Mom of three shoots and kills her ex-boyfriend after break-in, Nevada police say

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https://amp.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article259701045.html

A woman shot and killed her ex-boyfriend following an early morning break-in at her home, Las Vegas police told news sources.

The mother of three called 911 at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, to report her ex-boyfriend had shattered a window to break into her home in the 2900 block of Seasons Avenue, police told KLAS. Dispatchers heard the man break another window.

Her ex-boyfriend saw she was armed with a handgun and briefly left, then returned minutes later with his own firearm, police told KVVU.

The woman’s three children and current boyfriend were in the home at the time, police told KLAS. They were not injured.

The ex-boyfriend held the gun to her current boyfriend’s head, police told KTNV. The woman fired one shot, killing her ex-boyfriend.

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Well done.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Well, they say breaking up is hard to do.

[Dial H For Hero]

2. ...

[alittlelark]

3. Entitled narcissists suck

One less now.

[sdfernando]

4. Well I'm glad this turned out the way it did

but shooting someone that is holding a gun to another person's head seems very risky.

[Dial H For Hero]

6. Without knowing the exact circumstances, it's hard to say.

[DashOneBravo]

9. Agreed

Maybe she’d practiced headshots. Some of the training goes over them.

Due to one active shooter who was wearing body armor and at least one of the people responding with a pistol was killed.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. So She Was The "Good Guy" With A Gun? nt

[Dial H For Hero]

7. It certainly seems so.

[Ferryboat]

8. Domestic violence is a real problem for women

She knew the only realistic protection available is for her to take matters into her own hands to protect the family, herself and the boyfriend.
The police never arrive soon enough. All too often it ends badly for the woman.

Good for her. One less dirt bag.

[Kaleva]

10. IMHO, she should have shot the ex when he was climbing through the window

Hesitating could have easily resulted in a very bad, alternative outcome.

[vercetti2021]

11. He fucked around and found out

Good for her. One less scumbag abusive asshole on this planet

[AndyS]

12. While I am glad that the incident ended as it did I'm sad to see the celebration

of someone being put in such a position. This is traumatic for all involved and the apartment is a mess with blood and tissue splattered everywhere. The kids are going to remember this for a long time; the sounds the emotions and the smell of blood. It's the smell that lasts the longest and triggers the deepest trauma.

Why did the ex have access to a gun? It's not clear from the short article if he fit the profile but even if he were guilty of domestic abuse in the earlier relationship there isn't a mechanism for disarming a domestic abuser. Shouldn't there be?

Also keep in mind that in any given situation like this the woman is 5x more likely to be shot with her own gun than this 'happy' ending.

There ain't no way to put lipstick on this pig for anyone involved. Instead of celebrating death, however 'justified', we should work on preventing it.