Christopher Bergan, 37, arrived at the home of Richard Dennis, 61, on Tuesday evening and began banging on his front door.Dennis, unsure who was outside, ran the person off, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson said in a press conference. But, just a few hours later at 11:30 p.m., the banging started again -- this time at the back door, Johnson said. Dennis turned on the back door light and stepped out.
That's when 37-year-old son-in-law Bergan, fresh off a flight from his native Norway, jumped out of the shadows, scaring Dennis. He fired a shot, striking Bergan in the heart and killing him instantly, Johnson said. Read More"Investigation has revealed that this was totally accidental," Johnson said."It was a really sad occurrence." No charges are warranted in this case, Johnson said.
🤯😂
Sad
Florida, had to be.
He left Norway and went straight to his death. Bummer.
Shoot first, ask questions later.
Good thing it wasn’t Mississippi. Murdering noncitizens is apparently okay there.
No more surprise birthday parties or surprise visits to family ...not in trigger happy USA ..
The police should investigate whether the daughter just took out any large insurance policies on her husband.
Everyone get a gun they said. We'll all be much safer they said. So very sad
Something is not right here. Who travels across the world to surprise someone. Knocks on door...leaves for HOURS, then comes back to repeat the same trick at the back door?
father-in-law is s murder because history doesn’t make sense. what’s the dead man’s relationship with his wife before he’s shot?
Florida. Those people aren't right in the head
That's America for you.
Clearly Father-in-law should never had a gun.
“ there’s just ‘Norway’ anybody could imagine this happening.” Too soon?
Fuck sake🤦♂️ get a grip America. The whole shoot first culture is caused by out of control gun ownership. No messing about, a massive gun amnesty is required with severe penalties for non compliance and extremely strict tests to see if you are a fit and proper person to own a gun.
Not Florida again!!!
lmao
Taking the prank a little far by this story
He ran him off coz he has a gun. If he didn't have a gun they could've just locked themselves in and call for the police. Would've been funnier results. smh gun nuts
OMG he forgot that Americans got guns...🤦🏾♂️
He just answered the door with a gun?
just another reason why legal gun ownership for public citizens is a bad thing if he would ran at him with a knife he would recognise him before its too late
Hmmm? Huh? WTF He wasn't familiar with Florida. You know, feel 'scared', just shoot first and you'll feel better later. A good guy with a gun.
Definitely a bad idea to startle someone like that especially when holding a gun
I’ve read this headline several times today and it makes me sad every time
Americans be like....😂😂🤣🤣
On a positive note, he was DEFINITELY surprised.
Was it on of those “stand your ground situations”?
Will dad's defense be stand your ground?
the USA is a shitty country
Tuesday evening began banging on his front door. Unsure who was outside, ran the person off But, just a few hours later at 11:30 p.m. the banging started again -this time at the back door, Dennis turned on the back door light and stepped out. That's when son-in-law jumped out
So sad.
Well he certainly surprised him.
Have gun will kill. Tragically stupid man.
Guess he should have stopped to buy himself a gun first, huh, NRA? Maybe brought a teacher with him.
I remember a time when if someone scared you, at worse you threw a punch. Now people draw guns.
Rule number one. NEVER STARTLE AN AMERICAN !!!!
may_orlarabari Don’t sneak up on people who are paranoid
I feel like one would have an inkling if your FIL was the type to meet a strange knock at the door at night with a loaded gun. 🤔
Do this in any other European country and this would have had a very different ending... Yes he was stupid, yes it was and accident..... no he would not be dead in another European country...
So he was definitely surprised
We need more guns! Then the son-in-law could have shot back. 🙄
may_orlarabari So Dude travelled from Norway just to get killed by the Person he went to Surprise.. And to think he would have been planning this trip for a while, no knowing he was actually planning to get killed
Shit crazy! 😕
This is America
'Yeah I accidentally shot my son-in-law, sorry'
Do they not have home invasions or robberies in Norway? What the hell was this guy thinking? If someone comes banging on my door and runs away, then bangs on my backdoor at 11:30pm, I'm answering the door armed too. His stupidity put his father in a terrible position. Very sad.
That's so sad!
Thanks, NRA.
😣😣😣 unimaginable situation. So often the prank goes wrong. This one is sad & rare incident.
