A Milwaukee man spent two nights in jail for fatally shooting two teens involved in brutally beating him with a baseball bat last Wednesday. After the teens began beating him in the stairwell of the apartment building where he works, the 39 year-old maintenance worker fatally shot two of his assailants. Now he faces possible homicide charges for what some believe was a straightforward act of self-defense. Others are upset over the shooting death of the two teens involved.
The afternoon of the incident in question, the 39-year-old maintenance worker, whose name has not been released, was changing the locks on an apartment in which the resident was being evicted when three suspects happened upon him.“Apparently, these people were mad that a friend of theirs was getting evicted. They thought – apparently – that he was the manager,” Bob Braun, who lives in the apartment building and is a friend of the maintenance worker, told a local Fox affiliate the day after the incident occurred.
Apparently the trio was so outraged that two of them held the man down while the third began beating him with a baseball bat. It was at that point that the man, who has a valid concealed carry permit, pulled out his legally owned handgun and shot two of the three suspects.
A man who was at a nearby furniture store told reporters that he went inside when he heard the commotion, but when he heard screams he ran to the apartment building where he saw two of the suspects, 17-year-old Anmarie Miller and 19-year-old James Bell Jr., lying in the stairwell. The man said the maintenance worker’s face was covered in blood and he looked confused.
Miller and Bell, who were a couple with two small children, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The maintenance worker was transported to a local hospital where he received treatment for the injuries he sustained during the attack.
But once released from the hospital, the man was taken to the Milwaukee County Jail where he faced two possible counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
The third suspect involved in the beating, a man in his early 20s whose name has not been released, was also taken into custody for a possible substantial battery charge.
Miller and Bell, who were a couple with two small children, were pronounced dead at the scene.The District Attorney is still considering evidence before deciding whether to press charges against the surviving assailant and his intended victim. The incident was captured on video, so there may be some concrete evidence to confirm the facts of the case.
Source: Guns.com
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He had every right to protect himself. It is bull that you cannot protect yourself and the things you work for.
RIDICULOUS-what was he supposed to do? Let the thugs beat him to deat? He had the RIGHT to protect himself. They dealt the play and deserve the consequences of their illegal actions. NO MORE SUPPORT FOR THUGS…they are nothing more than criminals who haven’t been caught yet and they should be STOPPED.
He had every right to protect himself.These thugs could have killed him they got what they deserved.
good for him its time for people to stand up for themselves most bullies are cowards and if they know they might get hurt they will back off
Blame Ed Flynn, Clarke would have let him go.
This is bull$#%&!@*. The guy had all the right in the world to shoot those kids who would have beat him to death
Why is the man being jailed because he was defending himself while being beat up????? Lopsided action!!! Where’s Common Sense and doing what is right????
Right is wrong & wrong is right. Corrupt lawyers & judges do indeed bring abt the downfall of a nation.
cant defend yourself ??? they would probably have killed him , and got their hands smacked by a judge ??
Since when defending yourself is a crime! Thugs have no rights! Where in the world is common sense? Damn libtards at work!