By John Crump
Weyburn, Saskatchewan Canada –-(Ammoland.com)-On January fourth in Weyburn, Saskatchewan Canada a 23-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing a home invader.
Keegan Muxlow was at home when three masked men broke into his house. The home invaders were armed with a shotgun and a knife. Muxlow in fear for his life retrieved his .22LR caliber rifle and fired several shots at the mask men.
The three men fled the house and Muxlow called the police around 9 PM to report the break-in and the shooting. He told the police that three men with weapons broke into his home and he was forced to shoot at the suspects with his rifle.
About 15 minutes later the police received a call from Weyburn General Hospital stating that they had two patients suffering from various stab wounds and a gunshot wound. The police discovered that the patients were two of the suspects in the home invasion.
Police found 23-year-old Dominick Hawkes in stable condition. He was suffering from stab wounds. Eight-teen-year-old Nathan Hutt was found suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Around midnight Hutt would pass away from his injury.
The next morning Twenty-five-year-old William N. McLeod would turn himself into police for his involvement in the home invasion. He was not injured.
Police would charge Hawkes and McLeod with breaking and entering, committing assault, wearing a disguise during the commission of an offense, possession of a weapon for the purpose of committing an offense, and possession of a firearm without a valid license.
Police also charged Hawkes with possession of cocaine.
The police said that Muxlow was the only one to fire shots in the failed home invasion.
Police then would charge Muxlow with second-degree murder.
This standard procedure for police to lay these charges in a case like this. Although according to Deputy Chief Rod Stafford with the Weyburn Police Service the police do not determine self-defense. That finding is determined by the courts and not the police.
“Police departments have a lot of discretion in laying charges, but in capital cases, I don’t think that a police department would ever make a decision on its own not to lay a charge in a capital case where self-defense was either alleged or seemed like maybe even it was a case of self-defense,” said Stafford. “Perhaps a Crown Prosecutor, once they get the file and read it, will direct that charges be amended, or dropped, or added but, again, in a capital case, that decision is best left for a jury to decide once they hear all of the evidence.”
In addition to the second-degree murder charges Police charged Muxlow with unsafe storage of a firearm, use of a firearm during the commission of an offense, and possession of a firearm without a license.
According to the police, the suspects and Muxlow knew each other. When asked if this incident could be drug related a police representative said that it could be, but the police have not determined the motives in the case.
Muxlow is due to make his third court appearance in court last week.
About John Crump
John is a NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. He is the former CEO of Veritas Firearms, LLC and is the co-host of The Patriot News Podcast which can be found at www.blogtalkradio.com/patriotnews. John has written extensively on the patriot movement including 3%’ers, Oath Keepers, and Militias. In addition to the Patriot movement, John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and is currently working on a book on leftist deplatforming methods and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, on Facebook at realjohncrump, or at www.crumpy.com.
As far as I’m concerned charge him with possession of a firearm without a valid license and related charges. Otherwise the message they’re sending is AS A CANADIAN IF 3 ARMED MEN BREAK INTO YOUR HOME YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIE.
I’m more interested in finding out the source of their illegally obtained weapons and crack down on that or the cycle of violence will never end. Punishing responsible gun owners is not the answer. Find gun dealers, smugglers at the border & those who have guns illegally.
The legal system in Canada doesn’t necessarily allow one to defend themselves against a lethal threat. But they do allow a man to molest numerous children over a period of years and sentence him to a year in jail. I know this for a fact since I know one of the victims, who is my wife’s nephew and was molested at about 5 years old. The perp’s wife still operates a child care facility and he probably is finding new victims the same way he found the previous ones. They have a distorted and strange system of “justice” there.
Well this is a draw! Neither parties have a licence, So theay both possesed illegal firearms. Lets see the liberal spin on this.
Some how legal registered gun owners will be blamed.
The police should not be bringing any charges. Police make arrests. Prosecutors offices bring charges or better yet in a case like this an indictment from a grand jury should be sought. Police should just be giving the facts to the prosecutor in a situation like this. If the police feel it is necessary to make an arrest the other two criminals should be arrested for 1st degree murder.
That .22LR was obviously modified to shoot knives. I want one.
This is Canada!, Canadian people do not have right to protect their lives. What did he expected. Ha-Ha.
In normal country he would be awarded tor killing criminal and create less job for police,
Did I read this correctly? The homeowner was charged with second-degree murder because it is standard practice for police to do so; then a prosecutor, court, or jury decides whether the shooting was justified; the police don’t have the power to decide that. Is this correct? If so, we need to look homewards, folks. This is precisely what the Commonwealth of Massachusetts does, and has always done in living memory. It treats self-defense as an “affirmative defense” to murder (meaning you have to plead guilty to murder, then prove that you were justified and should not be punished). It’s a… Read more »
GOOD FOR YOU GUYS. YOU ARE BEGINNING TO GET IT. HOPEFULLY, NOT TOO LATE…
Will Flatt: Just check the number of States that have the listing as a Commonwealth State, and see which ones have the toughest Gun Laws?????????? It makes you wonder how far they have come to turn against everything the colonists fought against in the Revolution?????? Shows just how weak they really have become!!!!!!!! Patsies, and a Large Herd of Sheep, Just go with the Flow!!!!
This would be so simple if we the people knew how to sell or if needed, FORCE all the socialist politicians including small town govt to move up to Kannaduh where they already have no 2A rights nor freedom of speech to name a few. Now the commie minded dipocrats wouldn’t have to spend tens of millions of dollars dumbing down the kids in school and colleges here in the US. Everyone gets what they want at great savings and a lot less blood will be shed. The money saved can easily build a wall on our north border too.… Read more »