Nicholas Donofrio, a University of South Carolina sophomore, was fatally shot after police say he attempted to enter a home near campus. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports.
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This is what happens when you allow criminals to do home invasions on people. You have people hiding behind locked doors fearing for their life because the criminals are running rampid.. this is what happens when Democrats keep allowing criminals right back out on the streets and people do not feel safe not even in their own homes.. and this is what happens when you do not allow the police to do their job the criminals take advantage of that and that’s exactly what they’re doing.. but ain’t none of you in here got half a brain cell that can figure that out.
Great comment. This is exactly what happens because of all things said. Doesn’t make it wrong for defending their home at 2am. Anybody level headed isn’t asking any questions being invaded at that time. Too much chaos happening these days. Gotta assume the worst.
Guns are promoted as the first line of defense. Thinking and using less deadly solutions are not promoted.
@Carolyn Harrison, not an opinion. It’s a fact, little one.
@Argyle Dante Donovan whatever 🙄
@Argyle Dante Donovan
(yawn)
dispatch record recorded that guy was shot trough the door
door on video is not damaged at all just 1 glass missed – see “shot”. So no evidence of “brocken in”
body has been found outside.
“fact” myass
@delta_glider, what does “brocken in” mean?
And you’re basing your assessment of damage to the door in a video shot from the street? Lol!
@delta_glider Delta glider is another child!
This is ridiculous. TOO MANY DAMNED GUNS!!!
Breaking and entering. Go ahead and use a lamp to defend ur home and family at 2am.
GOP says “MORE!”
so killed breaking and entering aha
he chose to go to school in south carolina🙄🤨😬
What a shame, a waste of such young life. May his soul rest in peace 🙏🏽
‘STAY IN THE DORMS’ is my only advice. yes OFF CAMPUS life has more freedom (and cheaper) but campus-life offers several layers of security for those who arent street savvy yet
Too many trigger happy paranoid idiots, starting with the police.
Welcome to Brandon’s America
Democrats love LAWLESSNESS
Democrats love DEMONIZING the police
TRUMP 2024
I understand protecting yourself, your home, your family…but barring any new circumstances, shooting doesn’t always have to be the first action to take…or maybe SOME PEOPLE just live in a constant state of fear or paranoia🤔like i said barring any other facts, I’m sure more facts will come out as the coverage develops
You haven’t heard of home invasion?
This is what happens when we have unsecure borders and pro criminal policies that release killers same day.. I would think you’re crazy if you don’t live in constant fear.. have you seen what their doing in Mexico? And while fostering the criminal element they are trying to take our guns so we would be defenseless.
Just let a man in ur home at 2am ok 👍
@Argyle Dante Donovan He didn’t entered. Door on video is not damaged. Body has been found outside. Dispatch record (on other channels) recorded that owner shot guy trought the door.
@delta_glider, so you’re claiming that he didn’t try to enter the home?
What do you know that the police don’t?
Stay out of the south if you don’t want to get shot by idiots.
I don’t ask NBC for their bleeding heart point of view when people break into my house at 2 in the morning, I just assume it’s time to protect my family immediately.
@Rodney SmartSounds like he won’t be 😂
@Rodney Smart Try the same thing as ya boy up there and we’ll see who’s the victim
Again this kid didn’t break into the house. It’s obvious he was trying to get into the house, but wasn’t successful because it wasn’t his. Probably knocking on the door or fumbling around with keys. But never made it past the porch. Was shot through a window in the head. This is the 1st week kids are back a school most living in new housing that they are not familiar with. Homeowners in the are should be aware of this.
@Larry Brescio What’s this “probably” stuff or anything you said have anything to do with me?
@DAVIDBecause you legitimize murderers and fear-monger the public with your ideology to allow for a constant state of paranoia that allows situations like this to escalate. He didn’t even enter anyone’s house, let alone at 2am you dramatic lier. He was shot for simply being at the wrong building and because of cowardly people who think like you and act reactionary in every circumstance. Can’t wait for people like you to cross paths with other people like you so you can all self-destruct.
No PIC of shooter , HHHHMMMM
Exactly.
Why does it matter? Someone broke into their home at 2:00am and the homeowner took appropriate actions.
It doesn’t matter to his family. They’ll never get him back, but when the same thing happened to a black young man by a white shooter, the msm went berserk. Said that it wasn’t self-defense, that it was a racial killing.
Think about it self explanatory !! Liberal media enough said !!!!!!
This is what happens when we don’t educate our youth on how to properly drink you end up black out drunk. This might have been avoided if we taught young adults instead of trying to control them.
