Prosecutor: David Cash Freeman justified

Last month, we mentioned David Cash Freeman, the Good Samaritan neighbor who intervened when Leland Foster attempted to murder his ex-girlfriend with a knife and tried to drown her infant twins in a bathtub. Freeman brought his gun when he heard a commotion next door and shot Foster thrice in the back to prevent the murder of the children.

Today we learn that Pontotoc County, Oklahoma District Attorney Paul Smith announced that Freeman’s actions were ‘justifiable use of deadly force under Oklahoma Law.’;

The woman said Foster forced his way into her home, slammed her to the ground and tried to kill her and their infant twins.

Freeman, a neighbor, shot Foster three times after seeing him holding the infants under water in a bathtub while threatening the children’s mother with a knife.

Smith says the shooting “was certainly necessary under these gripping circumstances.”

So, it took more than a month for the prosecutor to arrive at that decision, but, at least it was the correct decision – we can be thankful for that much, anyway.

From KFOR;

“Mr. Freeman reported that even after firing two shots, he still considered the decedent to be a threat observing him to [be] armed with the knife… viewing the decedent’s evil intent expressed in his facial expression, he felt compelled to fire the third shot to attempt to get past this violent man to render aid and prevent the man from getting back up to harm anyone anymore,” the Pontotoc County District Attorney’s Office said…

Category: Crime