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The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed "a justifiable homicide" under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday.

Police said the identity of the homeowner who fired the gunshot that killed Nicholas Donofrio shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday will not be released because the police department and the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office determined his actions were justified under the state's controversial "castle doctrine" law, which holds that people can act in self-defense towards "intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution or civil action for acting in defense of themselves and others."

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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just for curiosity's sake, if it was the middle of the night and someone started pounding on your front door and yelling, then tried to kick your door in, then broke your window, reached in and started trying to unlock your door from the inside, what's the civilized non-American response to that?

[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You engage them in conversion, explain to them simply they are at the wrong house, and keep pushing that point

Source: I had this situation happen to me at uni, explained to the side he had the wrong house, showed him the house number, and he calmly left.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

Cool, cool. Now, what if the intruder isn't a drunk college kid but someone looking to do you harm? You open the door, he pushes inside because he already knew that he wanted to do harm to the people inaide this house number, and then what?

Not everyone is a drunk kid.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Phone the police, and then shout back asking what he wanted.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's the average police response time in your area? Is it less than 30 seconds? Because that's how long it would be until dude is physically in your home.

[–] thenerdjournals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

wow, you're so afraid of people

[–] nuke@yah.lol 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literally from the article:

While the woman was on the phone with police, Donofrio broke a glass window on the front door "and reached inside to manipulate the doorknob"

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, maybe they handle mental illness better where you are (seriously, I bet they do). But here, we let them walk around untill they kill someone. So that is who you are protecting yourself from. And there are a lot of them just waiting to snap.

[–] thenerdjournals@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

my husband is mentally ill and you have no idea how offensive you are.

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like your implication, here, that all mentally ill people are the same

[–] thenerdjournals@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

In response to the comment that says mentally ill people walk around until they kill someone

There are all sorts of mentally ill people. I am referring to the ones who get arrested for violence and released over and over... not all mentally ill people.

[–] kicksystem@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago
  1. Talk to the person
  2. Call the police and tell the person the police is coming
  3. Block the person from coming in
  4. If he comes in anyway use tools like baseball bat, hammer or kitchen knife to defend yourself
[–] Aux@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can bang on a reinforced steel door all you want until the police comes.

[–] nuke@yah.lol 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did no one read the article?

He smashed the window and began undoing the lock from the inside

[–] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

No one ever reads the article. What do we want, context?

I'm not gonna call it the world's best home defense shooting, but I'm not gonna call it some kind of injustice.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are no windows in a steel door.

[–] nuke@yah.lol 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reading comprehension is hard

While the woman was on the phone with police, Donofrio broke a glass window on the front door "and reached inside to manipulate the doorknob"

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nuke@yah.lol 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't cry to me because you didn't read the article lol

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ook lol. Thread following skills - 0.

[–] nuke@yah.lol 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lmao don't cry it's not my fault you didn't read the article

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it's not my fault that you can't follow the thread of more than one comment.

[–] nuke@yah.lol 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love how everyone downvoted you yet you think I'm the one who messed up

Here's the quote again, taken directly from the article. Try reading slower if you're having trouble 👍

While the woman was on the phone with police, Donofrio broke a glass window on the front door

Which means... drumroll please... there's a window in the door. I'm really glad I could hold your hand through this experience. Tomorrow we'll work on tying your shoelaces because you're a big boy now 😉

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is wrong with? Do you understand English at all?

[–] nuke@yah.lol 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm so sorry, I should have written that in a language you'd understand. Let me try again:

Oook ook ook eek eek eek. Ooo ooo ah ah. Eeek eeek. Ooo ooo, aha aha, hoo hoo. Ooo ooo ooo!

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, typing monkey on the internets! Now I understand why you can't comprehend English language.