Veteran Arrested, Has Rifle Confiscated After Firing Warning Shot at Wanted Felon (VIDEO)
A U.S. military veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was arrested and had his rifle taken away following an incident Sunday night with a man who he says was trying to break into his home in Medford, Oregon.
The vet told the suspect that he was armed, fired a warning shot from his AR-15 and although he perhaps helped bring the wanted felon into police custody, he now faces criminal charges as well for his actions.
Corey Thompson, 36, told a local news station that he fired a warning shot into the ground when he found 40-year-old Jonathon Kinsella trying to break into his home through the back door.
According to a neighbor who lives in the same apartment complex with Thompson, this isn’t the first time that the complex has dealt with break-ins and vandalism.
At about the same time, police were responding to a 911 call from the apartment complex. According to the news report it was a disturbance call, but according to the police report it was a hang-up call.
While in the area, police heard the gunshot, then saw Kinsella running away. The police caught him after a short chase, and he was then arrested on four outstanding warrants, which included burglary, assault, harassment and contempt of court. Kinsella is being held without bail.
Police also arrested Thompson and charged him with unlawful use of a weapon, menacing and reckless endangering. He was cited and released.
Medford Police Lt. Mike Budreau said, “There was nothing that the suspect was doing that was aggressive enough to justify the shooting. In fact, the suspect was walking away.”
Police said that their investigation revealed that Kinsella was attempting to hide in Thompson’s backyard from the officers in the area because he had warrants out for his arrest, but he fell down while trying to climb a fence and caused a crash. They added that investigators found no evidence of criminal activity on the scene.
The calamity roused Thompson, who went to investigate with his AR-15 rifle. Thompson pointed the rifle at Kinsella and told him he was armed, according to the report. Kinsella began walking away and Thompson fired one round in Kinsella’s direction. Kinsella ran and was encountered by officers shortly thereafter. No one was struck by the bullet.
Police confiscated Thompson’s rifle and once he appears in court, provided the charges are dropped, it will be returned to him.
According to current Oregon state laws, the use of deadly force is justified only when there is a threat of imminent physical danger.
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once upon a time an attempted break in was illegal ~ and somebody attempting to break in ~ you dont know who they are. who is with them. what their intentions are ~ too many horror stories of home invasions ending in rape, murder, robbery, pain and sadness to take a chance – lets keep it straight who the bad guys are in the world. its not the guy siting in his house abiding by the law.
“he was then arrested on four outstanding warrants, which included burglary, assault, harassment and contempt of court. Kinsella is being held without bail.”
He’s lucky he didn’t get drilled by the resident. I believe if someone crashed into my backyard, especially someone that looked like Kinsella, that barrel of my rifle would of been centered on his forehead after he ate the butt of my rifle across his chops, just to enforce that his presence was not at all welcomed, and that it should never happen again.
The intruder’s record speaks for itself, there’s a lot of bad people out there who would do you harm if they found a benefit to it. Don’t become a victim.
The veteran should lose his rifle. You don’t fire a warning shot. That is stupid. That bullet has to go somewhere, and anyone downrange of that bullet could have been killed.
We don’t need stupid gun owners.
The round was fired into the ground. Read the article. The guy is a combat vet. He knows how to use the rifle better than most in the police force.
Haha I know right I can’t stand people who can’t read before they make ignorant claims.
Hey idiot. The story said he fired into the ground.
He did exactly what our great and mighty Vice President told him up do….
Well, interesting isn’t it. The resident should have simply held the suspect at gunpoint and called the police. I am sure there is a reward due him too for leading to the arrest of the suspect.
We do have a right to protect our lives and property, it is in the US Constitution, right? We can not just go shooting warning shots in the ground safely because they can deflect off a rock or underground pipe and go anywhere, not really safe is it.
I wish him luck in court. A lesson learned.