Post date: Jan 30, 2013 2:15:53 PM
Next Media - Rodrigo Diaz was killed by a shot to the head when he and his friends followed the GPS function on their car to the wrong address in Lilburn, Georgia. The 22-year-old and his friends had planned on picking up another friend at her house before going ice skating together on Saturday night, but they mistakenly drove to the home of Phillip Sailorsinstead.
According to one of the passengers in the car, 15-year-old Yeson Jimenez, Sailors was seen peering out the window of his home when they drove up. When two members of the group approached the house, they said, Sailors came out from his home, only to immediately go back inside and return with a gun. Sailors then fired a warning shot into the air and shouted, “Shut up!” to the group, according to the passengers. When Diaz tried to turn the car around to leave, Sailors fired another shot at the vehicle, hitting Diaz in the head. Sailors held the other three members of the group at gunpoint until police officers arrived.Diaz was treated at the hospital for his head wound but later died in the intensive care unit.
Sailors says he was afraid of a home invasion and acted out of self defense. According to his attorney, Sailors is a military veteran who was honorably discharged and has no criminal history.
SOURCE: ABC News, Gawker, CNet
http://abcnews.go.com/US/gps-mistake-allegedly-leads-deadly-driveway-shooting/story?id=18346144
http://gawker.com/5979907/georgia-homeowner-suspected-of-killing-driver-who-followed-gps-to-wrong-address
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57566488-71/man-allegedly-follows-gps-directions-to-wrong-house-shot-dead/