A Georgia man shot and killed three masked teens who were attempting to rob his home early Monday morning, local media reports. The teens approached the home just before 4 a.m., and one of them fired a gun at the three residents who were standing in the front yard.
Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett told reporters that one of the residents, a man in his late 40s to early 50s, retrieved his own gun and returned fire.
“Upon our arrival, the deceased was at the edge of a driveway and partially in the roadway,” Levett said. “The other young man was a little bit down the street, where it appears he was running.”
“The victims of the attempted robbery were all uninjured, but the three attempted robbery suspects were all shot during the exchange of gunfire and succumbed to their injuries, one on scene and two at a local hospital after being transported,” the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
WATCH: BREAKING – #Rockdale Sheriff talks about 3 shot and killed by #Rockdale County homeowner – https://t.co/uz7NeK8hon #Conyers pic.twitter.com/oR1c43SFnE
— John Spink (@johnjspink) September 16, 2019
All of the teens were between 15 and 16 years old, and two of them were brothers, according to WSB-TV.
Neither the homeowner nor the teens have been identified, and no one has yet been charged with a crime.
Neighbors told WSB that the homeowner is a truck driver who owns a semi-automatic rifle and is highly protective of his mother.
Authorities discovered two types of firearms at the scene but are still trying to determine who owns them.
Neighbors report hearing handgun shots followed by rifle fire.
“It was five shots and then it sounded like a handgun. Then I heard somebody have an assault rifle. And it was a slew of shots that came out,” neighbor Carlos Watson told WSB.
Both Watson and neighbor Brian Jenkins report hearing a man calling for help following the incident.
“I heard a guy yelling for help. ‘Help me, help me, I’m dying, I’m dying, help me, help me,'” neighbor Brian Jenkins told WSB. Jenkins said the teen appeared to have been shot in the shoulder and was wearing a mask around his neck.
“I heard somebody yell for help … then I heard it again, and that’s when I came outside,” Watson told Atlanta media outlet AJC. “There was one gentleman laid out and our neighbor Mr. Jenkins was helping him out.”
The investigation is ongoing, but Levett said Monday that this could be a “stand-your-ground type of case.”
Georgia is one of 25 states that does not require a person to retreat from a lawfully occupied space, and allows for the use of deadly force to “prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or herself or a third person or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”
WATCH: BREAKING – Neighbor describes chaos after 3 shot, killed by #Rockdale County homeowner – https://t.co/YbMcqCAWld #Conyers pic.twitter.com/NkLF63F9GU
— John Spink (@johnjspink) September 16, 2019
Georgia is also one of 10 states that specifically uses language allowing residents to “stand his or her ground,” according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
Organized enough to get yourself and 2 buddies awake, geared up and “on the job” by 4AM, yet chose employment that has a rather unhelpful medical plan.
The first suspicious thing about this article is the race of the perps is not reported. Does that mean we can safely assume they were black? Does this matter? If they were white it would be indicated early in the article.
If it’s always the guns fault then the weapon should be charged with the crime not the people who committed the crime. That makes sense right? Get the liberals, Republicans and the left at their own game.
Last thing I’d want to do is teach dirtbags how to hit.
So keep on looking cool homies!
God willing the colonel and his queen are frolicking in a place beyond describing.I give thanks for what he tought us and try to pass it on to the worthy
So whats wrong with being highly protective of your mother or any loved ones? A decent honorable person does that! Perhaps if these young criminals had decent honorable parents the might still be with us
3 teenage punks with guns at 4 am at a strangers house, what could possibly go wrong?
Generally, once your perp is running away, prosecutors will take the view that the threat was ended and shooting them then is a crime. The fact these punks SHOT AT the homeowner/ acquaintances changes things considerably. The robbers have then attempted murder, and there’s no guarantee they are leaving for good; they may circle behind the neighbor’s house and try to come in behind you.
I hope this homeowner does not face prosecution. In my opinion, he simply did a civic good deed of taking out some trash.
Moral of Story: Never use the ghetto grip in a real gunfight. The sights are on “top” of the barrel, not the side.
