Standing Ground Against a Lost, Freezing Man with Alzheimer’s – Now Dead

Surely, there has to a crime here.

A Georgia man admits to shooting a elderly man with Alzheimer’s who knocked on his door at 4 a.m. Wednesday, mistaking him for an intruder. Interpretations of Georgia’s stand your ground law could be pivotal.

He was not even at the door when shot.  He had wandered into the back yard.  The man pulled the trigger at a shadow…

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