Weapons for home protection? Expert explains proper steps before using deadly force

GOT THIS CALL BEFORE 6:15 THIS EVENING. THE CORONER DID NOT SAY HOW THE PERSON DIED. THANKS FOR WATCHING AT 11:00 11:00. AN OVERNIGHT ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IN GREENVILLE COUNTY CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A YOUNG WOMAN AT THE HANDS OF HER FATHER. Reporter: IT WAS A QUIET AFTERNOON ON YOUNG STREET IN WEST GREENVILLE AFTER A TRAGEDY OVERNIGHT. GREENVILLE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY ON SUNDAY MORNING AROUND 1:15 A.M. 23-YEAR-OLD HAD JUST GOTTEN HOME AND TRIED TO GO INSIDE. THE HOMEOWNER BELIEVED PRESLEY WAS AN INTRUDER. HE SHOT PRESLEY THROUGH THE DOOR ACCORDING TO DETECTIVES. THE INTRUDER WAS HIS DAUGHTER. THE MAN LOST HIS DAUGHTER. Reporter: A RETIRED TRAINING SERGEANT AND S.W.A.T. TEAM MEMBER FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. TURNED GENERAL MANAGER OF SHARP SHOOTERS CLUB AND GUN RANGE. THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. PART OF A COURSE THAT SHARP SHOOTERS. ONE THING THAT WE HIT HEAVY ON IS THAT YOU DON'T FIRE A HAND GUN AT ANY SOUND, SHAPE, MOVEMENT WHATEVER, UNTIL YOU'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT THAT POTENTIAL TARGET MAY BE. Reporter: IF YOU BELIEVE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO UNLAWFULLY ENTER INTO YOUR HOME THERE ARE STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGER. IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SOMEONE RATTLING THE DOOR. SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO KICK THAT DOOR OPEN. GOT A SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO BEAT IT OPEN. Reporter: NEXT AND PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DETERRENT FROM PREVENTING A TRAGEDY IS IDENTIFY THE THREAT. PUT A LIGHT ON. YOU KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. Reporter: IF YOU TAKE ALL THOSE STEPS AND REALIZE IT IS IN FACT AN INTRUDER WARN THE INTRUD INTRUDER THAT YOU ARE ARMED AND WILL SHOOT AND CALL 911. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS. YOU NEVER PULL THAT TRIGGER ON ANYTHING YOU HAVE NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. Reporter: STEPHANIE BOREMAN 7 NEWS. Anchor: POLICE IN GREENWOOD ARE HAVINGING A SHOOTING TONIGHT TONIGHT.

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