“This could be a ‘stand your ground case.'”
No, no, no. There are no “stand your ground” cases. A shoot is either good, or it’s not. SYG can’t make a bad shoot good. SYG is not a defense, nor can it “justify” a shooting. The ONLY thing SYG laws do is prevent the prosecution of a defender who chose to use lethal force rather than retreating, if retreating safely was an option available to him at the time of the incident. THAT’S IT. SYG removes from the table any consideration of whether or not a defender could have or should have retreated. In states with SYG laws, the only thing the state can consider is whether or not the use of lethal force was lawful, PERIOD. No incidents can become “stand your ground cases” because a defender’s ability to retreat (if retreat had been an option) can’t be considered.
The late Col. Jeff Cooper said it best. The criminal does not respect the law nor fear the police, he must be taught to respect the victim. Being armed is the only way to save this country.
“An armed society is a polite society”
Poor guy. I read he is really torn up by this. I hope he in time deals with it and realizes that is not his fault at all. They, the bad guys, made the decision to bring guns to his home and rob them. He did what he had to do. They would have shot and killed his family to get what they want.
3 residents standing on the lawn at 4 am… haven’t these people heard of bed? I might stand on my lawn AFTER work, but usually when I’m on my way to work I don’t have time to stand around.
I guess the author did an ooopsie: “Georgie is also one of 10 states”… hmmm never heard of Georgie.
Job well done’ saved taxpayers good money”
Maybe not. The homeowner could still be charged with murder or manslaughter, if the suspects were shot while fleeing the scene. I hope not, because, in my opinion, these scumbags got what they asked for and deserved. Thank God none of the victims were injured by the suspects gunfire.
Dumb kids,easier to steal than to work,to bad for for all involved, it’s always the guns fault. Good thing the home owner had one.
Of all the comments so far, I have not heard one that has addressed the fact that the media chick interviewing the sheriff turned the comments around and tried to make the punks that started the whole mess into the VICTIMS. The only thing they were victims of was their own stupidity. It was the homeowner that was the victim. He didn’t initiate the action. He finished the job. But now he will be the victim of the LEFT WING media that will try to make him look like the bad guy for protecting himself and his home. Why does the LEFT always want to take guns away from people that DIDN’T commit the crime??? All of my guns together have not killed as many people as Ted Kennedy’s car. You young folks can look that up.
The presence or absence of a selector switch makes no difference to the velocity of the bullet or its impact on a target. The Second Amendment doesn’t contain any mechanical limitations. But full-auto gives the authorities a way to demonstrate their superiority to mere “citizens”. Plus, we get to pay for their ammunition.
As for what these people were doing on their lawn at 4:00 a.m., since when do we divide the day into segments, with daytime being reserved for the “good” people, and night for the “bad” ones? One’s right to safety and the defense of that safety should not be limited by the clock or the amount of sunshine.
justified, self defence,invaders that died were suspects in a home invasion, they got what they had coming. i am sorry for the familys that lost their loved ones. If the boys were raised right from the start they should have known that type of behavier is not at all tolerated in this great country of ours. We own guns in our home to protect our home to acts like this. If you take guns from the good people then only the bad people will have guns and may not be a policeman to protect your family.I live in paradise california. not much of that happens here but since the fire we have mtn. lions, bears, many other wild animals that we watch out for and need our guns to protect our loved ones. I prefer paradise over San Francisco or Los Angeles even if I could live in those big cities for free. Those cities mostly bad people have the guns, The good people can not get a CCW for protection. Northern California mostly law obiding that have CCW carry for protection. We have a wonderful Sheriff here in Butte County. I have had my CCW for over 25 years.
It is good to hear of sections of California that are not suppressed. Many online articles refer to the state as having very restrictive gun laws. Thanks for sharing.
Well done , richly deserved !
The bad news is this happened in front of his home.
The good news is that’s where they died. They were apparently armed as well, and their intentions were obvious. You don’t have to be in your home to “Stand Your Ground.” You do qualify if you are defending yourself wherever you are, including on your own property.
