Cary man accused of shooting car break-in suspect appears in court

TO YOU. BIG DISRUPTION IN

GARNER HIGH SCHOOL. ERIC MILLER

REPORTING LIVE. THANK YOU,

ERIN. CAREY HOMEOWNER CHARGED

WITH FELONY ASSAULT IS NOT

PROTECTED BY THE STATE

SELF-DEFENSE LAWS.

>> THIS COMES AFTER HE SHOT A

MAN INVESTIGATORS SAY WAS

BREAKING INTO HIS CAR. WRAL'S

AMANDA LAMB IS AT THE WAKE

COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER WHERE THE

HOMEOWNER APPEARED BEFORE A

JUDGE TODAY. AMANDA.

>> DEBORAH, HANG IT YET IS

CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT.

HE WAS HERE. THE WAKE COUNTY

JUSTICE CENTER IN FRONT OF A

JUDGE IN A COURTROOM TODAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY LOOK

AT THIS CASE AND SAY, WELL,

WHY THE SELF-DEFENSE LAWS LIKE

THE CASTLE DOCTRINE AND THE

STAND YOUR GROUND LAW, NOT

APPLY HERE. WE ASKED ATTORNEYS

TO WEIGH IN.

>> SIR, YOU HAVE ONE CHARGE

AGAINST THE YOUR EYES. 51

YEAR-OLD HANG YE. HAD A

MANDARIN INTERPRETER IN COURT

TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND HIS CHAR

THE WHAT SOME DON'T UNDERSTAND

IS WHY. YEAH. WHO SAYS HE SHOT?

25 YEAR-OLD LARRY KLEIN, DING

JUNIOR DURING A CAR BREAK-IN IN

HIS DRIVEWAY IS NOT COVERED

BY LAWS LIKE THE CASTLE

DOCTRINE AND THE STAND YOUR

GROUND LAW. IF CONVICTED, HE

WOULD HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF

231 MONTHS IN PRISON. THE STAND

YOUR GROUND LAW WOULD NOT

APPLY.

>> I'M IN A CAR BREAK-IN.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY LEE

TURNER SAYS THE SHOOTER MUST BE

INSIDE THE CAR OR HOME AND FACE

IMMINENT DANGER. THERE'S A KEY

TERM AND THAT LAW IS THAT YOU

OCCUPY SOMETHING.

>> IF YOU SEE SOMEONE BREAKING

INTO A CAR, WHETHER IT BE ON

YOUR PROPERTY OUT BY THE

STREET, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A

RIGHT TO DEFEND THAT CAR WITH

DEADLY FORCE. INVESTIGATORS

SAY CLEANING WAS RUNNING AWAY

WHEN HE WAS SHOT. HE WAS

DISCOVERED IN A NEIGHBOR'S

YARD. IT'S SCARY THAT YOU COULD

BE SHOT. 2 BULLETS PIERCED THE

SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE

WHERE A FAMILY WAS SLEEPING.

I FEEL THAT HE SOMEBODY SHOULD

BE SURE TO GET MY PROPERTY AND

IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO CHOOSE

SOMEBODY AND TAKE A LOT AND YOU

DON'T HAVE. THAT'S MY VIEW.

WAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

LAUREN FREEMAN AGREES THAT

THERE IS NO LAW THAT PROVIDES

THAT OF PROMISE IN IN THOSE

SOMEBODY IS RUNNING WAY WITHOUT

A THREAT TO ANYBODY ELSE CAN

TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN

HANDS AND SHOOT SOMEONE.

>> THAT YEAH. AND HIS ATTORNEY

AS THEY LEFT THE COURTHOUSE

TODAY DECLINED TO TALK. I DID

SPEAK TO CLEANINGS MOTHER JUST

A LITTLE WHILE AGO. SHE'S BY

HIS BEDSIDE AT THE HOSPITAL AND

SHE SAYS HIS SON, HER SON, HAS