Madcap_Magician
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Police report linked here in local news report.
Synopsis:
Victim's family was home in a rural neighborhood when a truck pulled into their driveway. A female witness, related to the victim, went to investigate and saw the driver hiding by the victim's detached garage. She returned to the house and told the victim, who armed himself and went to investigate and was shot at least once in the arm (second injury to the torso but may have come from the same bullet) as he approached the truck and driver. The shooter fled.
Victim passed away as a result of the arm wound severing an artery, resulting in uncontrolled bleeding.
Shooter was apprehended by responding deputies and city officers.
One big clear takeaway was the importance of learning how to control severe blood loss. The victim's peripheral limb wound could have potentially not been fatal if his family members had had the training and supplies to rapidly tourniquet his arm.
Another potential takeaway is the danger inherent in investigating prowlers. Once the family member observed that the shooter was hiding on their property, it was probably not prudent to investigate personally.
It did turn out that the shooter and his family are known to the victim and his family, but it wasn't known if the victim or his family had identified the shooter prior to the shooting taking place.
Synopsis:
Victim's family was home in a rural neighborhood when a truck pulled into their driveway. A female witness, related to the victim, went to investigate and saw the driver hiding by the victim's detached garage. She returned to the house and told the victim, who armed himself and went to investigate and was shot at least once in the arm (second injury to the torso but may have come from the same bullet) as he approached the truck and driver. The shooter fled.
Victim passed away as a result of the arm wound severing an artery, resulting in uncontrolled bleeding.
Shooter was apprehended by responding deputies and city officers.
One big clear takeaway was the importance of learning how to control severe blood loss. The victim's peripheral limb wound could have potentially not been fatal if his family members had had the training and supplies to rapidly tourniquet his arm.
Another potential takeaway is the danger inherent in investigating prowlers. Once the family member observed that the shooter was hiding on their property, it was probably not prudent to investigate personally.
It did turn out that the shooter and his family are known to the victim and his family, but it wasn't known if the victim or his family had identified the shooter prior to the shooting taking place.