Phoebe Judge

Four people had broken into the warehouse the night before.

One of them, a 19-year-old, set off the shotgun and was killed.

His three companions ran away.

Police waited until the morning to go inside the building and retrieve the body because they were afraid of another booby trap going off.

The owner of a restaurant near Phil's warehouse told reporters that the victim had terrorized the area and that he was a skinhead with a visible tattoo that said, White Pride.

The restaurant owner said, If I would have faced a situation where I asked and asked and couldn't get help, I would have done the same thing to protect my property.

Business owners in the area started putting up signs saying their buildings were booby-trapped too.

One of them burned down because firefighters refused to enter it until they could determine that it was safe.

Phil pled guilty to manslaughter.

He was fined $2,500, placed on probation for six years, and ordered to pay $7,000 to the family of the victim.

Did you ever see the family of the person who was killed?

You never heard from them?

What would you say to them if you could talk to them?

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Katie Bishop is our supervising producer.

Our producers are Susanna Robertson, Jackie Sajico, Lily Clark, Lena Sillison, and Megan Kinane.

This episode was originally mixed by Rob Byers.

Our show is mixed and engineered by Veronica Simonetti.

Special thanks to Matt Spohr.