BAD FORM: Homeowner Opens Fire on Retreating Thieves After His Trailer

By John Falkenberg

MAYSVILLE, AL — An Alabama homeowner’s future is in danger after he opened fire on a pair of thieves who were attempting to steal his trailer which he used for work.

The problem is — he opened fire on people who weren’t threatening, and retreating.

It’s an awful situation.

As WAAY 31 reports:

Homeowner, Ashton Gallagher, who caught two men stealing a utility trailer from his home shot at them, hitting one of the men, deputies said Wednesday. He was eating and heard noise outside. He looked at his surveillance video and went outside to contront the thieves.

“I grabbed my gun and headed out here and was like, Hey ya’ll need to drop my trailer. I said it more aggressively than that,” said Ashton Gallagher. That’s pretty much how I make my money. I do landscaping. So that’s part of my living. If that’s gone then I have to go through everything else to get it back,” Gallagher said.

Robert Dale Bradshaw, 42, and Derick Deangelo Vaughn, 31, were arrested early Wednesday morning and charged with second-degree theft.

Deputies were called to a home on Eva Court around 1 a.m. Wednesday after gunshots were heard in the area. The homeowner …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation