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Just after 1 a.m. on February 16, 84-year-old Robert Birthwhistle of Mishawaka, Indiana, heard what sounded like someone kicking his front door. Retrieving his revolver, he went to investigate. When he saw a thug battering his door, he warned the thug, telling him if he didn't stop, he "was going to get what was coming," reported the South Bend Tribune. But the warning had no apparent effect, and the man kept trying to bash down the door. When the door began to fail, Birthwhistle shot the man through the door.
Even though Birthwhistle immediately called 911, the shot that hit the thug proved fatal. The deceased man was identified as 40-year-old James Rosebush, a man who lived just a few blocks away from Birthwhistle.
Rosebush had a prior criminal record, but oddly enough, he had never been previously ...