He said investigators were still working to “figure out” if McDonald may have mistaken his own son for a car thief. Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said formal charges could be filed as soon as Sunday.
“It’s obviously very tragic,” Kleine said. “But we have to determine if he [Will McDonald] was justified in doing what he did. . . . At this point in time, it doesn’t appear that he was justified in firing.”
Don’t want to be a parent anymore? Just pretend you thought your kid was breaking into the house or something absurd like that, and it’ll be a-okay. Just an accident.
That’s important to figure out because it impacts the kind of charges they are going to press. There are different degrees of murder.
If the guy planned on killing his son, that’s first degree murder. If he mistook the kid for a car thief that’s second degree murder or depending on the exact circumstances maybe just manslaughter. And even with manslaughter the exact circumstances change it between voluntary and involuntary.
So let’s not get our pitchforks out for the police doing their work right (for once).
Is this real? Did I just eat the onion?
This is America
Smell that freedom, baby.
Don’t want to be a parent anymore? Just pretend you thought your kid was breaking into the house or something absurd like that, and it’ll be a-okay. Just an accident.
Stand Your Ground Or I Will Turn This Car Around
More guns than brains.
Sad for the kid and his family.
Yes, This is America
That’s important to figure out because it impacts the kind of charges they are going to press. There are different degrees of murder.
If the guy planned on killing his son, that’s first degree murder. If he mistook the kid for a car thief that’s second degree murder or depending on the exact circumstances maybe just manslaughter. And even with manslaughter the exact circumstances change it between voluntary and involuntary.
So let’s not get our pitchforks out for the police doing their work right (for once).