Teen shot when he enters wrong home

[spidey07]

Yes, completely impossible when you've lived in your house for less than a year and they look similar.



http://newsone.com/2291223/caleb-gordley-virginia/

Video states he was two doors down and it pans and shows they look extremely similar (1:40 in the video)

google view aerial view (no street view)

But the kid committed breaking and entering. He had to forcefully remove/break the window screen. And then he had to ignore the alarm going off. And then he had to ignore the "warning" shot.

It's sad, but I don't really buy he just thought it was the wrong house. More like a burglary gone wrong.

 

[sze5003]

One night when I was working valet I was getting ready to take this BMW to the lot. Some hot ass chick got in the passenger seat. I was like oh hello and she's like shit sorry you looked like my bf lol

 

[spidey07]

I wonder if they'll charge the person who supplied him alcohol?

We had a similar case here in KY. Kid was trippin shrooms, enters house through window thinking it's his and gets shot dead. His buddy that gave him the shrooms was charged with his death (committing crime/felony that leads to death).

 

[TallBill]

I wonder if they'll charge the person who supplied him alcohol?

We had a similar case here in KY. Kid was trippin shrooms, enters house through window thinking it's his and gets shot dead. His buddy that gave him the shrooms was charged with his death (committing crime/felony that leads to death).

Makes sense

 

[olds]

How the hell do you get so drunk that you go to the wrong place?....

That's what she said.

 

[CLite]

But the kid committed breaking and entering. He had to forcefully remove/break the window screen. And then he had to ignore the alarm going off. And then he had to ignore the "warning" shot.

It's sad, but I don't really buy he just thought it was the wrong house. More like a burglary gone wrong.

zillow for stirling, VA

Based on the neighborhood, I really doubt he was burglarizing, there is a house going for 743k 3 doors down. It's also something you wouldn't do wasted off your ass. I know that even kids with ok/well-off parents steal but i find it more likely the kid made a fatal mistake after poor decision making rather than he was trying to steal some shit while blacked-out.

Anyways, I don't feel like being the kid's biggest defender, I just thought it was deplorable that people were commenting on the benefit to the gene pool on what appears to be a mistake. Sucks all around and I feel terrible for his family.

*edit* also a burglar would normally run from the house if an alarm went off unless you are assuming he is looking to be a violent/killing burglar. I think the fact that the alarm was going off after the window opened is even more evidence he was blacked out of his mind and made a terrible mistake.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

OK you're right, I am so dumb that I created false memories of what other people did in college.

You're such an internet badass for saying "kid got whacked. tough shit." Maybe you could use some of that badassness to make yourself not be such a miserable prick.

1) If in your little dream world people are drunk enough to not recognize their own house then yes, it's quite possible that nothing you claim to remember is actually real.

2) If you think wandering into the wrong dorm room is equal to not being able to find your own house that lends even more weight to point #1 and nothing you say can be trusted by anyone.

3) If you think the kid went through the wrong yard, broke open a window in the wrong house and STILL couldn't spot the error once inside is in any way the same as a drunk kid going to the wrong cookie-cutter dorm room then I was giving you way too much credit in point #1. You're way more delusional than I thought.

 

[CLite]

1) If in your little dream world people are drunk enough to not recognize their own house then yes, it's quite possible that nothing you claim to remember is actually real.

2) If you think wandering into the wrong dorm room is equal to not being able to find your own house that lends even more weight to point #1 and nothing you say can be trusted by anyone.

3) If you think the kid went through the wrong yard, broke open a window in the wrong house and STILL couldn't spot the error once inside is in any way the same as a drunk kid going to the wrong cookie-cutter dorm room then I was giving you way too much credit in point #1. You're way more delusional than I thought.

So your going with this kid wanted to steal something from a house 2 doors down, thought the perfect time to do this was after a night of drinking, he opened the window and the alarm went off, but he decided it would be awesome to enter a house while the alarm is going off, then he was such a badass 16 year old that he ignored a warning shot because he could take down the owner, after that he was going to murder him or something?

I'm just hoping you could clarify how dumb you are.

 

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zillow for stirling, VA

Based on the neighborhood, I really doubt he was burglarizing, there is a house going for 743k 3 doors down. It's also something you wouldn't do wasted off your ass. I know that even kids with ok/well-off parents steal but i find it more likely the kid made a fatal mistake after poor decision making rather than he was trying to steal some shit while blacked-out.

Anyways, I don't feel like being the kid's biggest defender, I just thought it was deplorable that people were commenting on the benefit to the gene pool on what appears to be a mistake. Sucks all around and I feel terrible for his family.

*edit* also a burglar would normally run from the house if an alarm went off unless you are assuming he is looking to be a violent/killing burglar. I think the fact that the alarm was going off after the window opened is even more evidence he was blacked out of his mind and made a terrible mistake.

