I’m sure this family has grieved over this, but why wouldn’t you call the police if you thought someone had intentions of breaking in rather than calling the person next door, even if it was your brother? It’s bad enough that police make mistakes, but at least they’re trained in apprehension, whereas civilians usually are not.

This was nothing more than taking the law into his own hands, IMHO.

No charges against Connecticut man who killed son

bigstory.ap.org

“State police have said Giuliano went outside with a gun around 1 a.m. on Sept. 27, 2012, when his sister called to say someone was trying to break into her house next door. Authorities say Giuliano saw a masked person holding a knife come toward him in a threatening manner and shot him.

“He later was told the person was his son Tyler, who died of multiple gunshot wounds.”

HIs son might have lived had he only taken one shot, to scare him off, but this guy was shooting to kill.