Police: Homeowner Shoots Intruder To Death In East Islip

April 13, 2011 12:30 PM

Police investigate a shooting following an alleged home invasion in East Islip on April 13, 2011 (credit: Video Still/CBS 2)

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Updated 4/14/2011 10:27 a.m.

EAST ISLIP, NY (WCBS 880) - A home invasion on Long Island turned deadly for one of the suspects early Wendesday morning.

WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall: Neighbors Shocked By The Outbreak Of Violence

Police told WCBS 880 reporter Sophia Hall that a gunman and two other suspects forced their way inside a two-story, yellow-colored home on Adams Street in East Islip around 2 a.m.

Once inside the home, the suspect armed with a .22 caliber rifle shot the family’s pit bull. A man who lives in the home, grabbed a shotgun and returned fire, police said.

Philipe Robinette (credit: Suffolk County Police Department)

One suspect, identified by police as Fred Flock, 27, of Coram, died on the back porch. Another suspect was wounded and hospitalized, police said. A third suspect, identified as Philipe Robinette, 27, of Aquebogue, fled the scene but was later caught by authorities.

Robinette has been charged with burglary.

Residents expressed shock after the violent early morning incident.

“We never have any problems. Nothing ever happens in this neighborhood,” one person said.

“If you have to protect yourself, you have protect yourself. [If] someone breaks into my house, I would probably do the same thing,” another neighbor said.

The dog is expected to survive. The man and two women who live in the home were not injured.

Police: Homeowner Shoots Intruder To Death In East Islip

Y.A. Tittle

Remember this incident when our illustirious leader in the white house want’s to remove the 2nd ammendment from the constitution.
James Bond

A few more lowlife crooks and murderers die of lead poisoning. Always a good thing no?

Self reliant

It’s better to give than to receive

FedUp

I’m not for turing this country into the wild wild west, but I have to say that this incident serves as a great argument for stepping back current gun control laws (which only restrict the average person – not the criminals).

How about tightening up laws governing those who get caught using a gun in a crime, and loosening laws for ownership (and carrying) of guns for those not committing a crime.

Besides, isn’t there something called the 2nd Amendment?

Just my two cents…

Self Relient

Actually, if you check the gun death stats in the territories during the “wild west” days, they weren’t so wild as Hollywood made them. Remember ” An armed society is a polite society”

AL

Hopefullly this Moron Bloomberg and other liveral trash in NY is reading this news. One less scambag in this world!! I can feel the air much fresher already.
ASdigital13

Good for the homeowner! and good riddance to the POS that died on the porch, i hope the same can be said of the POS that is hospitalized. Great outcome all around. I love seeing a honest citizen showing the public the practical application of the 2nd Ammendment.
Craig Morgan

trhis why the associated press thru the freedom of information act wanted the list of all gun owners in chicago so they could let all criminals which house to avoid. good for the homeowner hopefully these crooks wont survive.

Greg

You’re forgetting that the NY State Police already listed the names and addresses of all NYS pistol permit holders and gave them to a dirtbag California group. This was all published about a year ago.

Brooklyn Gemini

The intruder shot first. The owner could have been killed too. He was protecting his own life. He had a reasonable reason to believe his life was in danger. And if you didn’t know, you can go to jail for killing a dog too. You kill a police dog, they charge you with murder.

M Shields

couldn’t have said it better!

Brooklyn Gemini

The intruder shot first. The owner could have been killed too. He was protecting his own life. He had a reasonable reason to believe his life was in danger. And if you didn’t know, you can go to jail for killing a dog too. You kill a police dog, they charge you with murder.
Mayhem

do you have you FOID card?
I.M. Packin

I won’t lie……..my only concern when I read this was weather the dog survived.

Brooklyn Gemini

Would be a shame if it didn’t.

Josie

Very good. This will teach all those useless crooks out there, that they can get killed too!!!. If the guys had lived, the victim would have been the criminal (in other words), because some lawyer will say the poor guy (the real criminal) thought that was his house.. anything to let him go.. and harass honest citizens….. WOW – good job!!!
M Shields

I live two blocks frow there. Nice quiet neighborhhod. Intruders got what they deserved!
David Flores

hahahaha nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
joe

gun control!!!

Home owner should call 911, and warn the intruder before shooting them..

the man shot a dog.. and he get death penalty… what is justice in that???