@AaaaNinja Alcohol causes changes in the function of the kidneys and makes them less able to filter the blood. Alcohol also affects the ability to regulate fluid and electrolytes in the body. When alcohol dehydrates the body, the drying effect can affect the normal function of cells and organs, including the kidneys
@C Cnot a doctor but i think it damaged a little more than his kidney
@MIG Smoakz If he survived and drank more alcohol
@Argyle Dante Donovan >He broke into someone’s home at 2:00am.
In fact he didn’t. Acording to the records from dispatch he was shot trough the door.
Also, body was found outside and door on video is not broken – just 1 glass panel is missing since it’s been shot out.
Where is it reported that the victim was drunk?
NOT JUSTIFIED. FOR CHRIST SAKE. THIS IS USA NOT FG GUATEMALA.🤬
Well, Move to FG GUATEMALA!
“How the Stand Your Ground Law Works in South Carolina
South Carolina’s “Stand Your Ground” law puts various doctrines into one statute that relate to self-defense, whether they are in your home or outside your home:
The “castle doctrine,” which states that one does not have a duty to retreat when defending themselves inside their own home
Self-defense laws that allow you to use force in defense of yourself, others, and your property
South Carolina’s laws are broader than the self-defense rights that you may have had through common law. The state expanded these rights in its Protection of Persons and Property Act, which was passed in 2006.”
You cant exactly wait around and hope the person breaking into your home is drunk. People have a right to protect themselves and their belongings. if this kid does something this stupid, its tragic, but ultimately his own fault.
@Ceasar Saran fair enough…
@Ceasar Saran >You cant exactly wait around and hope the person breaking into your home is drunk.
You can call drunk persone to come close to you on any bogus reson and then shot him after. Easy-peasy lemon squisy.
Dead will not tell storyes how he “broke in” but the door on video is not damaged. Or how you clamed that he have broken in and at the same time how you shot him _trough the door_. There is a dispatch record available so both clames are recorded.
Then there’s the matter of using common sense. If that was his child would he want that to be his fate? Probably not.
He would have said, I’m sorry! Does not prevent the family from taking all the shooter has forever! They need a good civil attorney! Go get the shooter’s funds and leave them penniless and homeless. People like that do not understand education!
Guns aren’t always the answer. I came home late one night, there was a guy asleep on my couch. I put a blanket on him and made him breakfast in the morning. He was just super high the night before. I have a dozen stories like that. Jus chill tf out.
You’re right. Guns aren’t always the answer. The thing is, circumstance and time change things. When I was a single young man, I had little consideration for my own safety and would likely have handled this situation differently. However, as a father/family man, if some strange man entered my home at 2:00, I won’t waste time speaking. My family’s safety is my ultimate priority.
This country really has turned into a shoot first come up with answers later society.
What ever happened to ‘who is it’ or ‘can I help you’?
That becomes irrelevant when a strange man barges into your home at 2:00am.
In Alice in Wonderland?
“Can I help you?” Is a foreign question in the land of individual exceptionalism
Edit for typo
“Accident”
that whitecrazymacist shooting innocent yesterday did not help
This is insane. People are so gun crazy. So sad.
@g-girl mail
When someone enters your home in the middle of the night uninvited you shoot to stop the threat. You don’t fire warning shots and you don’t shoot in the arm or leg. You shoot center mass to stop the threat.
@DV8 *** that’s what you would do. I’ve had similar things happen to me, and I managed to not shoot anyone at all. Ive survived much worse things in my life, without without shooting anyone . Some ppl don’t live in a state of fear, and take, taking someone’s life seriously.
@g-girl mail
That is what any professional with a firearm would do. It doesn’t sound like you have much experience with firearms or that you have ever been in a deadly force encounter. I also seriously doubt you have ever suffered a home invasion and I hope none of the aforementioned ever happen to you. In the event they ever do I would advise you to rethink your plan.
@DV8 *** I never stated anything about what a ‘professional ‘ would do. You assume incorrectly. I have been in many life threatening situations, including home invasion. I’m trained in martial arts, and have always successfully walked away from encounters with men more than twice my body weight. I’ve lived on my own since I was 17 (that’s at least 3 decades) and never needed a firearm to survive. There are of course, situations where they are needed, and appropriate. However,I’m sharing my experience of being able to manage without thus far.
@g-girl mailhe was shot on ther porch. The shooter shot through the glass in the door.
How does anybody know he entered the wrong house by accident? Did he say that in a statement after her died? Does all the houses in the neighborhood use the same key? 🤔
Amazing point.
He broke down the door.
Well, there’s only one thing to do:
Every citizen should turn in their guns to government.
