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"Laws allowing people to use deadly force
to stop someone from unlawfully entering their dwellings are being highlighted
by this week's fatal shooting of a burglary suspect by an off-duty state police
trooper. Police said Trooper Joel D. Wilson, 39, was alone inside his east-side
Indianapolis home Monday when he fired two shots through the front door,
striking Theodore E. Hixenbaugh at least once. Wilson told authorities that
Hixenbaugh had first knocked on the door and, when Wilson didn't answer,
Hixenbaugh tried to kick the door down. ... Information on whether Hixenbaugh
was armed wasn't available. Indiana University law professor Henry Karlson said
state law says citizens can use deadly force to stop even an unarmed person's
unlawful entry into their dwellings. 'If there are people in the residence,
(burglars) are putting them at risk, and that's why Indiana law allows a
reasonable person to use deadly force to prevent that,' Karlson said. Karlson
said the law allows people to defend themselves from burglars without first
exposing themselves."
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