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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1818654" data-attributes="member: 3371">HOUSTON -- A retired Houston-area firefighter faces up to life in prison&nbsp; after a jury convicted him of murder for gunning down his unarmed&nbsp; neighbor during a dispute over a noisy house party.Raul&nbsp; Rodriguez, 47, argued he was within his rights under Texas&#039; version of a&nbsp; stand-your-ground law when he killed Kelly Danaher in 2010. The trial&#039;s&nbsp; punishment phase, which will include further testimony, was scheduled&nbsp; to begin Thursday.Rodriguez was angry about the noise coming&nbsp; from Danaher&#039;s home, where the family was having a birthday party for&nbsp; Danaher&#039;s wife and young daughter. Rodriguez went to the home and got&nbsp; into an argument with Danaher, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher,&nbsp; and two other men who were at the party.In a 22-minute video he&nbsp; recorded the night of the shooting, Rodriguez can be heard telling a&nbsp; police dispatcher &quot;my life is in danger now&quot; and &quot;these people are going&nbsp; to go try and kill me.&quot; He then said &quot;I&#039;m standing my ground here,&quot; and&nbsp; shot Danaher after somebody appeared to grab his camera. The two other&nbsp; men were wounded.<a href="http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_833.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_833.shtml</a>You can see the videotape of the incident that Rodriguez recorded on this page.&nbsp; Look for the video right under KHOU.com<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/07/stand-your-ground-texas-man-kills-teacher-over-noise-complaint/" target="_blank">http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/07/stand-your-ground-texas-man-kills-teacher-over-noise-complaint/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 1818654, member: 3371"] HOUSTON -- A retired Houston-area firefighter faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him of murder for gunning down his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over a noisy house party. Raul Rodriguez, 47, argued he was within his rights under Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law when he killed Kelly Danaher in 2010. The trial's punishment phase, which will include further testimony, was scheduled to begin Thursday. Rodriguez was angry about the noise coming from Danaher's home, where the family was having a birthday party for Danaher's wife and young daughter. Rodriguez went to the home and got into an argument with Danaher, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher, and two other men who were at the party. In a 22-minute video he recorded the night of the shooting, Rodriguez can be heard telling a police dispatcher "my life is in danger now" and "these people are going to go try and kill me." He then said "I'm standing my ground here," and shot Danaher after somebody appeared to grab his camera. The two other men were wounded. [url]http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_833.shtml[/url] You can see the videotape of the incident that Rodriguez recorded on this page. Look for the video right under KHOU.com [url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/07/stand-your-ground-texas-man-kills-teacher-over-noise-complaint/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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