In Memphis, TN, a woman has been hospitalized after a man claims he shot her because he thought she was breaking into his East Memphis home, Memphis Police say. At 2:56 a.m., officers responded to a shooting with a person struck call in the 4000 block of Crossover Lane. When officers arrived on the scene, they saw a female victim sitting on the doorstep in front of the residence suffering from a gunshot wound to her left thigh.
Occupant #1 (a man) told officers that he heard someone at the door and thought it was Occupant #2 (a woman). When he realized it wasn’t her, he then walked to the front door of the residence. He said that’s when he saw an unknown person attempting to make entry into the residence. He claims he grabbed his Glock 43X from his bedroom and shot once through the door.
I cannot imagine that a weapon light would have made a difference in this instance. It appears the woman who was shot mistakenly (perhaps drunk) was trying to enter the wrong house; she lived elsewhere locally. This incident underscores the need to fully identify the target and foreground / background.
