The article is light on details but probably what happened is the thief had a gun, the owner confronted the thief, the owner shot first, and therefore, no foul. If that’s how it happened, it wasn’t an “execution”, but it was more like “when stupid meets stupid”.
Now the owner will be sued by the thief’s family and, if the owner is lacking in personal liability insurance, and if he has any assets more than just his truck, he’s going to lose them. In contrast, if the owner had just filed an insurance claim for the theft, he would have gotten a new truck. Even aside from being sued, the truck owner will now live with the psychological and social consequences of this forever. Everyone is going to remember this guy as “Bob, who shot and killed a guy who took his truck”.
