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Actually, this is likely untrue, though I will allow that, because the details are not perfecty clear in the story, it's possible.
The story says that the theif was backing the SUV out of the garage. (Barn?) The owner pointed his gun and ordered the thief to stop. The thief continued backing up. Unless the owner was in the garage out of which the theif was backing the SUV, then BACKING up further would have been driving toward the owner. Therefore, it's very very logical to assume he was trying to run over the owner when the owner shot. I would further guess that the reason he missed the theif and struch the theif's accomplice was that he was trying to move out of the way of the oncoming SUV as he was firing.
It was a funny movie, but what has it to do with this issue?
Are you disputing the facts I presented? Here's an excerpt from the original link;
According to the affidavit, Jones heard his Toyota Land Cruiser, parked in the barn at his orange grove, start up before daylight Tuesday. Jones told police he grabbed his gun, a 9mm that he keeps with him while working at the grove. He said he could see two people in the SUV as it backed out of the barn, according to the affidavit. He said he saw the passenger's arm reach outside the vehicle, and believed that person might be holding a gun. The Land Cruiser stopped directly in front of him, Jones said in the affidavit. He said he raised his gun and pointed it at the occupants, shouting "Stop," but the vehicle appeared to be moving directly toward him. "Fearing for his life, he then fired what he thought to be six to eight rounds into the front windshield of the vehicle," the affidavit stated. The vehicle backed up at high speed, crashed through a fence and ended up in a ditch. Jones told police a man jumped out of the SUV and ran away.
That appears to be saying that the SUV was BACKING UP TOWARD him.
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