David Flores

are you nuts? call 911 and what if the robbers shoot first? you make no sense

Paul Kohloff

our a jerk
Paul Kohloff

your a jerk

Vince

Go for it, joe. If your life and the life of your family mean so little to you, don’t ever buy a gun. Go ahead and rely on 911 for the cops to be there in 30 seconds.
Jersey Boy

I think you mean ‘the victim of an armed assault’ instead of the ‘homeowner’ and the ‘armed man in the commission of felony’ instead of ‘the man’.
louis beck

This guy just boosted the security of everyone in his neighborhood. Now every thief thinks twice before entering a house, carrying a gun, using it, and showing obvious intent to harm any one who gets in their way. This Homeowner is a hero for his whole town, if not all of America
AngyrMan

Says the career criminal
Dimitrios Voskopoulos

Joe are you serious?, why stop there? why not allow the intruder to SHOOT first and if you’re alive, THEN call 911………..what an idiot.
Ham Hands

Don’t be so upset with Joe, he is obviously of very low intelligence. These homeowners exercised their Constitutional rights. Glad they had the composure to act so swiftly. Good for them.
Lew

Yeah… Mr. Robber sir, Please put your gun away and leave my house… get real!! The guy should have thought twice about breaking into someone’s house. The homeowner did what they felt they had to do in order to protect themselves and their family.

Ioannis Hatzioanou

Kirio Voskopoulos

Better to be jadge by 6 then to be carry by the 12.

GAMISTE STOUS OLOUS MALAKES!

” ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ‘

Theo

are you serious??? when somebody breaks into your home, possibly to RAPE & kill your daughters or wife, obviously has a gun because he shot your dog why don’t you take the time to call 911 and warn them before you shoot. I’m sure they’ll give you the same respect and warn you before they pull the trigger.
Chris

Joe, grammar is not your strong point. Your lack of a grammatically correct response makes you appear even more ignorant.
Mike

Sorry Joe, but the homeowner should have done nothing more and nothing less than exactly what they did.

Even in NY, which has weak Castle Law, the law is pretty clear: No duty to retreat if one is in their own dwelling and is not the initial aggressor.
hammer

yea right these guys come into a home to rob possibly shoot owner n you say call police 1st if he were a little better shot should have killed all three go homeowner id do the same
Self Relient

Yes gun control, don’t miss the target!
Self Relient

Yes, gun controll…don’t miss the target.

Albert

To Bad all three LOW LIFE couldn’t get shot in the head to save the tax payers money from having a trial at our expense.

Theo

I agree with Albert!

Paul Kohloff

nice shooting,this is another good reason for law abiding citizens to be aloud to have guns.to bad the other ones got away while still breathing.
good job

Doesn’t mean the owners were dirty, they could probably be business owners targeted by the bad guys. Good riddance.
Steve

This is a homeowner who did what he had to do. Bravo!
Pi$$ed Off Long Islander

One less criminal in the world. Way to go.

I know a few more homes that if they try to rob, the perps will be breathing through their chest.
J. Gotti Jr.

Something is not right with this story! This was NOT a ramdom break-in. Sounds more mob or gang related, with ALL the parties involved hving guns and using them. Just wait- MORE TO COME. This is NOT as it appears!

Iceman

So what you’re saying is, you must be a criminal if you own a gun? That makes no sense, owning a gun does not make you a criminal, if it did there would be over 80 million gun owners who are, simultaneously, criminals. No, these men broke into a home, expecting to find it empty and make some “quick and easy” cash. Instead, they came up against an armed homeowner, who only fired AFTER the criminals had shot the dog. Think about that.
All for the 2nd amendment

Okay brain surgeon, get your facts before spewing garbage out of your mouth. You obviously are a moron. “with all parties having guns and using them”. The perps picked the wrong house and got what was coming to them. Our hero homeowner was a corrections officer who did what he had to to protect himself and the other occupants of his home. Not everything to do with firearms is mob or gang related. Go watch another mobster movie and keep your ignorance to yourself.

Chris

NYC should look at how LI does it regarding gun control. It’s crazy what a responsible, honest, citizen must go through to legally posses a firearm in NYC.
Omar

Good for her. The cops should have brought the third person back to her house so she could shoot him too. They will never try to rob her home again.
mw

love the second amendment
Billy

Too bad they didn’t get all three
michellefrommadison

Good for the homeowner. Gun control is being able to hit your target.