John Hopkins student kills Thief in self-defense with a samurai sword

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Johns Hopkins student kills apparent burglar with sword (CNN) -- A Johns Hopkins University student killed an apparent burglar with a samurai sword after discovering the man in his garage, police said Tuesday.Baltimore, Maryland, police received a phone call shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday about a suspicious person, and an off-duty officer arrived at the scene with campus security, city police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.When authorities arrived, they heard calls for help and for police, he said. They discovered a suspected burglar with a severed left hand and severe lacerations to his upper body, Guglielmi said.The suspect died at the scene, he said.The man had entered a home where several Johns Hopkins students lived, Guglielmi said. Four students, one armed with a samurai sword, had confronted the suspect in the garage.The man "lunged" at the students, and the student with the sword defended himself, severing the man's left hand and cutting his upper body, Guglielmi said.Police did not release the name of the suspect, who Guglielmi said had a long criminal history, or that of the student.Police questioned the three witnesses, Guglielmi said, and released them. It was not immediately clear whether all four students lived at the house, he said.Authorities are determining whether the student will face criminal charges, Guglielmi said.Burglars had taken two laptops and a Sony PlayStation from the students' home Monday, Guglielmi said.The burglary suspect had been released from prison Saturday, Guglielmi said.

I definitely applaud the student for taking down the thief that was trying to steal personal property belonging to him and his colleagues from their house. In fact, given that he and his colleagues caught the burglar in their own home, there was almost no time to call police as that would just give the burglar some time to run away with their stolen property.What that student did was purely out of necessity for two things: one, personal property was compromised, in which getting it back is no doubt imperative, and two, it was self-defense as the burglar was about to attack the student.Investigating "criminal charges" against the student is bullshit given the circumstances that the crime was being committed against him and his colleagues, and he simply did the right thing to make sure that thief didn't get away with their personal belongings. Whether the student had the intent to harm or kill the thief is absolutely irrelevant.

We need that right here in Australia-many people get mugged and when they stand up for themselves they cop the blame!
(no vigelanty justice allowed-no guns or tazers-just a crappy alarm is allowed as self defence :( )I tip my hat to the students-especially the one with the sword...Only question is-where'd he get the sword-and was it sharpened to kill or oremental?In that case-while it's BS-the police could lay charges by law sadly.

Wow,the student with the sword sure was brave.
While he did kill,I don't think he should be criminally charged at all....

mds64 · #2Only question is-where'd he get the sword-and was it sharpened to kill or oremental?

There are places that sell swords here in United States.And it doesn't matter whether the swords are ornamental as ornamental swords are kept sharp as well.