From jsonline:
The attorney for a maintenance worker who fatally shot two teens
police say were attacking him with a baseball bat Wednesday said his
client carried a gun because of the nature and location of his work, but
is not a gun rights activist or even a hunter.
"He considers
it an occupational necessity" to carry a gun and has a permit to do so,
the lawyer, David Geraghty, said Friday. He represents Jeremy Rossetto,
39, of Cudahy, who was released from jail Friday after initially being
arrested on possible homicide charges after the incident.
Prosecutors
ordered Rossetto released without bail, but they will continue
investigating the circumstances and don't expect a decision soon on
whether Rossetto will face formal charges.
"We feel pretty confident it was self-defense," Geraghty said.
Police say Anmarie Miller, 17, and James Bell Jr., 19, both of Milwaukee, were killed.
Rossetto and a 20-year-old man who was with the teens, Clarence Alls,
were arrested. Rossetto was treated for injuries he suffered in the
attack. Alls was also released from jail Friday, prosecutors said,
without being charged.
Police said
the three younger people got into an argument with Rossetto in a
stairwell inside the apartment building in the 1400 block of N. 27th St.
One of the three was holding Rossetto while another beat him with a
bat, before he drew a gun and fired, police said.
Geraghty
declined to discuss specifics of what happened. He said the three were
strangers to Rossetto, who is still shaken about the incident and
considers it a tragedy.
He said
Rossetto contracts with landlords to do a variety of maintenance tasks,
from simple plumbing repair and fire extinguisher replacement to meeting
with inspectors. Geraghty said Rossetto has never before used his gun
in a confrontation.
Miller was a student at Milwaukee Public Schools' Transition High School, 2610 W. North Ave., according to the district.
Nik Clark,
president of Wisconsin Carry Inc., a gun rights advocacy group, said
Friday that most concealed-carry permit classes stress several
conditions any gun owner must consider before using deadly force.
"Be innocent of instigation, don't start anything," he said, and retreat if possible.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/janitor-suspected-of-killing-milwaukee-teens-is-released-from-jail-b99225538z1-250355061.html
I'm not a gun nut, but in this case, the custodian was in the rigt to kill two thugs who tried to do him serious and possibly deadly harm.
But liberals would rather have had this gun owner killed and not protect himself instead of killing two thugs who tried to kill him.
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