Oregon Home Defense Shooting Found Justified By Grand Jury

By Dan Zimmerman

PRINEVILLE, OR — Larry Hoevet and Kenneth McBeth knew each other, but the relationship apparently wasn’t a good one. In fact, according to news reports, McBeth and Hoevet “were longtime acquaintances with a recent past history of physical aggression.” So they were evidently sideways enough that McBeth wasn’t someone Hoevet wanted to find on his property. Yet that’s exactly what happened one afternoon last October.

According to Crook County (Oregon) District Attorney Wade Whiting’s press release . . .

McBeth began knocking on Hoevet’s front door demanding the return of personal property. When Hoevet refused to open the front door, an angry exchange of words between the two followed. This heated exchange went on for several minutes.

That’s typically when you’d want to call 911. But as people in sticky situations find out every single day, the police can’t possibly be everywhere the moment they’re really needed.

McBeth then gave a final ultimatum to open the front door or he was coming in anyway. McBeth then counted to three, picked up a nearby patio chair and threw it through Hoevet’s front window. The patio chair and shattered glass landed on the living room floor. During an interview at the police …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation