Man shot dead after pulling into wrong driveway

[KChiefer]

LILBURN, Ga. —

Lilburn police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man.

Police said they were called out to a man's home on Hillcrest Drive on Saturday night.

A group of friends said they were going to pick up a girl who lived in the area to go ice skating around 10 p.m. when their GPS system sent them to the wrong home.

The friends said they pulled into the driveway and saw a man peer out the window. They said they waited in the car for a bit and then the man, Phillip Sailors, 69, came out of the home with a handgun, firing a round into the air.

“The guy came out. He went in again and he came out with a gun in his hand and he shot into the air,” 15-year-old passenger Yeson Jimenez said.

The friends said that's when they tried leaving the house, and said Sailors pointed the gun at the car and shot Rodrigo Diaz, 22, who was driving the car. An arrest warrant said Sailors had a .22-caliber pistol.
The passengers said Sailors never asked what they were doing there.

“’Shut up.’ That’s the only thing that came out of his mouth,” passenger Gandy Cardenas said.

The friends said Sailors held the rest of the people in the car at gunpoint until police arrived at the home. All three passengers in the car are Parkview High School students.

Sailors is being held on no bond on charges of malice murder. He has no known criminal history.

The warrant said the Diaz was struck on the left side of the head.

Friends told Channel 2's Tony Thomas that Diaz had just arrived here from Colombia three months ago.

Thomas has also learned Sailors is a war veteran and a former church missionary. Sailors' attorney told Thomas that the man believed he and his wife were being attacked.

“He is very distraught over the loss of life from the defense of his home. This incident happened late in the evening hours when he was home with his wife and he assumed it was a home invasion and he maintains his innocence,” the attorney said.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local...driving/nT8rm/

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They never even got out of the car, sigh.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

welp you shoudn't have pulled into his driveway.

How'd he get the drop on these idiots if they didn't have the engine shut off?

I've made U-turns out of peoples driveways before. Never got shot.

There's always next time. Given that one would seemingly have so many folks jumping to the defense, why not shoot someone in your driveway (what, with everyone feeling so threatened and fragile and all)?

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

Mexicans like to drive around looking for houses with the lights out. They pull in the driveway and wait. If no one turns a light on, they go and ring the bell. If no one answers, they smash a window or use a crowbar on the door. Then they rob the place.

You are a miserable piece of shit.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by frazod

KChiefer found a story that makes a gun owner look bad!

Actually that is not that uncommon there is stories every day about stupid gun owners.

Like the one I read 2-3 weeks ago where a man took a couple of guns (one being a handgun) to a gun store to sell. They decided not to buy either gun so the man took the guns back to his car. He put the handgun down and it went off killing his 7 year old son that was in his car seat. This idiot didn't even know to clear the chamber. The store worker was lucky as well.

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/update/x...tally-shot-son

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Actually that is not that uncommon there is stories every day about stupid gun owners.

Like the one I read 2-3 weeks ago where a man took a couple of guns (one being a handgun) to a gun store to sell. They decided not to buy either gun so the man took the guns back to his car. He put the handgun down and it went off killing his 7 year old son that was in his car seat. This idiot didn't even know to clear the chamber. The store worker was lucky as well.

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/update/x...tally-shot-son

Sad. Dumb father

Now this father. Hes the man. Did what needed to be done. Dam the law's that will let this freak out in 20-25 years.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Sad. Dumb father

Now this father. Hes the man. Did what needed to be done. Dam the law's that will let this freak out in 20-25 years.

I can't watch the video now but I will take your word for it.

Here is another sad story from last week. Again more stupid people with guns

Boaz, Ala. -- A 30-year-old man was accidentally shot dead while playing a game of quick-draw with several people at an automotive shop last Thursday. The gun, a .40-caliber Glock, was thought to be unloaded.

[notorious]

There are some Major League idiots out there.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by notorious

There are some Major League idiots out there.

I wounder how many people were killed last night via drinking & driving?

Stupid god dam football fans

[frazod]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

Actually that is not that uncommon there is stories every day about stupid gun owners.

Like the one I read 2-3 weeks ago where a man took a couple of guns (one being a handgun) to a gun store to sell. They decided not to buy either gun so the man took the guns back to his car. He put the handgun down and it went off killing his 7 year old son that was in his car seat. This idiot didn't even know to clear the chamber. The store worker was lucky as well.

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/update/x...tally-shot-son

Yes, obviously if the government had taken my guns away all these people would still be alive!

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

I wounder how many people were killed last night via drinking & driving?

Stupid god dam football fans

Drunk driving deaths have declined almost every year and I think you can contribute several reasons for that, one cars are alot safer now and the penalties for getting caught DD are pretty severe.

Apply that to guns and you can't really make them safer but if they federalized gun crimes like owning an illegal gun and made mandatory sentences then I think you would see gun crimes decrease.

[dirk digler]

Originally Posted by frazod

Yes, obviously if the government had taken my guns away all these people would still be alive!

Not what I said. They should make it mandatory to take firearm training though.

[Predarat]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

I wounder how many people were killed last night via drinking & driving?

Stupid god dam football fans

Gubbment needs to ban the Super Bowl, just flip a coin. Or mandate a no super bowl party rule, you must stay in your own damn house, no going to parties, and either close bars or ban the serving of alcohol.

[dtebbe]

Lilburn was once a pretty nice suburb of ATL (likely was when this guy bought his home there), but that section of town has seen a huge influx of hispanic, and asian population over the past 10 years. Crime rates (especially home invasions and robberies) have skyrocketed in that area. Considering his age, and it was reported that he and his wife live there alone, I suspect he probably really thought the people in his driveway were up to no good and was probably scared shitless.

I certainly agree he was likely WAY too quick on the trigger, but you have to understand we're not talking about a picket fences and climbing roses neighborhood here.

As far as the kid's story about ice skating, 100% credible, one of the only public skating rinks in ATL is only minutes from there.

DT

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Comrade Crapski

I hope not.

And banned again.

D2112 will be here in the next couple of days now.