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.

[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by notorious

The only way out for the old **** is if he can prove that he feared for his life.

3 witnesses say that he is ****ed.

How can 3 witnesses know if the gentleman felt fear? They will likely need a translator in court. He wont spend any time locked up. And will likely go to his grave sorry for what happened.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

Its always the same response with certain types of people. Defend the gun owner, question the victims, then complain that the mass media is protecting the victims and questing the gun owner, the same cycle of bullshit. . At this point the gun owner is looking like an idiot who killed a kid because he was an irresponsible gun owner. Until we know more about the case , you cant assume anything-all you can do is go with the facts. I have no clue what happened, all I know is someone was shot and killed because they were lost and pulled into the wrong drive way. If we find out later there were other circumstances that may have caused him to shot into a car full of people then my view may change.

A lot of you are just looking at this from your political view point ( the same thing you whine and cry about the "liberal media" doing ) and are instantly defending the gun owner and assuming he didn't do anything wrong. You cant assume something happened when there are no facts to back it up. You cant assume the guy made the right call to shoot into a car full of people without facts to back it up. If you want to bitch about people assuming things then stop doing it yourself.

Its always the same response with certain types of people. Defend the idiots, question the gun owners, then complain that guns are always bad and gun owners are evil, the same cycle of bullshit. . At this point the kids look like idiots because they messed with the wrong old man that owned a gun. Until we know more about the case , you cant assume anything-all you can do is go with the facts. I have no clue what happened, all I know is someone was shot and killed because they were somewhere they didn't belong and they didn't leave when asked to. If we find out later there were other circumstances that may have caused him to shoot into a car full of people then my view may change.

A lot of you are just looking at this from your political view point ( the same thing you whine and cry about the "conservative yokels" doing ) and are instantly defending the irresponsible kids and assuming they didn't do anything wrong. You cant assume something happened when there are no facts to back it up. You cant assume the kids were actually lost and not up to no good without facts to back it up. If you want to bitch about people assuming things then stop doing it yourself.

[loochy]

[Comrade Crapski]

Mexicans need to stop pulling into driveways to see if no ones home and think when the lights go on all they have to do is drive away and find another driveway to pull up into.

Because you know,they might get shot.

Oh well. The best laid plans of mice and men, I guess. Tee Hee Hee.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

I did this not long ago, was shot dead. I'm just now recovering and starting to breathe again. As a point of note you never forget the first time it happens, it tends to stay with you for quite a while.

[loochy]

Does this mean I shouldn't go driveway pulling next Saturday?

[Comrade Crapski]

Originally Posted by loochy

Does this mean I shouldn't go driveway pulling next Saturday?

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.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

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.

I only pulled in the driveway to see if the guy would shoot me and welp he dun shot me dayead.

[loochy]

Is KC Native OK?

[Comrade Crapski]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

I only pulled in the driveway to see if the guy would shoot me and welp he dun shot me dayead.

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.

[Comrade Crapski]

Originally Posted by loochy

Is KC Native OK?

I hope not.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by loochy

Is KC Native OK?

[KILLER_CLOWN]

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.

It never fails, everytime I pull into a random driveway I get shot in the face. Someone help.......pleeeeeasssssssssseeeeee........

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by Steam

70 year old basketball coach blows away two armed Punks as he was walking 2 girls out to their car. Way to go gramps

Conspiracy to protect gun rights.

[aturnis]

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.

You should probably shoot yourself.