Right?
Thank God he’s not black…. Remember the old man that’s being prosecuted right now. Stop racism
what color is the shooter?
its tragic of course
but at 2 o clock in the morning if my front door opens im gonna react the same way
The United States Gun Problem is absolutely disgusting. As a in between jobs delivery driver I’m even afraid to do turn arounds in people’s driveways anymore in Texas. Someone might think you’re trespassing, shoot and get away with it.
The United States has a criminaldemocrar problem.
I know this might sound crazy, but try not entering people’s driveways and you won’t have that fear.
Why is it a gun problem? The gun worked just fine. I would say it’s a don’t go into someone else’s house uninvited in the middle of the night problem.
I remember being 20. It was amazing but I was so naive and still new. My condolences to this young man and his family… also to the person who shot him. My prayers can only do so much but they’re all I have. 😢❤❤❤
People werent so scared back then
@Duane Hall true.. but I can’t believe I even made it out of my twenties 🥺
I was very sad
Who was the shooter?
The new, politically correct language for the word “burglar” now is “one who entered a wrong home”.
I wish everyone would stop saying he broke in. The kid was shot ON THE PORCH through the door. He never entered the house. This homeowner was never in any real danger. He was a trigger happy lunatic.
why not fire a warning shot?
He was in the phone with police but didn’t wait.
absolutely no need to immediately go to deadly force.
I would agree with shot first as questions later if someone had broken into your home. But fumbling around your porch drunk. NO WAY!
How terribly sad, my condolences and prayers to his family members and friends May God rest his soul 🙏
This is so tragic! Prayers to the Donofrio family.
So we don’t even know why he was trying to get in? Yeah I’m fine with defending the home
RIP❤❤
I d like to know how many of those siding with the intruder has ever faced a loaded gun pointed at their head? Because why should you risk dying because of someone else’ desires? And dont cry shoot him in the leg. A dose of reality. Once youve experienced actual threat of immanent firearm death from someone randomly appearing, you’d be less likely to give this perp the benefit of a doubt.. You wouldn’t assume that risk, that’s on the numbnuts who is not in control of himself, really. You come into my house at 2 am you will be sh0t with a real bullet. Get your head outta yer a$$ and pay attention to the real world. look at the house number. What makes you think that you won’t get shot walking into somebody’s house at 2 am or even in the daytime. The kid was out of control.
I love how you call the guy intruder and provide zero facts to support claym 😆
On other hand:
Dispatch record recorded that guy was shot trough the door
Door on video is not damaged at all (1 glass panel is missing – see “shot trough the door”)
Body found outside.
@delta_glider correct. Shot through the door. The student was still on the porch. never made it into the house. UNARMED AND ON PORCH. How can the homeowner claim their lives were in danger?
How about a warning shot or shot to wound.
No – instead, no warning headshot. INSANE.
college educated and he cant figure out he is in the wrong home?
No forensic reports that i have seen. Person who shot must be elderly, or scared of their shadow. Seems most are assuming the young man to b a thug when in reality he was a good athlete,student & person. Many comments are negative,when nothing is being reported. Just as those comments are made from persons eho consider themselves PERFECT & WITHOUT WRONGDOING.
The south sucks
sad. COLLEGE STUDENTS dont like dorms = but it more protective than the real world. ⚠ Staying on campus has its advantages, ie security and emergency help
So sad I pray for his family and their sorrow…
Any information on if alcohol was involved with the student finding his way to the wrong house? That seems like it might be a critical part of making an accurate and factual report.
drinking is dangerous to your health
Yeah, that was definitely the wrong house.
Lock your doors and windows duhhhhh!!!!!!
How drunk do you have to be to enter the wrong house? Life lesson learned too late.
If he was black. All the ghetto peeps would burn 🔥 the city down. Just shows the difference between the civilized and uncivilized.
He was probably drunk. Was trying to get in and they shot him.
Hope the gunman likes prison. It doesn’t matter if it’s an accident or not it is murder and that is a crime
Lol gottem 🕰
I would have invited him in, I would’ve said hey dude, I want to make this perfectly clear man. This is not your home, repeat and speak slowly and loudly so he knows and then just say come on in man and have a scotch. Let’s wind down for a little bit…
Whhoopps…
When this same incident occurred happened to Ralph Yarl (same except it wasn’t fatal) people were all over the Internet saying it wouldn’t happen to a white kid
🤷♂️ ~ Anyone know if he actually went in the house, was he was shot through the door, or what?e
He was in the house broke down door.
