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Originally Posted by glatt

Just make sure the "intruder" isn't really an unarmed 16 year old Japanese exchange student showing up at the wrong house for a Halloween party.

This isnt the official account of the incident but provides more details.

Yoshihiro Hattori - answers.com

I would guess that having all these circumstances happen all at the same time would be extremely rare.

Tragic? Of course. Common? I would think not.

What might you think?

"As ringing the doorbell[2] did not provide an answer, Hattori and Haymaker started moving towards the carport door on the side of the house to find the party entrance. Inside the house, however, Mrs. Bonnie Peairs had answered the door, only by this time meeting nothing but an empty yard. Alerted, she also looked through the carport door. Realizing two strangers were moving on her property and approaching in a hasty manner, Mrs. Peairs, startled, backed up inside the house, locking the door, and then ran to tell her husband to "get the gun". Hattori and Haymaker were still pondering the situation, when the carport door was opened again, this time by Mr. Peairs who was armed with a stainless steel revolver. Noticing someone appear in the doorway, Hattori ran towards him saying "We're here for the party" in broken English, unaware of the imminent danger. Haymaker, seeing the weapon, shouted after Hattori, but his warning was either not heard, or was misunderstood during the short time the event unfolded. (Kernodle 2002; Fujio 2004; Harper n.d.) - this paragraph to be updated -"

It is these rare circumstances that create the legislation of retreat.