The man who shot the suspects hasn’t been charged with a crime. Authorities say they believe he was acting in self-defense under Oklahoma’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
“There’s got to be a limit to that law,” Schumacher said. “I mean, he shot all three of them. There was no need for that.”
The grandfather continued: “These boys’ families are going to suffer with this the rest of their lives. We have to live with this the rest of our lives. You can’t change history, but you can damn sure learn from it, and maybe some kids will learn from this.”
The homeowner’s son, Zachary Peters, called 9-1-1 as he barricaded himself in the bedroom. He explained that he had shot two intruders, whose bodies were found in the kitchen. A third body was found in the driveway of the home.
Peters said he was frightened and never intended to take the intruders’ lives. He repeatedly asked officers: “Are they going to be all right? Are they going to be all right?”
Meanwhile, getaway driver Rodriguez told KOTV from a jailhouse: “We all knew what could happen. We always said if there’s guns, every man for themselves.”
Rodriguez couldn’t say why the teenagers decided to burglarize the home.
“We were just greedy. We were just greedy,” she said, the New York Daily News reported. “There was no real reason.”