The grandfather of one of three suspects killed during the alleged March 27 home invasion in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, says the use of an AR-15 against the suspects was unfair.
Breitbart News reported that the Broken Arrow homeowners 23-year-old son shot and killed three suspected home intruders with an AR-15. According to Tulsa World, Wagoner County Sheriffs deputy Nick Mahoney said the three suspects were wearing all-black clothing, masks, and gloves and allegedly forced their way into the home through a glass door in the back. The homeowners son was asleep at the time and awoke to loud bangs as the suspects made entrance. The son grabbed the AR-15 and opened fire when the intruders walked into the hallway.
Deputy Mahoney said investigators found a knife on one of the deceased in the kitchen and brass knuckles on the other.
ABC 8 reports that Leroy Schumacher, grandfather of deceased 17-year-old suspect Jacob Redfearn, says what the boys did was stupid but they did not deserve to die. He added, Brass knuckles against an AR-15, come on, who was afraid for their life.
He said the use of the AR-15 meant his grandson didnt have a chance.
Investigators believe the homeowners son acted in self-defense, but Schumacher does not believe the sons actions should be legal. He said, Theres got to be a limit to that law, I mean he shot all three of them; there was no need for that.