A man was killed in the middle of the night when he dared confront a suspected burglar in a Florida golfing club community, according to investigators.
It happened around 4:25 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in the Placid Lakes golf course development near Lake Placid, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Lake Placid is about 80 miles southeast of Tampa. “Subjects were in the Placid Lakes area … committing car burglaries, many starting around 3 a.m.,” the sheriff’s office said.
“In a parking lot for the residents of Golf Villas, a burglar entered an unlocked vehicle. It was during this burglary that 26-year-old Brian Husted confronted the burglar. Husted was shot and killed, and the burglar fled.”
“Multiple burglars” were working simultaneously in the community, according to detectives, who have not said how many vehicles were entered. It also remains unclear how Husted came to be in the parking lot at 4:25 a.m., including whether he lives or works in the area.
Detectives, who have not announced any arrests in the case as of Feb. 20, issued a call for any security camera footage recorded at area homes late Feb. 9 into early Feb. 10. “It may be crucial to the investigation,” the sheriff’s office said. Husted moved to Florida from Pennsylvania three years ago, relatives wrote in a fundraiser.
In the old days, one did not usually get shot while catching auto break-in criminals, since they would run as soon as approached. No more! This goes to show that every citizen needs to be armed in his/her own home, and while walking. See a break in – call police on cell phone and watch from a distance. These criminals are also killers, “as of late”. Might this have something to do with an open border?
Its titled: “Carry” for a reason
The Good Samaritan victim should have:
1. Possessed a gun
2. Called police
3. Told the dispatcher he was armed and give a full description of himself
4. Approached the dirtbag with both arms fully extended holding his weapon with both hands and “politely” screamed, “I have a .357 magnum pointed at the back of your head a—hole. Get on the ground or I will take your head off, got it??”
I will wait for the rap sheet to NOT be public knowledge so “we” can ask WWTGDOTS (what was this guy doing on the street?)