My gosh, in my country something like this would never happen. We can knock on doors and ask for directions without being shot. A simple mistake like what happened to him would never end in one losing their life. Where is the humanity?
This is the result of decades of the media and government creating a perpetual environment of fear mongers in the “United States.”
He was not knocking on the door, he was trying to enter the house. Owner most likely panicked and shot him, everyone worried nowadays with the increase in crime.
He pounded on doors and windows at 2 AM and then broke a window on a door, reached in and opened door from inside door knob. Doing that at the wrong house definitely brings the risk for being shot.
He should have been paying attention you can’t just break into someone’s home! so horrible. RIP to all of the victims who have died to gun violence 😢🙏🏻🙏🏾
Again?! Clutching my pearls… I do declare.
How you don’t know if it’s a house you know or yours? I’m 28 I never did that. Quit guessing and be for sure, I guess no one even cares at this point
You cant guess, if you are new, it’s 2 am, and you are drunk
well dont come to the wrong house while u drunk lol
So sad everyone is gun stupid in this country
Rest in peace
No wonder politicians call for MORE GUNS! LAND OF THE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
It’s “Duh-noff-Rio”
Good
Sorry for his family and friends.
It’s the guns, stupid!!!🤬
sending Thoughts and Prayers in advance to everyone lives in a G.un In.fested country ..
its only a matter of time before those bull.ets comin’ atcha …
Sorry but the news anchor in the turquoise jacket has a really bad hairstyle. Come on. She’s a pretty woman. How can she think that’s attractive??!!
From the headline you already knew it was going to be at night after the bars closed. But chances are the shooter was trigger happy, Probably shot the guy through the door.
He did actually shoot him through the window. Kid was still on the porch. There was no brake-in. He was probably just trying to put a key in the door that didn’t work or banging on the door thinking his roomates would let him in
Sucks it happened, but you Can’t fault the home owner.
I don’t now all the details, so _? Mic’2023
Keep those
those guns coming
So stupid to shoot
Why not a warning shot 🤔?? Sad!! Mic’2023
Our kids Go to BYU the Mormons don’t play. No alcohol or even caffeine allowed. They take school seriuosly.
Ban guns. Ban alcohol.
Looking forward to the news media and general public calling the shooter a racist just like they did with the kid in KC
two different situations
@Marisa they sure are. But that hasn’t stopped them from making comparisons between every police shooting in the country either
@Marisasupposedly, the homeowner shot him through the window while kid was trying to unlock the door, not entirely different.
Ppl we need gun control. Why are people allow to carry?
This is a case of: Shoot first, question later. Cops do this all the time.
Why didn’t the shooter ask first?
I would of done the same you can’t trust these jits these days 🥺
Try to open a door at my house at 2am. Bullets will find their mark.
I still can’t understand how you can mistake someone else’s home for yours.
Alcohol
Student in a new apartment in a new town.
Something is missing – 2AM – was he just putting his key into the wrong lock jiggling the door knob or was he drunk kicking the door.
so sad but what yall expect ???? give a state very loose laws with guns and things happen
Theres no way the homeowner even gave him a warning. probably just shot him. I really hope charges are filed or that the shooters name gets released so his life gets ruined. what an awful human being. my condolences to the parents.
How was the homeowner to know the difference between getting broken into and someone being lost? It was a terrible accident but the homeowner doesn’t owe anyone a warning since they are on their property and it’s an understood no trespassing zone
Lol Danny you have a lot of growing up to do. Still young I hope? Grow up kid.
White people don’t care a white person shot him right I’m just glad shooter wasn’t black it’ll Ben a whole different story
American need better access to guns so he could have protected himself 🤦♂️
This is where stand your ground get you
You shouldn’t be allowed to shoot people in situations like these. It’s not like you’re an important politician and a dirty protester is trying to find you in the hallway of a public facility to shout at you.
Triggerhappy USa strikes again
The Castle Doctrine encourages the honorable discharge of a firearm.
God, Stop shooting these kids……all a person has to do is call out and ask who is at the door, if they are trying to get in…..who’s there? Why are you trying to get in my house…..? Quit just shooting them…..
Wow! Stupid reporter can’t even pronounce the dead kids name properly.
Why is the killer not being charged with hate crimes?
Compare this to the way they covered the Ralph yarl story. Quite fascinating
SC has the castle doctrine and a minimum drinking age of 21. The news agencies have decided to omit the fact that he was drunk and they have stopped mentioning the name of his fraternity.
Sick and tired of the racist media…
Was he drunk?
Fook around find out
Where are the White Lives Matter protesters? Why isn’t there any rioting and looting from the white community? Why isn’t there a picture of the shooter?