A Webster Parish homeowner fatally shoots a man who was breaking into his home. Investigators say 44-year-old Billy McFarland got into an argument with a woman as she was driving along U.S. Highway 80; and during the argument, McFarland jumped on top of her, causing her to crash while the vehicle was going more than 100 miles an hour. Sheriff Jayson Parker says after the crash, McFarland walked to a nearby mobile home and broke into it.
“He went around to the back side of the house with a pocketknife and cut out the screen and actually entered the home through the window which he was met by the homeowner; and he was hit multiple times,” Parker said.
Sheriff Parker says the homeowner had no idea who McFarland was.
“He told him, ‘You’re not getting into my house;’ and I believe Mr. McFarland said, ‘There’s no way you’re going to keep me from not coming in the house,’” Parker explained.
The homeowner shot McFarland several times, killing him. Parker says homeowners have every right to defend themselves inside their own homes; and especially since the homeowner in this instance feared for his life, there will be no charges filed against him.
“It’s a sad situation that this homeowner has to take lethal force; but he had two other people in the home that he had to protect, as well as himself,” Parker noted.
