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Man Shot When Answering His Door
August 16, 2012
A man was shot when he answered his door early this morning just off Nine Mile Road.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 2300 block of Copter Road about 2 a.m. where they found that 29-year old Daniel N. Lukers of Pensacola had suffered gunshots to his side. Lukers told deputies he heard someone knocking at his door, and he went to see who it was. Lukers said when he opened the front door, the suspect tried to gain entry into his home.
During the confrontation at the door, Lukers was shot. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Further details have not been released by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
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21 Responses to “Man Shot When Answering His Door”
Get ya a 12 gauge pump, when somebody comes a knockin late at night or early in the morn, “RACK that BAD BOY”
And listen, as they run away !
DO NOT EVER OPEN A DOOR TO SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW! If they say it is the police ask them to go to your window and show you their badge. If you can’t see it, ask them to wait, call 911 and ask if they have an officer at your home. They will give you dispatch, who will tell you. Sometimes bad people get you to open the door this way. Please, even if the person says it is an emergency, call police. Do not open the door!
The ECSO suggests that you do not unlock or open the door to anyone that you have not invited unless you know they are trustworthy. That goes for any time of day or night. Tell them to leave your property and call the ECSO dispatcher at 436-9620 to report the suspicious person and have a deputy come check them out. You may wish to ask for no contact at your residence by the responding deputy. That will help to protect your anonymity. Often this type of perpetrator will be going door to door seeking a soft target. Home invasion or robberies at the front door are potentially lethal matters. Keep your door locked and call the Sheriff’s Office. The right response to these threats will make you the hero.
Same thing happened to my 80 yr old parents 2 weeks ago 1:30 am. Ringing the door bell like crazy. Most people would wake up disoriented think there was an emergency and open the door. Thank God they were afraid and called me. Turned the dogs out and called the police. Please warn the elderly this is happening over and over again.
I find it odd that a would be robber would knock on the front door…..
This article doesn’t say Mr. Lukers does not know who shot him nor does it give a number to call if any one has info about this crime. That makes me think they know who it was and are looking for him.
No country for old men, not slow and febble ones anyway. It is not the fault of our county LE, this is a national if not global problem, as economies falter and collaspe and more and more people become marginalized an X given number will resort to what ever crime they are innovative or stupid enough to attempt.
Prepare for the unexpected, look out for the weak in and outside of your circle.
HOW DO YOU OPEN A DOOR FOR SOMEONE AT 2 OCLOCK AND DONT KNOW WHO IT IS SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN FISH TO ME!!!!!!!
the only way to stop these thugs that keep getting out on small bond is to lethally defend yourself, family and property. i am with fred on this one
Wasn’t long ago a man answered his door with a gun and it was the police at the wrong house. Well they shot him dead . Now a guy answers the door without a gun and is shot by a criminal. Does anybody have porch lights and windows? Geez, look out the window.
in response to david green; If you notice the bonds are set depending on how much money the criminals can come up with,not based on there crimes.history proves this.You hit the nail on the head!!!!!!
REGARDING:
“it’s the same criminals that keep getting out on bond and committing the crimes why can’t there be higher bonds set for these thugs.”
It is wrong to blame the sheriff for the bond set by the judges.
Judges are constitutionally REQUIRED to not set unreasonable bonds. If granting bond is unreasonable due to flight risk or public danger, it is up to the state’s attorney to convince the judge of that fact. Then it’s up to the prosecuting attorney to convince a jury the accused actually committed a crime and to convince the presiding judge that the convicted criminal’s crime was bad enough for prison time and to do it in such a manner that the appellate judges don‘t dispute the sentence was justified.
David for justice
and 12 gauge shotguns
32514gator: Bond and Bail has nothing to do with the sheriff’s office. That is determined in the judical system (judge’s/lawyer’s)
First question….
Who answers their door at 2 a.m.?
Sounded pretty batty to me.
1. Seems like a classic case for the stand your ground defense. At 2 A.M. in the morning, the only people answering my door is Smith and Wesson.
Don’t count on Morgan being like Commissioner Gordon,,,,it’s the same criminals that keep getting out on bond and committing the crimes why can’t there be higher bonds set for these thugs.
That Powell fellow ain’t no Batman.
Ben, sadly our ‘hero’ did not get elected.
I don’t open my door at anytime unless I know the person.
Pensacola is literally turning into Gotham City, crime, crime, crime, and it’s sad, we need a hero.
come to my house at 2 am and a 12 gauge will be the first thing you see if I open the door!