Having another man’s wife at your home late at night is a good recipe for drama. Worst case, it can lead to fatal violence. That’s just what happened in Scott County, Missouri last week as an enraged husband tracked his wife down to another man’s home.
Instead of knocking politely and talking calmly, John Fisher decided to let a pair of brass knuckles do the knocking for him. The situation further spiraled as his rage shut down his rational mind an he ran only using his lizard brain.
The 31-year-old from East Prairie, Missouri knocked out some glass from the entry door of the home while wearing brass knuckles and continued his efforts to breach the door. The homeowner, Austin Glastetter, retrieved a gun and warned Mr. Fisher to leave. Glastetter told Fisher that he had a gun.
By that time Fisher didn’t care. His rage consumed him as he continued his assault on the entry door screaming, “You’ll have to kill me” to the homeowner.
Challenge accepted.
Worried about the safety of himself and the woman who was with him, Glastetter blasted the brass-knuckled bad boy with six shots through the door. Four rounds found their marks, enough that John Fisher immediately calmed down and began to assume ambient temperature even before the sheriff’s patrol arrived.
The savvy local sheriff didn’t need an FBI investigation to recognize a righteous use of force in a case of armed self-defense. Scott County Sheriff Derick Wheetley also didn’t concern himself with political correctness or the perp’s family’s feelings in a Facebook post:
During the overnight hours, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported home invasion and shooting on County Highway 244.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered that a homeowner had shot and killed an intruder who was attempting to forcibly enter the residence. Preliminary reports indicate that the homeowner was alerted to the intrusion and acted to protect themselves. The homeowner fired four shots, all of which struck the suspect.
The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Based on initial findings, the homeowner’s actions appear to have been justified in defense of themselves and their household. The safety and protection of one’s home is a fundamental right.
The incident remains under active investigation. The identities of all parties involved are being withheld at this time. No charges have been filed against the homeowner, and the incident will be reviewed by the Scott County Prosecutor.
Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
Sheriff Derick Wheetley
KFVS has some additional details . . .
Scott County Sheriff Derick Wheetley calls a deadly home invasion shooting in his county a “clear case of self-defense.”
Sheriff Wheetley says the shooting happened at approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday at a home on County Road 244.
Deputies say they responded to the home to find 31-year-old John Fisher of East Prairie dead at the home.
According to Scott County investigators, Fisher arrived at the home of Austin Glastetter to find his wife, who was at the home with Glastetter.
Deputies say Fisher used brass knuckles to damage the door and break out the glass in an attempt to enter the house.
Investigators say Glastetter tried to warn Fisher that he was armed and to leave, but Fisher reportedly answered by saying, “You’ll have to kill me.”
Deputies say Glastetter feared for his life and the lives of others in the home, so he fired six rounds through the door, shooting and killing Fisher.
Wheetley says “Mr. Glastetter acted in self-defense in accordance with Missouri Revised Statutes Section 563.031, which governs the justifiable use of force in defense of persons. This appears to be a tragic but clear case of self-defense.”
While it’s almost never a good idea to shoot through a door, never say never. You just never know when you’ll have some lunatic try to punch his way through your front door with a pair of brass knuckles.
It may not be the right moment, but I do have to take issue with the report. He failed. He fired 6 shots but only 4 hits. That is 66.67%. I require 80-90% shooting accuracy depending on the drill. Now, I could grade on the curve if the distance was greater than 7 yards, but I don’t think that is likely considering the shooting was indoors.
Seriously, his family may weep but we was breaking into someone’s home.
“It may not be the right moment, but I do have to take issue with the report. He failed. He fired 6 shots but only 4 hits. That is 66.67%. I require 80-90% shooting accuracy depending on the drill.”
Personally, having had to use DGU several times in my life, ‘66.7%’ is just as effective as “80-90%” if that ‘66.7%’ stops the threat. In reality and procedural, the goal is to stop the threat, not mark off a score card for how well one did on a drill. Drills are nice practice and some people can stick right to them in an actual DGU, and I am all for them and use them and practice them and trained in them and experienced (in some of my DGU’s) with employing them, but I also know not every situation encountered meets ‘drill’ standards or practice or experience for trying to get a high score like its a video game. So he did not fail, the goal was to stop the threat and in that he succeeded 100%. So I don’t see any reason to take issue with the report that he “fired 6 shots but only 4 hits”.
Also a good idea not to bang another guys’ wife.