On May 3, 2024, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier shot and killed a Chechen national. The incident occurred at the soldier’s rural home, about 15 miles from Fort Bragg (Liberty), North Carolina, after sunset. Sunset on May 3, 2024, occurred at 8:03 p.m. The initial 911 call to police was placed at 8:12 p.m. The shooting occurred shortly after 8:25 p.m.
The soldier’s wife was outside their residence with their children when she noticed a man dressed in a burgundy t-shirt, black shorts, and flip-flops who appeared to be taking pictures of her house, children, and herself. She informed her husband, who approached the individual to speak with them. There was a language barrier. The soldier asked the individual to leave. The individual became aggressive and refused to leave. The soldier retrieved a handgun from his home and returned to ensure his family’s safety. Another, more urgent call was made to 911 at 8:25 p.m. From the sheriff’s report, released on August 12, 2024:
The confrontation escalated when Daraev reportedly became agitated and lunged at the homeowner after repeatedly refusing to leave the property. The homeowner reported firing several shots in response to Daraev’s advance. Under the North Carolina Castle Doctrine, the homeowner’s actions are protected, providing legal justification for using defensive force.ÂInvestigators uncovered that the only identification associated with Daraev was an International Driver’s License found in his Chevrolet Spark, which was parked along Dowd Road and registered to him out of Chicago, Illinois. No items identifying him as a utility worker were found on his person or in his vehicle.
The person shot was identified as Ramzan Daraev, a Chechnya national who had crossed the Southern border on December 16, 2022. Daraev was employed by a subcontractor of Utilities One named Cable Warriors. Utilities One is based in New Jersey and is run by CEO Serghei Busmachiu. Serghei Busmachiu is an immigrant from Moldova.
An investigation by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office indicates other members of the subcontractor routinely took pictures and did surveys of utility lines in the area after dark, without any identifying uniforms or clothing and without notifying homeowners of the nature of their work. The work was explained as a legitimate survey prior to installation of fiber optic services.
The only item in Daraev’s possession was the cell phone he was taking pictures with. The sheriff’s office had not been able to unlock the cell phone at the time the report was written, but had made the phone and other evidence available to the FBI and the Army Criminal Investigative Division. Some images from Daraev’s phone were able to be retrieved from a Russian cloud server.
The Sheriff’s office concluded the shooting was justified under North Carolina castle doctrine law.
After a thorough review of the case by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office and Moore County District Attorney, including evidence collected at the scene, digital evidence, witness statements, and the pattern of gunshot wounds and shell casings, it was determined that no charges will be filed against the homeowner involved in the incident. The determination of justification is based on the reasonable belief of the homeowner, considering the totality of the facts known to the homeowner at the time of the shooting, and the North Carolina Castle Doctrine. The homeowner’s actions were deemed justifiable under the North Carolina Castle Doctrine, which allows for the use of defensive force in situations where there is a perceived imminent threat to personal and family safety within one’s home or property.
A special forces soldier shooting a Chechnya national within forty yards of his rural home, 15 miles from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is an unusual circumstance. This is the sort of peculiar circumstance expected to happen when the borders were opened wide by a corrupt Biden administration. In numerous circumstances, the Biden administration appears to have placed foreign interests ahead of American interests.
The Biden administration quashed a grant to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide rural broadband service. Perhaps the Trump administration will consider the case more closely.
About Dean Weingarten:
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
“The person shot was identified as Ramzan Daraev, a Chechnya national who had crossed the Southern border on December 16, 2022.” Is this another way of saying that Daraev is/was an illegal alien? If so, oh well… Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. “Daraev was employed by a subcontractor of Utilities One named Cable Warriors. Utilities One is based in New Jersey and is run by CEO Serghei Busmachiu. Serghei Busmachiu is an immigrant from Moldova.” So, IF Daraev was an illegal, was employed by Cable Warriors, Utilities One, and Serghei Busmachiu; do any of those entities face charges or… Read more »
Inquiring mind here, also wants to know. Thanks for the information.
Thank You, Oldman!
We have a system called E-Verify that has been around for a long time. Employers are required to use it to verify that the person applying for a job is legal to work in America. Employers are supposed to pull an I-9 form on every employee regardless of immigration or natural born status. Fines range from $500.00 to $2,500.00. Repeat offenders face fines of $500.00 daily per employee. Repeat offenders who are found noncompliant 3 times in a 24 month period cannot bid for government contracts for 24 months and can have their business license revoked. I-9 paperwork violations run… Read more »
E-verify is a joke.. it’s not a requirement. The following states do not mandate E-Verify for any employers: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, and Kentucky. E-Verify requirements vary by state, and some states only require public employers to use it. For example, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia only require public employers to use E-Verify. California is the only state that has restrictions on the use of E-Verify. California law prohibits state agencies and municipalities from requiring E-Verify use as a condition for a contract or to preserve a business license. E-Verify… Read more »
You didn’t read my entire post. Yes, the E-Verify system is impotent but it can be enhanced by presidential and or congressional action. The system is in place, make employers use it.
