They suffered from a breakdown of the victim-selection process. Teen killed by homeowner during home invasion
Professional Journalists keep calling adults of legal age, teenagers. This is probably not, strictly speaking, a lie in this instance, but it is a bit misleading.
Three legal, adult males, aged 18, 19, and 20, decided that they were going to break into an occupied house. Things didn't go the way they planned.
When officers arrived, they learned during the initial investigation that Christopher Terry, 19, had been shot during a home invasion.
Officials say Terry was one of three suspects in the home invasion and was shot by the homeowner, who was defending himself.
Dyersburg, Tennessee is about a 75 mile drive northeast of Memphis.
Christopher Terry died from his wounds. The other two were arrested. Jeremiah Terry, 18, and Raymon V. Patton, 20, face several charges including attempted second-degree murder. I guess that felony murder is not an option in Tennessee.
Self-defense is a human right, and while the investigation will be going on for a while, Tennessee is not New Jersey.
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