Saturday, September 24, 2005

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0

I was planning on taking a break from blogging over the weekend, really, I swear. But, I couldn't pass up posting this important update to this previous post.

No Charges For Homeowner Who Killed Intruder

(AP) ROCHESTER, NH - The attorney general says a Rochester, New Hampshire man who fatally shot a home intruder won't face criminal charges.

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Authorities say Gaedtke had ignored several verbal warnings to leave before Hammann reached for his gun. They said at the time of the shooting, Gaedtke was naked and headed toward a child's bedroom. He died of a single shot to the chest.


Good.

UPDATE: More from the New Hampshire Union Leader:

Investigators also revealed yesterday further bizarre behavior from Gaedtke that led to the shooting. He was reportedly naked and clutching a tube of mechanical lubricant when he ripped down a window screen and climbed into Hamann's house.

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Hamann told police that he warned Gaedtke to get away when he spotted the intruder on the roof outside the couple's bedroom. Jocelynn Hamann hurried from the bedroom, grabbed her 1-year-old child and called police, according to investigators.

At the same time, Hamann showed Gaedtke his unloaded handgun as a further deterrent but Gaedtke entered the couple's bedroom and walked down a hallway toward a second bedroom where Hamann's wife and youngest child were, according to Ayotte's office.

During the home invasion, Gaedtke reportedly yelled, "I'm coming to get you," repeatedly and was in a hallway between Geoff Hamann and his family before Hamann, who served in the U.S. Marines, loaded his gun and shot Gaedtke. Investigators said there was no evidence of a previous connection between the Hamanns and Gaedtke.


The world is a better place today, because of people like Mr. Hamann. This man is a hero in every sense of the word. Anyone who would seek to deprive him of his God-given right to protect his wife and children from scumbags like that can kiss my white Scotch-Irish-Canadian-American ASS!

Line forms on the left, Ted.