Natural selection at work. Regardless of age, if you are stupid or depraved enough to attempt murder, then you deserve to be taken out with extreme prejudice. If more citizens were prepared to “take out the garbage,” there wouldn’t be so many criminals clogging our “justice” system.
There is no telling how many future lives the citizen and his “assault rifle” saved that night by killing those wanna-be gangsta’s. We do know, however, how many father-less children won’t be sired by these stupid men, not kids, men with guns.
Thug life…thug death! To bad. (NOT!)
You said “Assault Rifle” in your post. If the gun didn’t have a selector switch that had a Safety, Semi-Auto and Full -Auto on the switch then it was just a plain ole Semi-Automatic Rifle. Too many people claim that these types of weapons are Assault Rifles when they are NOT.
See you DO need an AR to defend your home! Suck on that Beto!
Strictly based on the facts known in this report…good for the homeowner, good for Georgia law, too bad for the culprits…this should serve as a deterrent and sends a msg to any other stupid, brazen would-be culprits regardless of age. Shame, but they got what they deserved.
He should receive an award for good marksmanship.
George he should be hired as a firearms instructor for the police and teach them where to shoot criminals so we don’t need expensive trials and incarcerations. good on him.
LOL !
They got lost on way to choir practice
Nice shooting! I wonder how many innocent lives you just saved. Let the tyrants who want to steal our guns take note and see what will happen when they try to take the property of 300 million good Americans.
BUT BUT.. We don’t NEED large capacity magazines and SEMI-AUTO rifles to protect ourselves from ARMED Communist Progressive Liberal Thugs and Ghetto Trash!
YEAH RIGHT!
One more for the “but, but” crowd is if we do not “need” them, then why does it matter if we have them?
yep it is always an assault rifle you people need to get it correct if your going to be on the comment page it is called an armorlight rifle that is it so stop blowing things out of proportion it people like you that ruin it for the real gun owners that will not protect you when things go sideways.
If you’re referring to the manufacturer of say the AR-15, it’s sctually Armalite!
I have an assault stick, come take that Beto!!!!
I have a bag full of assault rocks and an assault SLING SHOT, the David and Goliath kind!
COME AND TAKE IT…. ROBERT FRANCIS O’ROURKE!!
I stand with the homeowner!! These kids made a terrible choice! My advice is get a job. In this case, a job would have been a much healthier choice. Anyone comes to my house to to rob us at 3-4am. May receive very similar results.
The Democrats do not repeat understand the criminals would love the government take our guns. So they would have free access to fob and kill the very people that votes.
The Democrats all have security are walls around the houses they live.
So who are the Democrats making laws for. Use are criminals! That is aperant not the law abiding citizens but criminals.
Sounds like a home defense rifle to me, instead of the usual “assault rifle” label.
The left is so very anti-labeling and anti-discrimination, unless of course its something they don’t like, the its fair game for unfair treatment.
Wonder why this story didn’t make national news? Silly me expecting “fair and balanced” reporting from our “defenders of democracy”… who ironicly are revealing themselves as the greatest threat to our democracy.
DOUBLE DITTO SQUARED!
dash I agree that the media is a propaganda arm of the socialist.. er democrats. however I am gonna guess this was a black on black crime and that is the biggest reason it did not get national coverage. it didn’t fit the propagandas agenda, fomenting racial war.
Last time I checked there are about 6000 lives saved each year by legal gun owners and their guns. But that doesn’t fit the media narrative so you will not hear about them.
It looks like to me if they did put these incidents on the news it might just deter some of those that would use them in the commission of a crime or shooting.
Way to go man. I am a Dav and sleep with my S &w 357 mag. It it isn’t far from me inside my house. We didn’t win Vietnamese but I remember the mis and POWs. God Bless
Fans Coley
Well, I can tell a .223 from say, a 30-06 or a .308, or even a .243, by the sound, and it’s usually an AR type rifle. Also by how fast they cycle, a semi-auto Remington 742 definitely doesn’t cycle as fast as an AR15 does. But yeah, they said an “Assault Rifle” to get the media’s attention.
