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A Georgia man shot and killed a 72-year-old Alzheimer's patient he mistook for a prowler outside his home, police said.
Joe Hendrix, 34, was not facing charges as of Friday for fatally shooting Ronald Westbrook, whom he found wandering in his backyard in Chickamauga sometime around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Authorities in the rural northwest Georgia town said Westbrook suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease and was disoriented and possibly suffering from exhaustion when he rang Hendrix's doorbell and repeatedly jiggled his front door handle shortly before the deadly encounter.
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Hendrix and his fiancé were awakened at around 4 a.m. to the sounds of someone trying to get into the home and called 911, the newspaper reported.
Ten minutes later, Hendrix grabbed his .40-caliber pistol and went outside, where he spotted Westbrook behind the house.
As Westbrook approached, Hendrix gave several “verbal commands" to stop, Wilson said, but Westbrook either ignored or didn't hear him, possibly due to his condition.
Hendrix fired four times and struck Westbrook in the chest, killing him.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1532714
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Joe Hendrix, 34, was not facing charges as of Friday for fatally shooting Ronald Westbrook, whom he found wandering in his backyard in Chickamauga sometime around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Authorities in the rural northwest Georgia town said Westbrook suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease and was disoriented and possibly suffering from exhaustion when he rang Hendrix's doorbell and repeatedly jiggled his front door handle shortly before the deadly encounter.
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Hendrix and his fiancé were awakened at around 4 a.m. to the sounds of someone trying to get into the home and called 911, the newspaper reported.
Ten minutes later, Hendrix grabbed his .40-caliber pistol and went outside, where he spotted Westbrook behind the house.
As Westbrook approached, Hendrix gave several “verbal commands" to stop, Wilson said, but Westbrook either ignored or didn't hear him, possibly due to his condition.
Hendrix fired four times and struck Westbrook in the chest, killing him.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1532714
the land of the free and the home of the brave
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