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Welcome to R slash Ask Reddit where people answer the question, people who killed in self-defense.

What happened? Our next reply replies from board at the border.

I was woken up in the middle of the night by banging on the front door. My security camera

showed a man kicking at the door and carrying an axe which he would occasionally swing at the door

slash handle. We called the cops and they were in route. With 911 on speaker, I got my shotgun and yelled to the man that he needed to leave and that we were armed.

My partner stayed with the kids in their bedroom. I shouted several times that he needed to leave and that I would shoot him.

He kept kicking the door. He finally broke the door enough to get through. I leveled the gun and shouted

again and he came at me and I fired. Double aught buck shot in the upper chest. I kicked the axe

away and kept the gun pointed at him. The police arrived less than 30 seconds after and I put the

shotgun down and put my hands up. The police officer took my shotgun,

then handcuffed the man and rendered aid, but he was already did. I guess the cops still have to try.

The police took a statement, and I emailed the video from my security camera to the detective.

A few days later, we got a call from the cops that the family

of the man wanted to talk to me, and the detective said that he thought that I should. They were

very kind and apologized for their son's actions. They offered to pay for the door that he kicked

in and any other damages to the house. The father was very quiet, but had a kind expression. The mother

did most of the talking and explained that their son had gotten involved in drugs and they'd

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