TX - Chad Read 54, shot/killed by ex's bf, Kyle Carruth, in custody dispute, Lubbock, 5 Nov 2021

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Matic said:
Neither woman didn't seem to upset after the shots were fired. Chads wife in the car seems unemotional and whomever was filming from inside the house just clears her throat like "welp, that's that".
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The person in the car (now a widow) has stated that she thought it was a stun gun or paintball gun because of how quiet it was.
 
Chad Read’s widow releases video of deadly shooting; Carruth attorney makes case for self-defense

11/24/21

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The attorney for Chad Read’s widow released a statement and video of the shooting that killed 54-year-old Chad Read on Nov. 5. Along with the video, the attorney supplied a petition filed on Wednesday showing Jennifer Read, Chad’s widow, is seeking custody of her late husband’s children from their mother.

The news release states, “Jennifer Read, the widow of Chad Read, has filed a Petition today seeking to take custody of Chad Read’s children from their mother, Christina Read. Because the new Lubbock Public Access System makes this information available to the public, and the likelihood of the information contained in her Petition and Affidavit being obtained by the media, she has decided that it is best to simply release the information directly instead of waiting for it to be discovered.”

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KCBD spoke to Kyle Carruth’s attorney, David Guinn, who says the video “confirms the Lubbock Police’s thorough work reflects this as a justified homicide.”

“When a trespassing Chad Read advanced on Mr. Carruth, who was standing within feet of the front door of his home and office, employees there, Mr. Read said I’ll take your gun and effing kill you with it and then tried to. It was then and only then did that gun get pointed at Mr. Read at the fatal moment,” Carruth’s attorney said. “Mr. Read had every opportunity to leave, to try to escalate the situation. He was threatening to others. Police had been called and he knew that, Mr. Carruth came out the door, the gun pointed in the air and told him to leave. Most people would have.”

“Mr. Read then chose to advance on Mr. Carruth, they were face to face,” Guinn continued. “Mr. Read said he’d take the gun and kill him with it. The gun went off into the patio, that still did not deter Mr. Read, who then grabbed the gun and tried to kill Kyle.”

Guinn says Carruth holds a valid defense under the Castle Doctrine, “to defend himself, others or his property,” and they are looking forward to the Attorney General’s Office investigating and presenting the case to a Lubbock grand jury. Guinn says a grand jury could still indict Carruth, but his hope is “upon careful review of the law, they will not,” but it doesn’t mean he can’t be arrested and charged or convicted later.

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Seattle1 said:
Chad Read’s widow releases video of deadly shooting; Carruth attorney makes case for self-defense

11/24/21

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The attorney for Chad Read’s widow released a statement and video of the shooting that killed 54-year-old Chad Read on Nov. 5. Along with the video, the attorney supplied a petition filed on Wednesday showing Jennifer Read, Chad’s widow, is seeking custody of her late husband’s children from their mother.

The news release states, “Jennifer Read, the widow of Chad Read, has filed a Petition today seeking to take custody of Chad Read’s children from their mother, Christina Read. Because the new Lubbock Public Access System makes this information available to the public, and the likelihood of the information contained in her Petition and Affidavit being obtained by the media, she has decided that it is best to simply release the information directly instead of waiting for it to be discovered.”

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KCBD spoke to Kyle Carruth’s attorney, David Guinn, who says the video “confirms the Lubbock Police’s thorough work reflects this as a justified homicide.”

“When a trespassing Chad Read advanced on Mr. Carruth, who was standing within feet of the front door of his home and office, employees there, Mr. Read said I’ll take your gun and effing kill you with it and then tried to. It was then and only then did that gun get pointed at Mr. Read at the fatal moment,” Carruth’s attorney said. “Mr. Read had every opportunity to leave, to try to escalate the situation. He was threatening to others. Police had been called and he knew that, Mr. Carruth came out the door, the gun pointed in the air and told him to leave. Most people would have.”

“Mr. Read then chose to advance on Mr. Carruth, they were face to face,” Guinn continued. “Mr. Read said he’d take the gun and kill him with it. The gun went off into the patio, that still did not deter Mr. Read, who then grabbed the gun and tried to kill Kyle.”

Guinn says Carruth holds a valid defense under the Castle Doctrine, “to defend himself, others or his property,” and they are looking forward to the Attorney General’s Office investigating and presenting the case to a Lubbock grand jury. Guinn says a grand jury could still indict Carruth, but his hope is “upon careful review of the law, they will not,” but it doesn’t mean he can’t be arrested and charged or convicted later.

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BBM. Was he trespassing if he was on a court ordered custody pick up?
 
JayWill said:
BBM. Was he trespassing if he was on a court ordered custody pick up?
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IMO, it seems he had a legal right to be there but he could probably be deemed as trespassing after he was told his son was not home, and he was asked to leave. However, I also think the victim would have left if CR told him where to collect their child as he offered to do.
 
Matic said:
Neither woman didn't seem to upset after the shots were fired. Chads wife in the car seems unemotional and whomever was filming from inside the house just clears her throat like "welp, that's that".
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Chad’s wife said that at first she thought he used a pain ball gun or a
Matic said:
Neither woman didn't seem to upset after the shots were fired. Chads wife in the car seems unemotional and whomever was filming from inside the house just clears her throat like "welp, that's that".
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Attorney Releases Video of Client’s Husband Being Shot to Death by Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend; Boyfriend Claims Self Defense
MARISA SARNOFFNov 26th, 2021, 4:03 pm

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Kyle Carruth just shot my husband,” Jennifer is heard saying. Seconds later, a distraught woman is heard screaming “Oh my God, you really did it!”
In her affidavit, Jennifer says that she didn’t realize at the time that Carruth had been using an actual gun; she says thought it was a “some type of stun-gun or paintball gun” because the sound of the shots “was very muffled and not as loud as I know firearms to be.”

He may have had a silencer type of device that muffles the sound. IMO
 
Seattle1 said:
IMO, it seems he had a legal right to be there but he could probably be deemed as trespassing after he was told his son was not home, and he was asked to leave. However, I also think the victim would have left if CR told him where to collect their child as he offered to do.
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I thought I heard the Ex wife tell Chad that the boy was at her mother’s house.
 
Did this lady have the lawyer waiting behind the house? She sure did that statement fast.

I didn’t catch the “you did it” comment but it’s pretty telling. I hope LE is seeking more context from her on that.
 
MollyDDD said:
I wouldn’t think so, but the Ex-wife was in violation of a court order to have the child there for pick up at 3:15PM.
From how it sounds, this wasn’t the first time it happened either. IMO
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I'm not sure it was a scheduled pick up. In the video from inside the house, the person says "her ex-husband showed up" which sounds like it was unexpected, but who knows
 
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