Investigators say a Florida man won’t face charges after accidentally shooting and killing his son-in-law who had jumped out of the bushes during a surprise birthday visit.
Santa Rosa Sheriff Bob Johnson said during a news conference that the shooting happened late Tuesday at the home of 61-year-old Richard Dennis.
Johnson says 37-year-old Christopher Bergan was married to Dennis’ daughter and they had flown in from Norway to surprise him for his birthday.
Authorities say Bergan had banged on Dennis’ door and jumped out when Dennis answered, prompting Dennis to fatally shoot him.
Dennis says he thought the banging noise was from another relative he had gotten into an argument with earlier in the day.
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So I am a bit confused, would it have been OK to bag relative #1?
“But Dennis thought Bergan was the relative with whom he had previously argued…”
So Dennis thought he was shooting another relative instead?
Damn. Sucks to be related to him.
Dennis: A certifiable Moron
I bet he doesn’t jump out the bushes to scare anyone again.
If it twitches in Florida, Florida man will kill it.
maybe the other relative was violent and had threatened him?
“Too bad about your husband, punkin. Don’t you worry your pretty little head, though. Daddy’ll hunt you down a new one.”
It’s possible Florida Man is a new genus of Homo.
Is there anything Homo Florida Man can/can’t do?
(I’m thinking there’s a possible contest here.)
I hate surprises. If anyone jumped outta the bushes to surprise me, I’d prolly shoot them, too.
Lucky for Dennis his son in law wasn’t black or he’d have been persecuted for sure. Florida is famous for that (Zimmerman, Drejka).
You surprise me, I’ll surprise you back.
Seems like the daughter would have known her fathers temperament well enough to explain to her husband that surprising him like that wouldn’t be a very good idea.
Did she just take a policy out on him?
Peek-A-Boom!
Shoot first, decipher birthday surprise later.
It’s the Bushes fault.
Kind of like when Bill Murray dressed as a zombie in his mansion and was shot by th young zombie slayer in Zombieland.
Jessie was right “Stay, Out da Bushes!”