This happens only in USA 🤦♂️
I don't like to 'both sides' things, but in this case it is appropriate.
Now that is tragedy , probably shouldn't have done that here.
Father-in-law knew who he was shooting.
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Guns guns guns yay guns
That is so heartbreaking
Where?
🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸
GoodGuyWithAGun?
Man the father in law must be quick on the draw. I mean he was able to pull his gun and unload without realizing it was his son in law
BTRTSR 🙄😳😳
The framers absolutely had this type of son-n-law regulation in mind when they crafted 2A.
FLORIDA... Nuff said.
you have to READ this. It makes ZERO sense. A guy flew all the way from Norway , knocked on the door, got yelled at. so he hid in the bushes for HOURS. Then knocked again and was killed? This was his family. This is utter Bullshit!!!
And why? Because it’s too easy for unqualified people to posses guns. Police screw up and they train all the time, so the likelihood of a regular joe screwing up is way too high. Florida you have a lot to offer, but I will spend my money vacationing somewhere safer.
Wait in the time he pull the gun, remove the safety, aim for the heart.......he didn't recognize him?
Thank god and the great ol’ USA for guns! Imagine how this would have been for the family if they’d been stabbed or bashed to death?!? Pray for America! KAG!
only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad son-in-law
Hope he doesn't startle him after he's dead.....that would be fun though lmao
Hahahahahahahahahaha....i am sorry but this is insanely funny, like a joke that was written by seth macfarlane
Wonder if it was the wife's idea to pop up and surprise her dad..... easy way to get some accidental death insurance pay outs.
Just another ordinary day in America...... Next...
Yup. Tell me guns are not the problem.
Yeah to newest floridaman
LindsieChrisley KailLowry everything happens in Florida 🙈
I wonder if his son in law would be alive if the idiot didn’t carry a gun 🙄
Florida-man strikes again
Father in law will need our prayers & counseling I'm sure. It's hard to kill criminals to in line of duty.
Everybody has a gun.
Imagine having to live with that.
This. Is. All. Levels. Of. Sad
I bet the father must feel awful now, lol
Moral of the story Never scare in -laws
Dumbasses and their guns.
That's just so shitty for all involved, but this is America not Norway.
It was 11:30 at night, not lunchtime. Don’t knock on anyone’s door after dark unless there is an actual emergency.
Details of the story don’t make sense.
skiwo Security conscious gone wrong
*florida man kills son in law
SMH
Don’t come to the US. The American dream died completely when Trump starting selling cheap knock-off dreams to the gullible old folks in Florida. However, we do have many guns we can sell you or “another brick for your wall”. DreamBig Norway
It all stems from guns in America. Can't you live your lives without guns like many other countries do? I don't get it
Oh damn what a birthday to have to remember this day of celebration as the day you accidentally took your own childs life. 😡😢
Too bad some good guy with a gun did not then shoot the father-in-law. Two deaths would have been almost as good as zero deaths (according to ammosexuals)
Only in America!
This is what happens when everyone carries guns. What a tragedy. So very sad for all involved.
That's tragic. Absolutely sad.
Tragic and enraging
Norway man x Florida man crossover!
In believable
ENJOY YOUR guns..keep on shooting Keep on dancing 💃
Um he killed someone, he needs to serve time in prison.
What in the world! Seem everyone’s on pins n needles these days WeNeedaReset
They have them so afraid and paranoid they carry guns all the time. And if they are startled or frightened they shoot before thinking. This is sad but expected. That gun did what it was designed to do. It KILLED! 😞
What a loss...
TRAVEL WARNING: USA - high risk of being randomly shot
PosterBoyHec This is horrible and tragic but if you beat on my back door and jump out of my bushes.........
Bwah haaaaaaa haaaaa
If the son-in-law also had a gun, it would have worked out just fine.
Well he wad in Florida. He should have known better.
2nd amendment is the best one
From Norway to no way to be alive with gun
Very sad
Something doesn’t add up, do Floridian father’s -in-law walk around with a loaded guns Just in case a son in-law shows up
When you have a gun, everyone become a suspect
Stand Your Ground Huh?
Let’s here it for guns!! Yay!!!
Shithole
Holy Shit...
so sad again, i wounder if the father in law was arrested booked and then released? having to be erased from the system. yet police rarely get put in the system when they should be arrested, booked and released for there crimes of many types so unequal is are law and growing 2025
Aah... BOO..... Stand Ur Ground
American murder thanks to the NRA
Oh no. That is so awful.
