Nashville husejer skyder ville være indbrudstyv Anton Cosby klatre gennem et køkken vindue og er ryddet som selvforsvar
En weekend break- i forsøg blev skåret kort af en Nashville husejer, der tog en pistol og forsvarede sin familie, forlader manden forsøger at tvinge sig ind såret og på flugt.
Den storbyske nashville politi afdeling rapporterede at konfrontationen udbrød lige før kl. 6: 00 lørdag den 20. april 2024, da 32-årige Anton Cosby angiveligt forsøgte at bryde ind i et hus på Shreeve Lane i Trinity Hills kvarteret. Boligejer og hans familie blev joltet vågne af højt hamrende på hoveddøren og vinduer.
Ifølge politiet hentede ejeren et våben og beordrede Cosby til at gå, ellers skød han. Cosby ignorerede disse advarsler, smadrede køkkenvinduet og begyndte at klatre igennem, hvor ejeren affyrede en enkelt runde, der slog ham i armen.
Wounded, Cosby dropped a revolver near the kitchen sink and fled the scene on foot. Officers located him a short distance away, but he allegedly turned combative when they tried to render aid. He was eventually subdued and taken to TriStar Skyline Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound described as non-critical.
Investigators said the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the encounter and determined the homeowner had acted in self-defense, meaning he was not expected to face charges for the shooting. Cosby, by contrast, faced a stack of counts to be filed once he was released from the hospital: aggravated burglary, felony vandalism, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
episode raslet et kvarter, hvor beboerne sagde denne form for vold var næsten uhørt. Langvarig resident Linda Thomas fortalt WSMV 4 at i de 15 år, hun havde boet i Trinity Hills, havde hun aldrig kendt noget lignende det at ske på hendes blok. Hun sagde, at hun allerede var beskyttet af kameraer og en alarm, men vejede om at tilføje mere sikkerhed.
“I feel so secure,” Thomas said, adding that she believed most people would not bother to climb the hill to her home. Even so, she was uneasy about the role guns now seemed to play in keeping the peace. “I’m leery that, you know, we have to have guns just to have peace in our neighborhood or our homes. That’s the last thing you really want to have to deal with,” she said.
Court records later closed the Cosby case. On April 14, 2025, in Davidson County Criminal Court, the aggravated burglary and weapons counts were dismissed. Cosby was convicted of felony vandalism of $2,500 or more but less than $10,000, received a four-year sentence that was suspended in favor of four years of supervised probation, and was ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution. The homeowner was not charged.
Sagen bidrager til en langvarig national debat om selvforsvarsloven, og når en fastboende er berettiget til at bruge dødbringende magt mod en ubuden gæst. For mere dækning af lignende hændelser, se AEGIS Alliance 's Kriminalitet Nyheder afsnit.
