Man thinks burglars are outside, shoots up home
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Kevin Cole
A 29-year-old Blair man was taken into emergency protective custody Sunday night after he allegedly shot up his home with a shotgun because he thought burglars were outside.
Capt. Kevin Willis of the Washington County Sheriffs Office said the man was taken into custody without incident, and no injuries were reported. Willis declined to release the name of the man, whom he characterized as being very distraught because he thought burglars were trying to break into his home.
The man, who was alone, was taken into custody without incident about 15 minutes after law enforcement officers arrived on the scene. He was taken to an Omaha hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
Deputies were called to the Country Estates Mobile Home Park about a half mile south of Blair at 11:45 p.m. after someone called 911 to report numerous shots being fired. Willis said deputies reported hearing several shots fired as they set up a perimeter and began to evacuate neighbors.
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)bath salts?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)cultists to have access to a bunch of such lethal weapons.
marble falls
(57,181 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)marble falls
(57,181 posts)bongbong
(5,436 posts)Why didn't his house have guns to protect itself?
samsingh
(17,601 posts)bongbong
(5,436 posts)And the guns that protect the guns need guns to protect them, and so on.
It's the NRA's wet dream - infinite gun sales.
samsingh
(17,601 posts)klook
(12,165 posts)in case they need to rebel against a tyrannical homeowners' association.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Dash87
(3,220 posts)Sad. I'm by no means an expert on psychology (not even close), but it's possible he had schizophrenia, or something like that.
I could only imagine how scary that must be - both for the person and those around them - to have hallucinations and try to act out against them.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
dimbear
(6,271 posts)This guy just got too radical.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)kill an innocent bystander, Einstein.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)BVictor1
(229 posts)Hitch it up to the back of a pick-up or something?
These totally paranoid people are a threat to themselves and the rest of us.
eilen
(4,950 posts)Or maybe the money he owes for the drugs...just not the right drugs.
primavera
(5,191 posts)... exercising his RKBA to defend his home. Heartwarming, isn't it? You can almost smell the apple pie now. My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of lunacy...
Mockingjay
(31 posts)I read the report and the way it was written....I burst out laughing thinking another dumbass gun idiot!!!
Hope this guy gets some mental heath care and IQ test!
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)The more you tweak, the more you shoot.
Franker65
(299 posts)And absolutely crazy that such an unstable guy has access to a firearm. What if people were passing on the street outside and got hit? Definitely more background checks are necessary...
tclambert
(11,087 posts)He saved himself, and parts of his home (you know, not the shot-up parts), and most of all, he saved his gun, which is probably what the burglars were after, 'cause you know he doesn't own anything else of value.
Then again, he might have shot up his own home because some raccoons got into the garbage. What a dumbass. So, hero, dumbass, mentally deranged--hard to tell, hard to tell.
jpak
(41,758 posts)yup