 

[MrPickins]

I imagine when your child is abruptly taken away from your mind would just dwell on all the possible things that could have gone differently. Note in the video they say the father in no way blames the shooter. This obviously is him just wishful thinking, clearly his first wish was that his son didn't go out drinking, or perhaps that he wasn't so hard on his son that he had to sneak through windows to come back late at night.

I didn't watch the video, so I assumed the father was placing blame.

It does sound like wishful thinking. I've been there... Very sad.

 

[BladeVenom]

I disagree, he wasn't "mistaken for an intruder". He WAS an intruder.

You're mistaking ABC news for news. It is propaganda.

 

[TallBill]

You're mistaking ABC news for news. It is propaganda.

Lol

 

[jpeyton]

Sometimes mistakes happen. This is one of those cases. Don't dig too deep trying to find an explanation or criminal charges in this event; there aren't any.

 

[They Live]

I wonder if they'll charge the person who supplied him alcohol?

We had a similar case here in KY. Kid was trippin shrooms, enters house through window thinking it's his and gets shot dead. His buddy that gave him the shrooms was charged with his death (committing crime/felony that leads to death).

Was he convicted?

 

[RampantAndroid]

How the hell do you get so drunk that you go to the wrong place?

I've been so drunk that I couldn't get up the day after until well into the late afternoon and I've never failed to find my way to my own bed.

Agreed. I've been thoroughly toasted before, remember all of it (including a complete loss of motor control) and the only time I went to the wrong place...was when I was sober and got off on floor x instead of floor y and went to the apartment that was right below mine.

Some 16 year old got wasted and got shot. Not sure I care about the kid.

 

[spidey07]

Was he convicted?

I believe so. It happened quite some time ago (6+ years) I'll see if I can find.

 

[Paladin3]

Sometimes mistakes happen. This is one of those cases. Don't dig too deep trying to find an explanation or criminal charges in this event; there aren't any.

Agreed. Sadly, nobody in America wants to believe that a 16-year-old could do something stupid that would result in him getting shot and there *NOT* be someone to blame other than the kid himself.

 

[CLite]

I wonder if they'll charge the person who supplied him alcohol?

We had a similar case here in KY. Kid was trippin shrooms, enters house through window thinking it's his and gets shot dead. His buddy that gave him the shrooms was charged with his death (committing crime/felony that leads to death).

I mean honestly that's kind of pushing it imo, were they both kids? If it was an adult instigating/giving an underage kid some shrooms then definitely, but going after a kid who just lost a friend is pretty rough.

 

[Sonikku]

Why does there need to be an issue?

So we can argue about it.

 

[spidey07]

I mean honestly that's kind of pushing it imo, were they both kids? If it was an adult instigating/giving an underage kid some shrooms then definitely, but going after a kid who just lost a friend is pretty rough.

Committing a felony that leads to death is a pretty damn serious crime. And by kid there were late teens, maybe the provider 20.

 

[CLite]

Agreed. Sadly, nobody in America wants to believe that a 16-year-old could do something stupid that would result in him getting shot and there *NOT* be someone to blame other than the kid himself.

The kid is obviously entirely to blame. On the other hand his death is not some great benefit to the gene pool to be celebrated.

 

[SSSnail]

I remember this one time at band camp* I got so trashed that I went to bed** on a Friday night, or thereof, and woke up on Sunday afternoon. I still had my wherewithal to recognize which bed was mine. I've seen Little Foot ran in front of me on the freeway in front of my car, yet I made it home. I don't know how trashed you have to be to not recognize your own home.

*not band camp, more like deployment
**not a bed, but a cot in a GP tent shared with 9 other cots

 

[shortylickens]

Normally I'm in favor of protecting your home but I also believe in clearly seeing your target, not shooting into shadows.

They might have recognized the neighbor kid that way. Maybe. No way to be sure now.


Oh, and on an unrelated topic: nothing good can come of a 16 year old drinking. I knew 2 kids in high school who got killed at 16 because of drinking (one DUI, the other walking on train tracks). I knew 2 more permanently disabled, and several others who miraculously escaped permanent harm themselves, but injured or killed other people.

The whole wrong house/get shot thing is more unusual, but it happen from time to time.

 

[olds]

Normally I'm in favor of protecting your home but I also believe in clearly seeing your target, not shooting into shadows.

They might have recognized the neighbor kid that way. Maybe. No way to be sure now.


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Fuck that. Someone is forcibly entering while the alarm is going off. It aint the girl scouts delivering cookies.

 

[shortylickens]

Fuck that. Someone is forcibly entering while the alarm is going off. It aint the girl scouts delivering cookies.

No but it also wasnt an assailant. It was a drunken idiot child.

And shooting at unverified targets is a bad practice in any situation. This is why more civilians need fucking training. Should have been a little high powered LED light on that gun if they were gonna use it for home defense.