Woman shoots, kills her would-be rapist.

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128. I wondered about that also. Seems to me you would get the gun and then talk if you were going to

talk at all before shooting. I also think you would be running for the gun as soon as the guy barges through the door. But to be fair, people have not always thought through these things and she may have panicked. But if it turns out she knows this guy and had some kind of relationship with him, she is likely in some serious trouble. Not to say that the shooting still may have been justifiable but it will definitely be more difficult for her to show that. She better hope they can find some physical evidence to back up her story. His prints on the knife would help a lot, particularly if the prints were consistent with a knife attack and not chopping vegetables, for example. How many rapists don't bring their own weapon, is another thought which crossed my mind?