He was trespassing after he was told to leave private property.
He threatened to take the gun away and use it on the property owner.
He may have been right about the custody schedule, but he’s dead right now.
And it will never gain traction in the mainstream media. Wrong ethnicities involved.
After being repeatedly told to leave the property was there any valid reason (warrant or other court order) for Chad Read to remain on the property, even to go up on the porch, to physically shove Carruth, and to attempt to grab Carruth’s weapon?
After being repeatedly told to leave the property was there any valid reason (warrant or other court order) for Chad Read to remain on the property, even to go up on the porch, to physically shove Carruth, and to attempt to grab Carruth’s weapon?
Tough one as far as I am concerned. Man should have gotten out of his face and he should definitely have not tried to grab his gun.
People are going crazy. Politicians and media fuel it. Custody fights are tough enough without weapons.
It’s a good shoot.
Guy gets up in his face when confronted with a gun and told to leave. Kyle Carruth even fires a warning shot in the ground before Read advances.
Then Read attempts to take the gun. At that moment it is, besides trespassing, assault / battery with a deadly weapon.
Read played stupid games. He won stupid prizes.
Folks are going to ask why the cops weren’t called out first. Maybe they were and on their way. Maybe not.
Play stupid games…..
Die.
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More info will come out. I’m not seeing where things got past the level of heated talk until the shooter went back into the house and came back out with a firearm. I could see the wisdom in the father getting back in his car and calmly calling the police for a civil standby to sort the visitation order issue. I could see the wisdom in the other guy getting back in the house, locking the door, and waiting for the police—unless the father attempted forcible entry.
An old rule applies here:
Sometimes an a-hole encounters a bigger a-hole.
Don’t really see how he can be charged in this instance. Losers all around here.
What a mess. Going to fetch a gun and further escalating the conflict is not going to sit well with prosecutors. The shootee showed once again that grabbing at a gun is a sure fire way to earn yourself a Darwin award.
The outcome will depend on the jurisdiction.
More than one way to process this.
Brandishing that gun was stupid as shit. But being Texas it will probably be deemed okay.
Trying to take the gun away. That was STUPIDER than Joe & Kamala combined.
RIP to the dead guy.
Justified self defense. No charges should be brought. Case closed
That’s insanity
Coward..
If you’re going to take the gun, you’d better be focused on gaining control and not some half-assed grab.
If the ex then broke in the shooting would seem to be justified. The ex might have been legally permitted to be where he was due to a court order. The ex may have been entitled to stand his ground. The new husband may heve some serious explaining to do.
HER HUSBAND WAS JUST SHOT AND IS LAYING MOTIONLESS ON THE GROUND, AND SHE CONTINUES TO ARGUE WITH THE SHOOTER ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BEEF???
Oh man, not again. Right before “the flood”, the scripture says, “...and the earth was filled with violence.” Gen 6:11