This incident seems rushed, very rushed, given that the shooter is a senior Army officer:
- Special Forces Colonel notes two strangers either on his property, or perhaps adjacent to it.
- Wife claims the two men were taking pictures of the property and.... their children.
- Colonel confronts the two men, shoots and kills one.
- Men turn out to be Chechens and thus raise concerns of terrorism- or were they stereotyped?
And now, a possible "ooops" of the major kind:
- The two men have been confirmed to be working for a utilities company and assigned to survey lines in the area.
- The last photos taken were not of children, but of..... power line numbers.
- Utility companies often have easements to enter property to survey, maintain power lines etc.
And... some added complications;
- Men were not wearing power company uniforms, but caller seems vague. States they "dont belong", but does not describe how they were being "aggressive".
- Needless to say, using deadly force based on what somebody "might" be doing / "might be" can get uhmm "problematic".
911 calls released in Fort Liberty soldier's fatal shooting of a utility worker in Carthage
"My husband's just yelling to me to 'Call the police, call the police." Less than a half hour later, worker Ramzan Daraev would be dead.
www.fayobserver.com
- Special Forces Colonel notes two strangers either on his property, or perhaps adjacent to it.
- Wife claims the two men were taking pictures of the property and.... their children.
- Colonel confronts the two men, shoots and kills one.
- Men turn out to be Chechens and thus raise concerns of terrorism- or were they stereotyped?
And now, a possible "ooops" of the major kind:
- The two men have been confirmed to be working for a utilities company and assigned to survey lines in the area.
- The last photos taken were not of children, but of..... power line numbers.
- Utility companies often have easements to enter property to survey, maintain power lines etc.
And... some added complications;
- Men were not wearing power company uniforms, but caller seems vague. States they "dont belong", but does not describe how they were being "aggressive".
- Needless to say, using deadly force based on what somebody "might" be doing / "might be" can get uhmm "problematic".
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