Have You Ever Lost Someone To Gun Violence?

My first wife and I were very good friends with another couple when we were in our early 20's. We worked hard and played even harder in those days. Not always smart choices, but we were young and doing what a lot of young people do. They actually got married before my ex and I, had a daughter months after the wedding. They fought and argued about everything after the daughter was born. Neither really ready for that huge responsibility. I won't use their names as it gets really sad! They eventually separated and divorced, but the fighting continued over care, custody, and money. We continued to have contact and remained friends with the wife, even baby sitting the daughter. I was actually friends with the husband for a long time before they met.

The wife met a new man, but they never married, but shared a home together. My wife nor I cared for him, he was a "punk" period. We lost track of them for several years. I ran into the husbands brother at a football game and he asked "Did you hear what happened?
". Turns out the new boyfriend had decided to rob the ex husband. The wife drove the car over to the ex's house, remained outside as the boyfriend, armed with a 9 mm pistol, invaded the home. Attempting to rob his girlfriends ex husband, he was clubbed by the husband. The husband gained control of the pistol, shot the intruder (boyfriend/punk) inside the home, killing him. The ex wife sped away when the shooting started. She had been noticed by one of the husbands neighbors, arrested that night. Tried and found guilty for accessory for the death of her own boyfriend and for the attempted "strong arm robbery" of her ex husband. She received a life sentence at the age of 27.

The daughter was at the home of the husband and that was what I just couldn't understand. Shows you never know what people will do over money. If you pull a gun on someone you better know what you are doing!