There simply is no way to justify this shoot. Its bad. Real bad. There was no attempt made to de escalate the situation at what so ever. In fact both parties stood there and continued making threats. despite some news sources saying the victim was unarmed both parties were at some point were. Again, making threats. You see the man in the orange shirt get close and right after the older man fires two shots from his pistol you see what appears to be a baseball bat being thrown at him. At which point his son fires a shot from his shotgun.
According to KTXS The murder of an Abilene man was caught on camera.
Aaron Howard was shot and killed Sept. 1 in the alley behind his home on Don Juan Street. His two neighbors, Johnnie and Michael Miller, have been charged with the murder.
Howard’s fiancee, Kara Box, shot the deadly dispute on her cell phone and released it to KTXS.
“People deserve to know what actually happened and you know they deserve to know John and Michael Miller are murderers,” Box said.
The video shows the heated exchange between Howard and his two neighbors.
All three of the men were heard making threats until eventually, John Miller pulls the trigger on his pistol, shooting Howard.
Then, Michael Miller shoots Howard with his shotgun.
“You can see that I stepped in between them and I said, ‘you’re not going to shoot my husband’ then he fired passed my head,” Box said.
At least four shots were fired. Then, we see Box running towards her fiance screaming.
KTXS reached out to Taylor County District Attorney Jim Hicks for a comment. He had not yet seen the video and asked us to send him a copy.
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