The House Where Byron David Smith Killed Two Teenage Intruders
The House Where Byron David Smith Killed Two Teenage Intruders. Byron David Smith, 64, shot to death Haile Kifer,18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, after they broke into his home on Thanksgiving Day, 2012. Smith’s home had already been burglarized several times over the past few months. Previously the thieves stole thousands of dollars in cash, his father POW in World War II watch, medals and ribbons Smith had earned in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, several firearms, and jewelry. He installed a security system and began carrying weapons on him, while he was at home to protect himself. On November 22, 2012, the security camera captured the teens casing the property prior to them breaking-in through an upstairs window. Smith sat in his basement with a loaded Ruger Mini-14 and a .22 caliber revolver. As each teen made their way down into the basement, he shot them on the stairs, once he saw their hips. After each tumbled to the bottom of the stairs; he then sh...