bail of just over $1 [...] newsinkansas/prosecutors-consider-charges-after-burglar-killed-2/
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:06:40 +0000
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