Two masked men started a home invasion in Bradenton, Florida. One man stopped it, another man died, and the third man will face felony murder charges. As Bradenton’s sheriff declared yesterday, the lesson from all of this is … don’t rob people in the Sunshine State, lest ye ‘find out.’
Sheriff Rick Wells told the media that this was a case of self-defense and praised the homeowner for protecting his home and his family. “This is the state of Florida,” an emotional Wells said at a press conference. “If you want to break into someone’s home, you should expect to be shot”:
Unless other facts come to light, this looks like a classic case of justifiable homicide in self-defense:
The couple had been enjoying their night at home when the husband got an alert from home security cameras about motion…
