Sheriff: Revenge likely motive for fatal home invasion

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

HALIFAX, N.C. — A New Jersey man who was shot and killed during a home invasion in Halifax Friday morning was likely seeking revenge for a two decade-old domestic dispute, according to Halifax County Sheriff Jeff Frazier.
The investigation is ongoing into details of the 1988 dispute between Marcel Alston, of Halifax, and Carlton L. Burgess, 61, of Lumberton, N.J. Frazier said.

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Investigators said that a knock woke up Alston around 7 a.m. at his house at 5524 U.S. Highway 301, where he lives alone. When Alston opened the door, Burgess, who had a gun, began assaulting Alston.
Alston got away and was climbing up the stairs when Burgess fired, striking his victim in the buttocks, investigators said. Alston managed to get to his bedroom and got out a gun he kept there.
Burgess followed Alston into the bedroom, and Alston fatally shot him in the upper torso, according to investigators.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6124241/

[Treo]

1. again

The guy had to run for his gun. When are people going to learn ? You got it, cary it.

[Euromutt]

3. The article says it was 7 AM

And the guy was still in bed. I dunno about you, but my dressing gown doesn't have a sufficiently rigid belt to support a handgun. Not sure I'd have the presence of mind to grab it for a knock at the door.

Somebody knocking on the door at 0700 doesn't sound like your archetypal home invasion to me, and it wasn't. There's something weird happened here to make a 61 year-old drive from New Jersey to North Carolina to shoot a guy in revenge for something that happened 20 years ago.

[Treo]

4. I think differently

I've had a couple of credible death threats. I don't go to the door unarmed ever. So that's what I key on when I read these stories

[Euromutt]

5. Well, in your situation, that seems reasonable

But not everybody is in your situation, having a vindictive convicted felon as a former in-law. What is simple caution in your case would be paranoia in mine, simply because the circumstances are different.

[spin]

9. Simple solution for you...

grab your handgun and place it in your hand and hold a newspaper or magazine on top of it.

Answer the door. If the person is innocent and you decide to let them into your house, just lay the newspaper and the handgun on a table.

If the person attempts to force their way into your house in a home invasion, drop the newspaper point your handgun and pull the trigger.

I used to answer the door with a Colt .45 auto clocked and locked in my hand with the magazine over top of it.

[rrneck]

2. Doors have locks and peepholes for a reason. nt

[PavePusher]

6. Except that some don't.

Because in a lot of places the perceived need for them isn't high. Guess that will start to change in that neighborhood.

[Treo]

7. Am I the only one who caught this?

Who here, just by reading the headline would assume that the home owner was the one killed?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

8. I see your point.

[Hoopla Phil]

10. Oops?