Thank God Rip didn't end up like this guy:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010507/us/brf_apartment_shooting_1.html Monday May 7 6:58 AM ET
Cops Kill Man Mistaken for Burglar
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police shot and killed a man in his own apartment after a neighbor mistook him for a burglar.
John Leaf, a 35-year-old stockbroker, lunged at deputies with a hunting knife after they surprised him in his bed while looking for a robber, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Department.
Police said a neighbor called 911 and told deputies he had seen someone breaking into Leaf's first-floor apartment.
When Deputy Ronald Shelnut and Special Deputy Andrew Jacobs arrived at the darkened apartment, they apparently startled Leaf, who grabbed the knife and lunged at Shelnut, a police spokesman said.
Police ordered Leaf to drop the knife, which friends said he kept beside his bed. When he failed to comply or identify himself, Shelnut shot Leaf three times, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Leaf may have broken into his own apartment because he had given his keys to a friend.
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Mickey
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