{"id":6022,"date":"2019-10-30T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2019-10-29T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:44:38","slug":"lessons-from-the-fort-worth-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/lessons-from-the-fort-worth-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"LESSONS FROM THE FORT WORTH TRAGEDY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A tragic\nmistaken identity shooting occurred recently in Fort Worth, Texas.&nbsp; A homeowner was shot and killed when she\npointed a gun at a city police officer who had been dispatched to an open\nstructure call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been warning about this sort of thing for decades.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B1epT4f9Mv8\">This clip is from circa 2007<\/a>, from Tom Gresham\u2019s <em>Personal Defense TV <\/em>show.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home Invasion Massad Ayoob PDTV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1epT4f9Mv8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The call had\ncome in from a concerned citizen in that Fort Worth neighborhood who had seen\nthe front door to the home wide open in the wee hours of the morning.&nbsp; The media originally reported it as a call\nfor a \u201cwellness check,\u201d which would usually begin with the officers coming to\nthe door and loudly identifying themselves.&nbsp;\nUnfortunately, it later came out that the dispatcher had given the call\nto responding officers as an \u201copen structure\u201d report, indicative of a possible\nburglary or home invasion in progress.&nbsp;\nThis would account for the officer\u2019s silent approach reconnoitering the\npremises from the outside in: a shouted \u201cPolice!\u201d could alert a burglar to\nescape or ambush the officers, or cause a home invader to take hostages or\nperhaps harm a resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial\nreports, still unfortunately being quoted, described the young woman as\nharmlessly playing video games with her young nephew when she was killed by the\npolice bullet.&nbsp; However, the nephew soon\ntold investigators that his aunt had heard noises outside, armed herself with a\npistol, and was pointing it out the window \u2013 presumably at the officer \u2013 when\nshe was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been\nreported that the officer refused to give a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer\nhas been charged with Murder.&nbsp; The\nincident strikes this writer as a tragedy on both sides.&nbsp; It will be instructive to see how the matter\nproceeds from here.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lessons\napparent at this point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep your doors locked, and your\ncurtains closed at night.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The person outside might be just a\ncop who is there on legitimate police business.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Even in your home, don\u2019t wander about\nwith deadly weapons in hand when visible to people outside who don\u2019t know who\nyou are.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cops must always remember that\nlaw-abiding citizens have guns, too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic mistaken identity shooting occurred recently in Fort Worth, Texas.&nbsp; A homeowner was shot and killed when she pointed a gun at a city police officer who had been dispatched to an open structure call. 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