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it! if they were actually robbing the dude, they deserved what they got. no sympathy for pathetic s that steal from others.
Little Falls Man Byron Smith Accused of Killing Two Teen Burglars, Not Reporting Shooting
Minnesota man Byron Scott, left, was taken into custody after he shot and killed two teens who he said had broken into his home. The victims were cousins 18-year-old Haley Kifer, right, and 17-year-old Nicholas Brady, center.
Police have taken into custody a 64-year-old Minnesota man accused of killing two teens he said broke into his home and hiding their bodies in his basement.
Byron Smith was arrested after he told police officers of the shooting a day later, after they visited his home to investigate reports of su ious activities.
‘Smith immediately told the deputies that he had shot and killed two people breaking into his home the day prior,’ the sheriff's office said in a news release.
Police said that they recovered the body of an 18-year-old female and a 17-year-old male from Smith’s home, and ABC News affiliate KSTP-TV in Minnesota is reporting that the two are cousins Haley Kifer and Nicholas Brady.
Minnesota law stipulates that individuals are permitted to use deadly force when defending their homes, but authorities said that there was evidence to suggest that Smith may have gone beyond self defense.
‘A person has every right to defend themselves and their homes, even employing deadly force if necessary,’ Morrison County Sheriff Michel Wetzel said in a news release. ‘Cir stances of this case however, led deputies to believe that Smith went beyond that point.’
Smith, a former government employee who also worked in security, was arrested Friday and is being held on second degree murder charges. He will appear in court Monday where more details will likely emerge.
According to his friends, Smith said that he had didn’t go to police immediately after the shooting because he panicked.
‘He was very traumatized by what had occurred and didn’t know who to call or what to do and that is very sad that the whole even happened,’ Kathy Lange said of her friend to KSTP-TV.
Victims: Cousins Kifer and Brady were said to have been robbing Smith's home when they were shot and killed.
Different Pictures: Friends and family said that Brady (left) and Kifer (right) were model students, while others said that they weren't surprised they would be involved in a robbery. Smith believes the two have robbed his home more than once.
John Lange said that Smith might have ‘snapped’ after having been burglarized at least twice before by other teens in the area, according to the Star Tribune. Smith said that he suspected that the two had been responsible for at least some of those past robberies.
Students who went to the same school as Brady, one of the victims, said that they weren’t surprised that he would be involved in a robbery.
‘He gets in trouble at school a lot and it’s something that could happen with his friend group,’ Forest Wonderlich told KSTP-TV.
Meanwhile, those who knew the two painted a starkly different picture.
Kifer was a senior at Little Falls High School who was heavily involved in diving and gymnastics, while principal Scott Doss of Pillager High School, where Brady had attended, said he had a ‘million-dollar smile.’
A Facebook tribute page has already been made for the two where commenters have posted notes like ‘Hope The Authorities Figure out How Everything Really Happened and Soon' and 'Absolutely deplorable! The truth will come out eventually.'
it! if they were actually robbing the dude, they deserved what they got. no sympathy for pathetic s that steal from others.
So that ring in your avatar is yours?
Why hide the bodies? It wasn't self defense.
he was frightened.
its not every day a person kill intruders.
i hope this man is found innocent and let free.
dude you should be arrested for being a dumb 24/7 or at least housed for your down syndrom. btw, it's a in' image, not a ring but a dumbass like you can't tell the difference huh?
Doesn't sound right.
No sympathy for the kids but the guy can't just not report it to the police, that's ing weird
yeah, no doubt about that.
Is this guy related to phyzik?
I would wait for the results of the DNA found in the young mans ass first.
what a waste, at least koriwhat would have practiced his tattooing skills on them before calling the cops.
who the needs practice? only one i see here that needs practice is you mouse, your comedy is well very stale and very ty.
Very strange, but if they were two black guys, no one would think it was strange at all, just the fact he hid them. Certainly the fact they are lily white and nice looking young people causes people to think the old dude is hiding something.
Off the thread le I was ready to come in here full of bluster in this guy's favor, but you put down two burglars and toss their bodies in the basement instead of calling the cops? That's a whole lot of shady right there. Don't know what kind of security work the guy but that seems like the sort of thing where he might be a little more educated than the average citizen on the do's and don'ts of using deadly force. I also don't know how different the laws are up there vs here in Texas, where the law is most definitely on the homeowner's side in cases like this, but it sounds like it must be something pretty solid for the cops to jump straight to charging him with murder. Maybe the wounds were more execution style or it looked like he sat them down at gun point before blowing them away.
The last shot to the girl was up underneath her chin pointed toward the top of her head. He said it was "a good kill shot"
for real? holy !
she was fine
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A Minnesota man authorities say shot and killed two teenagers who apparently broke into his home on Thanksgiving did not reap the benefit of the state's castle doctrine.
Despite that law, prosecutors have charged 64-year-old David Byron Smith with two counts of second degree murder. The details of the shootings suggest why Smith didn't deserve any benefit of the doubt.
As the Associated Press reports, Smith told authorities he was in his basement when he heard a window breaking upstairs. He saw someone coming down the stairs and shot Nicholas Schaeffel, 17, as he descended.
When Schaeffle's cousin, Haile Kifer, 18, then followed down the stairs, Smith shot her too, the APreported, citing the criminal complaint, which includes some chilling details.
Smith told investigators he shot Kifer several times with a rifle, but then again in the chest with handgun because she had laughed after the first shots.
"If you're trying to shoot somebody and they laugh at you, you go again," Smith told investigators, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
He dragged her body away from the foot of the stairs, and when he saw she was still gasping for air, Smith fired once more under her chin, which he described to investigators as "a good clean finishing shot."
Minnesota's governor earlier this year vetoed a bill that would have expanded the state's castle doctrine to places outside the home, and limited the duty to retreat from threatening situations before resorting to deadly force.
Current law allows a homeowner to use deadly force only if a reasonable person would believe they were in danger of harm. Smith told police he feared the intruders had weapons.
I can't find the original article I read about it, but they said he described it up under the chin toward the top of the head. Also, he shot her several times until his gun jammed up and he went to go grab another gun to finish shooting her then the kill shot.
More information needed.
pretty ing harsh on his part but still... those ing thieves should've been raised right instead of acting like a piece of , in the end what that dude did wasn't exactly right but those teenagers should've known better. it doesn't look as if those kids were raised to fend for themselves, looks as though they were brought up with the necessities and well their parents should've taught them right from wrong. , i was brought up in a single parent home and didn't have much growing up but i've never stolen and never would. it, ty situation but those two put themselves in it.
He dragged her body away from the foot of the stairs, and when he saw she was still gasping for air, Smith fired once more under her chin, which he described to investigators as "a good clean finishing shot."
If this is accurate ^^ i think he's toast.
Yes, because at this point he knows she isn't a threat. He could probably win if it was just him dead and she got shot, but he will catch at least one conviction for that right there.
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