Burglar With Fake Gun Shot Dead [FL]

wesh ^ | 23-July-2009

[Southern Partisan]

I would wager that the three “women” were hired caregivers or other type of help that had cased the home.

[domenad]

At first, the gentler side of me thought “Well the guy had a real gun, you could have just held the guy for the cops.” Then I saw the perp was 24 and the victim was 82. Ventilate the bastard.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Darwin Award nominee??

[EricT.]

Come to think of it, Jedediah was also fighting with Octavius.

[vox_freedom]

Octavious Barnes, 24, broke into the home of Bradley Harvil, 82,

Uh huh, uh huh. A .357 does seem to level the playing field doesn't it?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Hopefully this case gets wide publicity. The lesson, criminal element, is do not go breaking and entering.

He colored the orange tip of the toy gun to make it look real? So clearly he had the intent of making people believe it was real.

What’s the story with the three girls who helped him plan this? They knew that this guy had a stash of cash in his house? And they told their buddy Octavious? And he thought, here’s an easy payday?

[Emmett McCarthy]

Amen. I should be so good at 82!

[piytar]

Heart/head double tap? We have a winner!

Just hope some POS prosecutor doesn’t use this as evidence that the homeowner was a pro and therefor could have used less lethal force.

[I Buried My Guns]

Yes, especially a .357 against a .000!

[CougarGA7]

Wow. He double tapped him. Nicely done.

[Bigh4u2]

Since the accomplices were charged with murder, I doubt the homeowner will be charged.

[ScottinVA]

I wonder if this Barnes guy was a bit on the “slow” side, and the three women put him up to it with a promise of “favors.”

[George from New England]

My question?

Were the women that were involved part of an elder care operation? Visiting nurses or such? Cleaning staff?

Need to know more.

[grobdriver]

shot Barnes in the chest and in the eye

THAT had to hurt!

[piytar]

True, good point.

[carumba]

...used less lethal force.

Either its lethal or it isn't. Once something is lethal don't worry about the magnitude. Except in the cases where you are killed so dead that you won't even stink or deader than a doornail.

[DarthVader]

“The homeowner was able to get to his real .357 magnum and shot Barnes in the chest and in the eye.”

Never bring a knife to a gun fight. The .357 Magnum is the ultimate small handheld instrument of death for home intruders.

[Graybeard58]

a .357 against a .000!

That's funny.

[elhombrelibre]

A .357 in the eye...shot and killed...I’d imagine.

[OB1kNOb]

HarvilYou’ll shoot your eye out kid...