Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Guns Don't Kill People...

...oh, wait a minute. Actually they do.

From today's New York Times:

Musician Is Killed for Banging on a Door
By GRETEL C. KOVACH

DALLAS, Sept. 4 — A Texas rock musician was shot to death here early Monday by a neighbor who fired through a closed door, thinking he was scaring off a burglar.

The incident occurred just three days after a new law took effect strengthening the right of Texans to use deadly force to protect themselves and their property.

The musician, Jeffrey Carter Albrecht, 34, a keyboardist with Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians and the Dallas rock band Sorta, was shot in the head after he startled a man and his wife about 4 a.m. by pounding and kicking at their back door, the police said. Mr. Albrecht had just assaulted his girlfriend, who lives next door and had locked him out of her house, the police said.

The neighbor, who has not been identified by the police, was awakened by his wife’s screams that someone was breaking into their home, according to the police report. The man yelled for the person to go away, but when the pounding continued, he fired through the top of the door.

Mr. Albrecht, who was about 6-foot-5, was struck in the head.


Wow. You know, I hated that "What I Am" song as much as the next guy, but somehow this just doesn't seem right.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Because in a crisis situation, there's no time to yell 'I have a shotgun! Go away!'. You gotta shoot, and shoot fast!

Tragic... Simply tragic...

Anonymous said...

I hear you knockin' but you can't come in!

Anonymous said...

Sometimes being the short guy has its advantages....

The Kenosha Kid said...

I remember when Buck Naked of Buck Naked & The Barebottom Boys was shot in a San Francisco Park. He was walking his dog. The dog started chasing some pigeons, and the guy who was feeding the pigeons shot Buck in revenge. True, sad story.