More stupidity in San Antonio, at least bad guy is not going to require any of my tax dollars for jail!!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Owner_kills_man_outside_shop.html
In what was likely a case of mistaken identity, a man who thought a tattoo shop owner was having an affair with a woman who was either his wife or ex-wife drove to Perfection Tattoo early Tuesday and threw a Molotov cocktail inside, police said.
Shop owner Shawn Degan awoke to the sound of breaking glass about 2:30 a.m., then grabbed a shotgun and fired once toward a flame burning through his window, instantly killing the man outside the business in the 3500 block of Blanco Road.
A police source said the suspect, Rickey Davis Jr., probably had the business owner confused with another local tattoo shop owner. Davis was shot in the neck.
“My husband had to protect himself,” said Degan's wife, Jennifer. “He didn't even see the man. He just fired blindly toward the flames because he was scared.”
No one answered the door to Davis' last known address, an upscale apartment complex on the Northwest Side.
Degan, a respected artist whose work has been featured in many magazines, is not facing charges because he was protecting his property.
“Texas law allows a property owner to use deadly force,” said Sgt. Gabe Trevino, a San Antonio Police Department spokesman.
Last year, the Legislature expanded Texas law to include a “Castle Doctrine,” which allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense against an intruder without having to retreat into a home.
It is unclear if the tattoo shop shooting would fall under the new law, but Degan would be protected under existing deadly force provisions because he was protecting himself and his property, police said.
Degan declined to comment, his wife said, because he is distraught from the shooting.
“He feels bad about it,” she said. “He keeps going back and forth about how he feels.”
The Degan family initially thought the suspect might have been from a rival tattoo shop or might have been trying to steal equipment.
The motive is still under investigation, but a police source — who agreed to discuss the case on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to talk about the case — said Davis thought the tattoo shop owner was having an affair with a woman who is his wife or ex-wife. And he probably had the wrong business.
Witnesses told investigators that Davis was out drinking with friends Monday night when he started to talk angrily about a tattoo artist he suspected of sleeping with his wife or ex-wife. That is apparently why he drove to Perfection Tattoo at about 2 a.m.
Officially, Trevino said the two men may have known each other, but he would not elaborate other than to say it was still under investigation.
Trevino did say that Davis appeared to be an arsonist.
“His intent ... was to burn down that store,” Trevino said.
The device, however, caused little damage, arson investigators said, because its liquid contents were far from incendiary.
“It was probably the worst Molotov cocktail ever made,” said San Antonio Fire Department Lt. Steve Torres. “Most likely, beer was inside the bottle.”
The contents are being tested at a crime lab, but investigators believe Davis stuffed a piece of paper into a bottle full of beer and then tossed it into the window.
“When it hit a chair inside, the beer doused the fire out,” Torres said.
By that time, Davis was probably dead.
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Owner_kills_man_outside_shop.html
In what was likely a case of mistaken identity, a man who thought a tattoo shop owner was having an affair with a woman who was either his wife or ex-wife drove to Perfection Tattoo early Tuesday and threw a Molotov cocktail inside, police said.
Shop owner Shawn Degan awoke to the sound of breaking glass about 2:30 a.m., then grabbed a shotgun and fired once toward a flame burning through his window, instantly killing the man outside the business in the 3500 block of Blanco Road.
A police source said the suspect, Rickey Davis Jr., probably had the business owner confused with another local tattoo shop owner. Davis was shot in the neck.
“My husband had to protect himself,” said Degan's wife, Jennifer. “He didn't even see the man. He just fired blindly toward the flames because he was scared.”
No one answered the door to Davis' last known address, an upscale apartment complex on the Northwest Side.
Degan, a respected artist whose work has been featured in many magazines, is not facing charges because he was protecting his property.
“Texas law allows a property owner to use deadly force,” said Sgt. Gabe Trevino, a San Antonio Police Department spokesman.
Last year, the Legislature expanded Texas law to include a “Castle Doctrine,” which allows a person to use deadly force in self-defense against an intruder without having to retreat into a home.
It is unclear if the tattoo shop shooting would fall under the new law, but Degan would be protected under existing deadly force provisions because he was protecting himself and his property, police said.
Degan declined to comment, his wife said, because he is distraught from the shooting.
“He feels bad about it,” she said. “He keeps going back and forth about how he feels.”
The Degan family initially thought the suspect might have been from a rival tattoo shop or might have been trying to steal equipment.
The motive is still under investigation, but a police source — who agreed to discuss the case on the condition of anonymity because he's not authorized to talk about the case — said Davis thought the tattoo shop owner was having an affair with a woman who is his wife or ex-wife. And he probably had the wrong business.
Witnesses told investigators that Davis was out drinking with friends Monday night when he started to talk angrily about a tattoo artist he suspected of sleeping with his wife or ex-wife. That is apparently why he drove to Perfection Tattoo at about 2 a.m.
Officially, Trevino said the two men may have known each other, but he would not elaborate other than to say it was still under investigation.
Trevino did say that Davis appeared to be an arsonist.
“His intent ... was to burn down that store,” Trevino said.
The device, however, caused little damage, arson investigators said, because its liquid contents were far from incendiary.
“It was probably the worst Molotov cocktail ever made,” said San Antonio Fire Department Lt. Steve Torres. “Most likely, beer was inside the bottle.”
The contents are being tested at a crime lab, but investigators believe Davis stuffed a piece of paper into a bottle full of beer and then tossed it into the window.
“When it hit a chair inside, the beer doused the fire out,” Torres said.
By that time, Davis was probably dead.
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