SF shoots an illegal alien spying on SFs home.
Those who ‘ crossed the Southern border…….’ are a de facto threat to national security and need to be addressed as such. The company hiring such people needs to be dealt with in the criminal courts.
thanks joe, you did this.
this is what happens with unsecured borders. this administration is throwing huge amounts of money for other countries to to secure their borders but leaves ours wide open to people like this and much worse.
thankfully the American people decided we needed something much better.
musk has given so much star link equipment to people ,and towns hurt by the hurricane that the government wont have a choice people have seen how well it works when nothing else does
Yep and the government doesn’t have a system like it and cannot control it and they don’t like not having control. They are even stopping the launching of rockets to put more in space. They keep messing around, he will pack it all up and move his space projects to another country that will want his money, jobs and don’t care what America says about when you can and cannot launch.
As it should be no charges filed investigate yes always necessary the truth is important. Illegals protected in blue states by those elected in volitation of federal laws should face federal charges of obstruction. If a American life is lost they should be held accountable as accessories in that criminal act Politicians and Leos alike who refuse to enforce illegal immigration the law. When governors mayors and the elected hide behind the frame work know as sanctuary state & city allowing felony’s to be committed do to there political point of view they need to be federally charged & held… Read more »
Dean
I agree with your reluctance to use the “woke” name for the installation, however Ft. Bragg is spelt Bragg, not Brag.
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I heard President Trump is going to fix that and change it back.
Just in: It is not Rubio. Matt Gaetz is nominated for secretary of state.
Correction: Matt Gaetz for attorney general …Rubio for secretary of state.
Gaetz and Rubio should begin the firing as soon as they set down at their desk.
That is why we hired Trump. This time he is gonna get it ALL done!
Gaetz just messed up big time. He resigned effective immediately. Johnson says it will help speed up the process, but what if he doesn’t get approved? Now we are already down a sure seat and the bonus in the house is in retreat.
This is not a smart move right now, IMO.
Gaetz is from Florida’s 1st district at the west end of the panhandle. The seat should be easy to fill without upsetting the balance of power. I’ve no idea who the contenders would be or how it is done if Florida. If Governor DeSantis makes an appointment it should be alright.
I am under the understanding that in the house there must be a special election to fill the seat. How they pick those to specially elect, I do not know.
What if he’s not interested in his old seat? If DeSantis is onboard he could be gunning for Rubio’s seat.
LOL, love your handle, I guess the road runner finally won.
My thought exactly plus I don’t think he would give up his seat without a guarantee that he is in.
If what I heard was true, by resigning his office now, Gaetz stops the House report on his supposed child sex trafficking allegations from coming out tomorrow. Trump may have done a huge favor to Gaetz by giving him an out. As noted elsewhere he is unlikely to be confirmed, possibly a bone to the Ds but that is a dangerous precedent that could make other nominations easier to fail.
Humm. Food for thought.
Not necessarily. Trump has used and has said he will continue to use the Recess Appointment procedure. If Gaetz gets turned back, as soon as congress leaves for one of their numerous vacations, Trump will insert Graetz via the Recess Appointment.
I ;have never heard of that and nobody in the fox realm has said anything about that. I think that is a great idea anyways.
I had a thought late last night as I was watching newsmax. Trump might have figured out that Gaetz was unconfirmable so he is offering a token victory to the dims, therebye giving them a bone to chew on and having something else up his sleeve…….I think Trump is sneaky smart……….
He is sneaky smart and I don’t think that anyone gets that rich just by being lucky. He learned his lesson the first time and said he will not make the same mistakes again. He is going to be a busy man for at least the first three months dumping garbage from ObiDUMB and turning things around.
I think it might be a little longer than that. The Dims are ramping up again, to be a total pain in his ass, and ours.
I know. This blocking and manipulating is what stalemates our process. Too bad that it has become such a chess game and that people can’t play with a set of standards that it was written under by our religious fathers.
It’s a republic if you can keep it comes to mind more and more every day especially when the dems started talking about destroying our democracy. What a crock!!
You got it.