SC - Nadeja Jermainequa Pressley, 23 Killed by Father who Thought She Was Intruder 19 May 2019

[PastTense]

A 23-year-old woman was accidentally shot and killed by her father while entering her home in Greenville County, according to Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans. The coroner identified the victim as Nadeja Jermainequa Pressley. The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. Sunday outside Pressley's home on Young Street. The preliminary investigation revealed that Pressley's father believed an intruder was trying to gain entry through a door, Lt. Jimmy Bolt, with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, said. He shot through the door, striking Pressley, Bolt said. Pressley was pronounced dead at the scene.

23-year-old woman accidentally shot and killed by father entering her Greenville County home, officials say

Shoot through the door--without asking who is there or warning them?

 

[Herat]

He killed her shooting through the door?

He didn't even alert or yell at the door?

This is another example of when a doorbell camera would have been a lifesaver.

 

[MsFacetious]

Or you know.... identifying your target before you kill them would have been a lifesaver.

 

[KatzEye]

Westside Greenville is a high crime area. I wonder if she had left while he was asleep and he didn't know she wasn't inside. Or if he had been a victim of previous break-ins and was just trigger-happy. Neither one is an excuse and he will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his life.

 

[doublestop]

Shouldn't it be "was negligently shot and killed" instead of "accidentally"?

 

[PastTense]

I certainly think criminal charges are appropriate.

 

[jjenny]

Did this guy ever heard of asking "who is there.?" Shoot first, ask questions later. Now his daughter is dead.

 

[jjenny]

Shouldn't it be "was negligently shot and killed" instead of "accidentally"?

Or recklessly.

 

[jjenny]

Father charged.
Man charged in death of daughter he mistook for intruder

 

[MsFacetious]

Father charged.
Man charged in death of daughter he mistook for intruder

That explains a lot. He was likely a tad paranoid and overreacted.