Will The Castle Doctrine Apply To The Man Shot Outside This Castle?

By Bob Owens

In news not from feudal Europe in the 1500s, a man was shot and killed in Greenville, South Carolina Saturday night after apparently trespassing on the grounds of a Germanic castle.

A trespasser was shot and killed by a homeowner on private property in Greenville Co., according to deputies.

The Sheriff’s office says they received a call about a suspicious person on a property on Altamont Road and that the homeowner fired a weapon.

The coroner has ruled the death a homicide.

When deputies arrived, they found one person dead on the property.

A 911 call was placed by the property owner to report a suspicious person on the grounds of the estate. The home owner then armed himself and went to investigate. There was then an altercation of some sort, and the home owner fired at least one shot at the suspect.

The suspect subsequently died.

It is going to be interesting to see how this shooting plays out from a legal perspective.

As a general rule of thumb, castle doctrine—real or figurative—applies when someone enters or attempts to enter the home. There is no information in any of the stories about the shooting that suggests the trespasser attempted to enter the residence. They instead …Read the Rest

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