Posted on 03/06/2006 7:14:10 AM PST by blueberry12
When Edward Lucas Sr. checked to see why the neighbor's German shepherd was barking at Sunday at 5:40 a.m., he had no idea that minutes later an intruder would be lying dead on his living room rug.
Lucas, 63, of the 3900 block of West Mallory Street, never wanted to have to use his .22 caliber rifle that way, but Tyrone Fyoungious Preyer, 29, would not stop breaking through the door, he said.
"I yelled 'Get out of my house,' but he kept coming," said Lucas, a retired Sears employee who resided at that house for almost eight years. "I was scared to death."
Preyer, who died at the home when Lucas fired at him more than four times, tried to break into at least three other surrounding homes, Escambia County Sheriff's Office investigators said.
Preyer's name appears 14 times in Escambia County criminal court records, with seven felonies, including: aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft auto.
Lucas will not be charged because he was defending his home, himself and his live-in girlfriend, Maxine Rasberry, 60, Sgt. Mike Ward said.
Ward said the shooting likely will fall under the "Stand Your Ground" Florida law passed in 2005, which allows people to use any force necessary in order to protect themselves when they feel threatened.
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Aww, come on, lighten up. We were all just having a good laugh at Tyrone's expense. Think of what it's going to do for Tyrone's reputation in the hood when it gets around that he was taken out by a lowly .22.
PING
Didn't the Brady Bunch run some ads warning people visiting Florida that they stood the risk of being shot under the new SYG law?
Didn't Tyrone see those ads?
He shoots, he scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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