The Oklahoma City pharmacist charged with first-degree murder for shooting a teenage would-be robber six times is out on bail.
He can go to work at the pharmacy where the shooting occurred, but must wear an electronic monitoring device, authorities said.
Jerome Ersland, 57, was charged after he shot the 16-year-old boy in the head, chased another robber outside, and then returned to shoot the unconscious and unarmed teenager five more times in the abdomen, authorities said.
The coroner ruled that the teen was still alive when Ersland shot him repeatedly, and that he died from the shots to the abdomen not the shot to the head.
Needless to say, the incident has stirred debate about the right to self-defense.
-- Lance Murray
Self defense? Five bullets into an unconscious man? I don't think so.
Posted by: am | May 29, 2009 at 02:37 PM
anybody points a gun at me, they better be able to use it, not just wave it around, because if I get my hands on it, the gun will end up where the sun don't shine.
Posted by: richard colonel | May 29, 2009 at 05:56 PM
You know.... the only way to get burglars and armed robbers to get the message is to back those who do defend themselves. It may take some sacrifices, but hopefully the criminals will get the message. It's called conditioning.
Posted by: Chris Murray | May 30, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Everyone knows you kill the bad guys or they will sue you. Jerome Ersland did whay I would have done.
Posted by: Tony Weese | June 01, 2009 at 08:06 AM
pin a medal on the pharmacist and give him some more bullets
Posted by: james moore | June 01, 2009 at 09:21 AM
When a druged crazed thug comes into your store with the intent to either take your money and products or kill you a different part of your mind takes over - adrenaline kicks in and its fight or flight. No one can say what they would've doen in the heat of the moment, but justice was served and the good guy is the last who should be blamed (or arrested).
Posted by: sweet james | June 01, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Go Jim ..... Go Jim !!!!!!
yeah, we should have just given the 16 year old criminal a cake instead of instaneous death ..... lol.
You rubber-back bone liberals are a funny group ..... you want laws and justice but don't have the stomach to see the results.
Mr, Jim the Pharmacist just saved us all countless millions of dollars in courts costs and incarceration costs to house this 16 year old humanoid reject.
GOOD JOB JIM !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: RevJL | June 01, 2009 at 10:49 AM