4 am, 15 and 16 years old wearing mask, breaking & entering, burglarizing the home of another, unlawful possession of two handguns, aggravated assault on the homeowner with a firearm.
1. parent irresponsibility or
2. Parent aware & condoned.
3. Homeowner will be victimized by a life filled with PTSD.
4. The deceased family’ will file frivolous suit for wrongful death, costing the homeowner tens of thousands for legal representation.
….nobody wins.
Wrong, the winners are the lawyers, the media and the anti-gun loons. Also the future victim of these 3 little punks will now not be victims.
They could take every gun in the world away and that still would not stop humans from killing each other. Humans have been and will continue to kill each other until The end of time. It is human nature to always disagree and as long as that is in place killing will continue with guns or without. Their is a hate with in our own human race which will never change. Case in point. Someone will disagree with what I said. Wait and see.
I’ve been saying the same thing for ever. Human history bears this out. Nothing but agreement here.
Nope, evil has existed since the beginning of human time and will always be present. Mix that in with a little sociopathic tendencies, some drugs and vuwalla, the perfect storm. Those are the worst. A little mental illness helps with all the rest. The democrats (Gun grabbers) just continue to miss the boat, but Trump is spot on, address mental illness.
Humans are apex predators…
good for the home owner..
“teens were between 15 and 16 years old” gangsta society corruption of the black family…where did they get the illegal gun? too bad, but they got what they deserved.
So many keyboard experts !
Give a rifle a name and put it on the news and it sticks. Assault is a verb and a noun and neither definition applies to a weapon but an act. Newsperson/politician definition makes it a rifle.
Well this is a strange case as everyone is in the yard at 4am.
Nevertheless one group belonged there and the other did not.
My thoughts exactly, homeowner & friends in the yard at 4am? Going to work? Just coming home? Some unanswered question here. I’ll not pass judgement until those questions are answered. If I am on the jury, were still out.
keith I wondered the same thing. and with “a semi auto rifle” in hand. I mean WTF.
Quote: “Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett told reporters that one of the residents, a man in his late 40s to early 50s, retrieved his own gun and returned fire.” Note that it says “retrieved” as in he did not have the gun with him at the time he was shot at. On the other hand, since the three young hoods were all dead they couldn’t contradict the story. Even the neighbors however said they heard pistol shots first, then the rifle fire. Of course the wannabe gangsters were masked. My thinking is that IF the resident and his friends were standing around with weapons showing, the smarter thing would have been to turn around and leave, not pull a gun and start shooting.
And hopefully no charges are filed ! Maybe this will deter other scumbags from trying to do the same thing to some other innocent law abiding citizen. Give the man a medal. !!!
I love it, it don’t get any better then that, you have to protect yourself from trash like them.
Play stupid games , win stupid prizes.
I can already hear the parents of these dead criminals…”Oh, these babies didn’t deserve to get killed. They should be able to rob people without dying. Oh, they are young and innocent. That evil gun owner needs to pay for killin’ my babies. Oh, they are victims and didn’t need to die….”
Then Beto shows up and does a press conference with them, announcing that no more criminal thugs will die from “assault rifles” and that he is the only one who can save us by seizing lawfully owned weapons and placing NRA Members in gulags. In the distance, you can hear criminals cheering as their jobs of committing crimes will become easier with no resistance from soon-to-be unarmed lawful citizens
Very well said my friend. Unfortunately, you are correct, and so many previous families have done this. They either have Mr. Jackson or Mr. by their side, and crying that their poor sons, with rap sheets longer than the Rio Grande river, were sweet innocent boys. Blah, blah, blah. They got what they deserve, as well as what so many more deserve. At least the great folks of Georgia won’t have to pay taxes for these three thugs being in and out of jail for the rest of their lives.
Like many lawful firearm owning Americans I have absolutely no sympathy for these teens. None. They made a choice, and were obviously too stupid to consider the possible outcome or alternate consequences for their little brained idiocy and choice. They’re actions are all the more reason to hold onto our 2nd Amendment rights. Demofascists may one day succeed in their efforts to disarm Americans but, I will not comply.
