Originally Posted by Ghettokracker71

AS far as the mother--Well that really sucks. May she R.I.P. I feel for the father, his son shot,and wife killed in the same night. .

Originally Posted by Dallas Morning News

A Kaufman County man faces possible prison time for shooting one of two teens cutting across his yard in March, an act that triggered a chain of events that ended with a traffic accident that killed the other boy’s mother.

W.C. Frosch, 74, was inside his home March 1 when he shot 15-year-old Brandon Robinson through a window. Mr. Frosch has said he thought the boys were about to break into his home.

Kaufman County authorities initially cited the state’s new “castle law” in declining to file charges. Under the law, a person is presumed to be acting reasonably if he shoots someone he believes is trying to break into his occupied home, business or car.

Prosecutors said they treated this case like any other.

“Self-defense claims are weighed on a case-by-case basis, based on the facts,” Kaufman County District Attorney Rick Harrison said Monday. “We decided to take it to the grand jury, and they indicted him.”

Mr. Frosch was indicted last week on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

He was not available for comment Monday, but he has said that he believes the shooting was justified.

“I don’t think I had really much choice,” Mr. Frosch said after the incident. “I think I was justified in what I done.”

On the night of the shooting, Mr. Frosch told officers he thought the teens were prowlers, so he armed himself with a handgun and told his wife to call 911.

He shot through a window, striking Brandon under his left arm. His injuries were not life-threatening.

“Mr. Frosch shot me,” Brandon said he told his friend Devin Nalls that night. “Your neighbor shot me!”

Brandon was spending the night with Devin, 16, whose family lives on one side of Mr. Frosch’s property. The teens told officers they were crossing his yard to check out a loud party that was under way at a home on the other side of the Frosches’.

After the shooting, the teenagers ran back to Devin’s home next door and his mother, June Nalls, 41, loaded the boys into her truck to take them to a local hospital.

On their way, a 1996 Ford driven by Agustin Renteria, 27, of Kaufman, crossed the center stripe and struck Ms. Nalls’ pickup head-on, police said.

She was killed. Her son and Brandon survived.

Police later arrested Mr. Renteria on a charge of failure to stop and render aid, and more serious charges were pending blood alcohol test results.

There was no answer Monday at the Nalls home.

No trial date has been set for Mr. Frosch, who will be tried in the 86th District Court.

Initially, there was some question about whether Mr. Frosch’s actions were legal under the “castle doctrine,” which the state Legislature passed in its last session.

The law authorizes residents to use deadly force to protect their property in some situations without requiring them to retreat first.

But a sponsor of the law, Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, said the law was not meant to cover a case like this.

“It was our thinking that you have to be under attack,” Mr. Wentworth said after the shooting.

Originally Posted by Kerbouchard

...and how much of it had to do with the Mother dying while taking the boy to the hospital.

Originally Posted by dukalmighty

Just cause they indicted doesn't mean he will be found guilty at trial

Originally Posted by Kerbouchard

This isn't about the castle law. It's not even a shoot first ask questions later kind of thing...Or maybe it is. If you see two people trying to stealthily cross your property and end up 3 feet from your window...Do you ask them what's going on? You're an elderly man with your wife. You already know there is some kind of party, and you see two people sneaking onto your property. As for the law. It does not require that the 2 kids had an intent of burglary or criminal mischief, it just requires that Mr Frosch believes that they had that intent, and that it was a reasonable assumption. When I first heard about this case, I thought it was ridiculous. But this article sheds some more light on it. The two kids were 3 feet from his window...He had observed them stealthily crossing the yard, he had already had his wife call the police, this doesn't show a man who wants to go out looking or a fight. His judgement may not have been the best, but he was scared.

And the castle law isn't changing things that much. When I grew up, sometimes we would cross some guys pasture or property to get to a friends house or to go to his pond or whatever, and we knew if we didn't have permission that we took a chance on getting shot or shot at. I can't think of any time when a property owner actually tried to hit somebody, but the chance was always there.

Originally Posted by TX-JB

Just reading the printed story, the castle doctrine law isn't really in question here. There have been laws on the books in Texas for years, that would have allowed the homeowner to use deadly force, without relying on the protection of the castle doctrine. There is no need for the BG to be inside your home in order to use deadly force in Texas, there never has been. If you feel threatened, there is no requirement, that the BG be inside with you. Remember, theft and criminal mischief at night time, are legal justifications to use deadly force, in Texas.

I was raised here and was taught that if you go sneaking around someone's home or property at night, you are fair game and could get shot. Most folks teach their kids the same thing, it's called respect for others. This is especially true in rural areas, where LEO's are few and far between.