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Defendant: ‘I don’t want to shoot this guy if I don’t have to’
Defendant: ‘I don’t want to shoot this guy if I don’t have to’
Don't draw unless you intend to use the weapon. People do not respond like the movies to the sight of a gun. If you pull it, use it.Lazarescue allegedly followed Cheryl Mack, the defendant’s wife, from a park March 20, 2015, back to her home on Maple Valley Drive. Geoffrey Mack said Lazarescue pushed the car door against him, hitting Mack in the shoulder and grazing him under the eye.
“I went ahead and started drawing my pistol, but I thought, ‘I don’t want to shoot this guy if I don’t have to’,†Mack said.
If he had not pulled the gun, this would not have been a problem.“He pulls the gun … essentially right into his face, but I’m not going to let it go,†Mack said. “I held it, but I did try to turn it. He pulled it forward, and I pulled it backward. That made the trigger pull, and the gun discharged.â€
If you do not want to stop the guy by any means necessary, you are not in fear of your life.“Why did you shoot the second time?†Teston asked.
“He was coming at me still,†Mack said, adding he did not want to shoot toward the chest.