Firearms Owners Against Crime
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TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A homeowner who fatally shot a man outside his home says he was scared for his life and panicked.
That homeowner says he’s really shaken up because he never expected this to happen. Meanwhile, police say they’re treating this as self-defense.
A shooting last night that left one man dead and another shaken up is still being investigated hours later.
“Right now, it looks like he was justified," said Officer Danny Bean.
That’s what Tulsa police believe happened outside the home -- a homeowner defending his house from another man.
“Our homeowner had a gun and our second subject also had a gun," said Bean.
Officer Bean says 19-year-old Troy Giles was outside the home off East 33rd Place South repeatedly ringing the doorbell.
“He wasn’t expecting anybody to be at the house at 9:30 at night," said Bean.
So naturally, Bean says the homeowner was leery about answering the door.
“It's always trust your instinct, trust your gut," said Bean.
But when the homeowner finally opened the door, Bean says Giles stuck in his arm with a gun.
“That's when the homeowner fired one shot and jumped back; that’s when the suspect presented himself, and he saw that he still had that gun in his hand and then he fired a second shot, our homeowner," said Bean.
Bean says Giles then ran a few yards and collapsed in the front yard, dying a short time later.
“Always try and keep yourself safe; you don’t want to put yourself in a situation you don’t want to be in," said Bean.
That’s the feeling many neighbors shared with us today.
No one wanted to go on camera, but they said they feel the homeowner was in his right to defend his home, no matter what Giles was doing.
We still don't exactly know what Giles was here for and if the men know each other, but homicide detectives tell us it doesn’t appear to be an attempted break-in.