Security Camera shows home invasion shootout. (updated link)

The homeowner scored a big one.

Google this link: video/crime/2009/02/11/marino.home.invasion.KVOA

on edit: I think this is a direct link http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/crime/2009/02/11/marino.home.invasion.KVOA.html

It shows a black screen instead.

And, when you get to the video page, scroll down and look for a still that shows the hood of a blue car in a driveway. I tried everything I know of to get a direct link that I know of. The google search worked for me so I posted it.

Sorry you are having trouble, the video is worth watching if you can find it on the cnn website. Maybe you have to press play or something.

Try this link: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/crime/2009/02/11/marino.home.invasion.KVOA.html

and I will try something else

That surveillance system really paid off. One of the "invaders" had what looked like an AR-15. Nice neighborhood too.

major firepower to defend against major firepower.

I'm reminded of the Rodney King Riots when the shop owners were on their roofs with SKSs and AR-15s defending themselves.

It looks like the surveillance system was the advantage here. My first inclination was that these invaders knew their target because of the way they were going in. But on second thought I discounted that because the apparently didn't know about the surveillance system (or maybe they just discounted it).

I installed a real nice surveillance system at my parents house a couple years back. Of course I did it not for security at the time but for peace of mind for my mother. My father is in ill health and mother wanted to be able to keep an eye on him all over their property. Now, after seeing this, I'm thinking about putting something in at my own home.

They found the car, so maybe there will be more info as the story unfolds

Yeah, I'm sure the police will get at least one of them since they found the car. I'm very curious on how it is they picked this particular house.


BTW - Did you notice the two "perps" running down the sidewalk? I LOLed at that.

More like the racist asshole in Texas who murdered the two immigrants.

Four people with guns, including at least one assault rifle, try to rush a house, and you think the guy's an asshole for firing on them?

But you can see bullets striking the windshield of the guy getting into the car as the two are running down the sidewalk. That IS still under the legal definition of self defense. The man in the car still presented a viable threat to the home owner. The home owner was still covered under self defense until the car had it's tail lights to the home owner.

You may not agree on a philosophical standpoint but that is the way it is.

Most burglaries (I know - burglary and home invasion are very different but the principle is the same) are done in daylight hours because homes are often empty at that time.

but seeing the video. i would ponder being this persons neighbor

not talking about his right to defend here, but what really was up

was the homeownwer that was no robbery.They were trying to take him out.

The story was called a home invasion, they did not really say what the motive was that I can remember. I just assumed it was robbery. Maybe the motive really was murder.

with the video.
But if you look at the last few seconds of the vid you see someone that looks like they are dressed like a cop come out of the house.Hard to tell for sure though.

:P

Now, time for some killin'

Who knew?