T.B. I agree 100%. socialist.. er democrat overlords WILL try but, like you, I will not comply.
Give that homeowner a medal.
Save our freedom.
Wonder what Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke will say about this one? Especially since he’s talking about taking our AR’s. Also wonder about any charges?? If it had been a policeman he would probably be charged since it’s sounds like part of the group was running away.
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY….AND DID THE ATTACKERS DIE?????
Oh, yeah they did….dead.
If they were firing as they were running away they are still engaging and therefore still a threat to be dealt with. Just simply running away might get this guy stuck. However I personally believe they got what they deserved, play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Yep started running away AFTER they got shot. No where in the story above or any of the other articles I have read is it alleged that the resident and/or his two friends chased them or even fired at them once they broke off their attack and fled. History is written by the survivor[s] and none of the neighbors came outside ie did not witness anything until after the shooting stopped.
It should be very interesting how this all shakes out throughout the investigation as Georgia, to my understanding, has a very liberal “Stand Your Ground” law in place. And kids or adults in a dead end residential cul de sac and allegedly firing weapons at “between 3 and 4 AM” would attract special attention from the LEO’s handling the investigation.
One of the few uses for the word ‘Liberal’ I can like.
These teens got exactly what they deserved.
Foolish kids. They paid the ultimate price for their stupidity, that’s true. But now the man protecting his family will have to deal with their death the rest of his life. Please don’t be so cavalier with human life. I’m of the opinion that the homeowner did what was needed to protect himself and that which he held so dear. It’s what I would have done. Killing someone is God’s job. If you find yourself in a position where you are pressed into doing God’s job you had better be able to stand before The Almighty and explain it with a clear conscience.
I’ll most certainly be able to “stand before The Almighty and explain” my act of protecting my family from evil “with a clear conscience.”
I’m agnostic, and will now point out that your Bible is chock full of human killing in the name of your God.
Like Joshua at Jericho?
None of these animals was a “gentleman.”
And how does the neighbor know he heard an “assault rifle,” whatever that is?
You here about this in the media.
Only a good guy with a gun can stop bad guys with a gun. The home owner reduced the crime in his area.
Yeah, THAT cul-de-sac will be crime free for ALONG time.
I take offense on the comment”then I heard an assault rifle” are all semi automatic rifles a so called assault rifle? Please explain to me what an assault rifle is. If I point a pellet rifle at you would you think you’re being assaulted. Made up name to elicit a larger OMG from the citizens.
Exactly.
The DOD defines an assault rifle as a select fire weapon–which by definition is an machine gun.
An “assault rifle” is whatever the national leftist media says it is. It makes no difference that the AR-15 is NOT an “assault rifle” because it is only semi-automatic and not used by the military. The AR resembles what the military used to use; it is styled after the rifle used by the military but has no automatic-fire capabiity. None-the-less, the media has pinned the “assault rifle” label on it and any other rifle they wish to demonize. They also demonize anyone who wants to defend himself with an AR-15. It’s all poitical, with the blather meant to garner votes. Sadly, it doesn’t reduce crime, but facts and truth don’t matter to Leftists.
They are in Washington state.
“are all semi automatic rifles a so called assault rifle?” as far as the socialist…er democrat anti constitution, anti bill of rights, anti Americans are concerned they are. Unelect ALL democrats.
Several strange things about this ordeal. Three people outside at 4am, neighbor determined he “heard” an assault rifle, stand your ground case , nooo Self Defense! Perhaps another faux news story!
Good news. That’s three less incorrigible subhumans walking the streets and Heaven Knows how many progeny they won’t create.
“Then I heard somebody had an assault rifle”…..really? You heard full auto in that “slew of shots?” Amazing how the sheeple are ignorant of basic firearm principles
Good for Georgia a person should not have to run from his own property because some stupid ass want`s to rob it. These three clowns got what they deserve.
What is an Assault rifle, aren’t all rifle Assault rifles
No. All weapons are designed for defense. It is the user who commits the assault.
Good for him and Georgia.
This is why I love living in Georgia, rural of course.