Authorities have refused to press charges against an Oklahoma man who fatally shot three intruders.
But the woman tho drove the intruders to the man’s house will be charged with murder.
On March 27, Maxwell Cook, Jacob Redfern and Jakob Woodruff attempted to enter the home of Zachary Peters in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.
But Peters met the teenagers with an AR-15 rifle and shot each of the young men to death.
Cook and Redfern were 18 and Woodruff was 15-years-old.
“It is the opinion of this office that Zachary Peters acted justifiably … when he used deadly force to defend his home,” said Wagoner County Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp, according to the Associated Press. “It was clear he operated completely within the law when he used deadly force.”
“We support the right of our citizens, the right to bear arms and to defend their homes,” Elliott said. “In this such case, we feel strongly that’s what took place here.”
While Rodriguez admits that being the getaway driver was wrong, she doesn’t believe she should be charged with three murders.
“I know what we did was stupid and wrong,” she told ABC News. “I don’t blame [Peters]… I understand why he did what he did. I mean, I do to an extent.”
But, she added: “I won’t take responsibility for the murders, I won’t. I feel guilty, but I don’t feel responsible.”
Ethan Ellison, a friend of Rodriguez’s and the three would-be robbers, told ABC News that they spoke right after the deadly incident.
“She called me right after it was done. She called me and she was freaking out. And then she told me that the three boys got shot. … I was like, ‘What? What are you talking about? What do you mean?’” he said.
“She said that they thought that the house was empty. … All she knows, is she heard over 12 gun shots so she freaked out and left,” Ellison said.
According to ABC News, the teenagers broken into Peters’ home by breaking a window and entered the home wearing black ski masks. One was reportedly armed with a knife.
The Associated Press reported that Oklahoma is one of 24 states that allow people to shoot another person if they feel their safety is in question.
Sources: Associated Press, ABC News/ Photo Credit: Heavy
