{"id":196945,"date":"2024-01-18T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=196945"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:50:36","slug":"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beale Street homeowner shoots, kills man wielding chainsaw, court docs say\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7lAtM4XVfA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police reported to a 911 call to find a man nearly dead after attacking a homeowner with a chainsaw. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2024\/01\/10\/beale-street-homeowner-shoots-kills-man-wielding-chainsaw-court-docs-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\">WNDU<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man stole a chainsaw last month before being shot and killed by the Indiana homeowner he stole it from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last December, a homeowner and his wife had just arrived home around 9:20. They noticed a security alert and the homeowners decided the husband would check it out while his wife waited in the car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner approached his home and found his back gate open, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvpe.org\/wvpe-news\/2024-01-10\/south-bend-shooting-after-chainsaw-theft-ruled-justified\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\"><em>WVPE<\/em><\/a>. A man came at him with a \u201cchainsaw over his shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner warned the suspect not to come near him. Richard Davis, the 68-year-old man with the chainsaw, apparently did not heed the warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner shot Davis in the chest and then told his wife to call 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrived to find Davis in critical condition. They took him to a hospital, where he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-stolen-chainsaw\">A Stolen Chainsaw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2024\/01\/10\/beale-street-homeowner-shoots-kills-man-wielding-chainsaw-court-docs-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\"><em>WNDU<\/em><\/a>, Davis stole the chainsaw from the homeowner. It had been taken from the garage shortly before the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvpe.org\/wvpe-news\/2024-01-10\/south-bend-shooting-after-chainsaw-theft-ruled-justified\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\"><em>WVPE<\/em><\/a>, the homeowner stayed on the scene and cooperated fully with officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutors of St Joseph County analyzed the reports from the investigation. They \u201creviewed video footage, security system logs,\u201d and even the chainsaw before coming to a conclusion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case was taken to court, and prosecutors recently announced that they find the shooting \u201cjustifiable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homeowner will not receive any charges for shooting Davis. No evidence has come up to disprove that he was reasonably scared for his life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shooting is considered a case of self-defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-unlikely-circumstance\">An Unlikely Circumstance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The statistics on home invaders coming at you with chainsaws are unsurprisingly low. But according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2017\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017\/topic-pages\/robbery\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\">FBI<\/a>, about 15% of home robberies involve a deadly weapon other than a firearm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/watch-greek-mob-boss-executed-in-bold-street-ambush\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\">WATCH: Greek Mob Boss Executed in Bold Street Ambush<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know little about this homeowner. All we know is he used a gun to defend himself from someone who was allegedly dangerous. He is lucky he had that gun and could act in self-defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, we\u2019d be reading an obituary, not a self-defense story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"homeowner-shoots-man-with-stolen-chainsaw-death-ruled-self-defense\" title=\"Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw, Death Ruled Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man stole a chainsaw last month before being shot and killed by the Indiana homeowner he stole it from.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":196948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,262,892,3406,240],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-196945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-defensive-use-of-firearms","9":"category-columns-home-defense","10":"category-kimber-pearce","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-dgu","14":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Homeowner Shoots Man With Stolen Chainsaw<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imagine getting home to find your back gate unlocked and a strange man coming at you with a chainsaw! 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