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.
The problem with socialism is, you can vote your way into it, but you have to shoot your way out of it.
I noticed it was reported that Hawkes was suffering from stab wounds, but that Muxlow only fired at them with his rifle. So I was wondering how and by whom did Hawkes get stabbed.
Well, it sounds, as if, the authorities are looking at this correctly. Let a jury sort it out. This guy knows those guys. He potentially could’ve been involved in a drug deal gone bad. Maybe, these folks were invited to the home for some reason. Stab wounds on several “victims” and a gunshot wound on one. No way to truly call it.
Yeah Canada has turned in to England /even a butter knive is against the law-Yeah bring in some more Muzzies
Stupid socialist canucks. You have NO rights in Canada, except what the government allows. Back in about 1986, the socialist canucks decided no Canadian needed a firearm. So they limited then banned various guns. Then they decided you cannot use a firearm to save your life. Might kill a socialist liberal voter. So in the United States, the anti-American communist democrats keep trying to disarm Americans. They demand the communist America Hillary & Bernie promised. They want Americans slaves to their communist government. You WILL have to fight these communists. You WILL have to stop these anti-American scum. Or, you… Read more »
That’s what you get when you live in a “Commonwealth nation” where the fundamental right to self-defense is denied. As went England, so goes many if not all of the nations that were once part of the British Empire.
This is why we have a 2nd Amendment to enshrine our God-given absolute Right to defend ourselves against common criminals and if need be the government itself. I pity the fools that allow their rights to be taken away without so much as a whimper.