Personal responsibility. He should be charged.
Florida is the last place on earth to stage a surprise like this. Very unfortunate. Very sad.
Thoughts and prayers, here we go again. No charges are warranted in this case, Johnson said. 'Anybody who's religious out there, you need to pray for this family, because I can't imagine what they're going through,' he said.
Accidentally. The father in law. Killed
SorcererLance christmas is gonna get awkward.
Good guy with a gun, who needs bad guys?
There it is. A gun in absolutely the wrong hands. He's not mentally ill. He's a scared older man who carries and wade ya know? What a stupid waste.
Rules for USA: Don’t surprise gun owners because they will kill you. SMDH
I don’t understand! Do some people just sit around with their guns loaded and ready to shoot as if they were living in a war zone 🤔 (I’m assuming he shot him)
Kinda makes you wonder about everyone having a gun
Is the bush alright?
Oh my God America you really really have got problems. Stories like this and having a leader like Trump. The pity, the pity.
Natural selection at its best. Gawd bless Murica.
Hey Europeans, everyone in America is concerned about getting shot or murdered so dont jump out of bushes at us
😢😢😢so wished he would have re thought that.
Paranoia + Guns = Murika
was a good trick, but he could only do it once
Another victim of owning arms, this time very tragic.
That’s an “oh shit” moment.
And this is why Norwegians will not migrate to America. How tragically ironic.
America the murderful
This is the most America, and especially the most Florida story ever. So sad.
I guess the father-in-law wouldn’t have felt safe w a flashlight & a baseball bat...
Sad, but Florida gun laws need to change, clearly.
Tragic. It's not my country but if it were I'd be calling for a lot more gun control and training on how to properly deal with suspected intruders.
This person answered the door planning on killing someone, he just killed the wrong person. A murderer regardless.
I hope he kept his gift receipt
Why of all places, he came to a country of mad killing guns
Is Florida the new Alabama?
WTF Sad and tragic yes. But also stupid beyond belief that everyone has a gun.
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So the lesson here is don’t do burglar stuff in dead of night if you don’t like being shot?
I feel sad for these gun loving people!
Only in Florida...
Play stupid games 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gun happy USA - smdh.
Had to be Florida
Florida . What do you expect .
A sad story all around. Note to all people who know family members or friends are armed: be very careful when coming over to visit them at odd hours of the night.
Only in Florida
Only in America
Yet another tragic all American story.
SURPRISE!!! BANG!
And they acuse videogames to fuel this type of situations... STOP selling guns... Oh wait there's too much money at stake.
F... your guns.
Smh. Somebody should've warned him that right now Americans are armed and on edge.
priyamanntv OMG 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
No charges are warranted, however, this goes to show you that guns are not safe in all hands! Because if he didn't mean to kill, why shoot in the heart! 💁♀️🏽
This is too sad 😟
Okay now, who’s dead?
Ouch 🥴☹️☹️☹️😢
Lmmfao
So the good guy with a gun made a mistake? Imagine that
Everyone knows you don’t go to America and startle someone at their house 🤷♂️🇨🇦
Abolish guns!
Idiots and their guns...
What more can we say, USA,USA ! Guns for all !
Wait, he went to his FIL’s house & banged on his front door only to be chased off & then come back HOURS later & bang on the back door? Hours later? This makes no sense. surprisebang floridaman
This is sad, but the man did stand his ground.
Yet another example of why you shouldn’t have a gun
MakeMyDay StandYourGround — Gotta love Florida gun culture
LOL
What a horrible tragedy! That father in law has to live with that the rest of his life which is the worst punishment anyone can ever receive. 😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔
o god again ! this is america ,tyesterday amberteh police man ws convicted bcz she thouight,,,she thought somebody inherapartment while she was herself in wrong apartmentand shot dead bcs she had a gun and herself a police woman,,, hahah america ,fucing america
Something doesn't add up here... He began banging then was run off, then came back later and banged on the back door... wouldn't a phone call been in order maybe
Well I guess he did no have his blessing after all
What is it with the love of guns, have people never heard of a alarm system or a dog. Guns kill innocent people no matter if it is deliberate or accidental. Get over the bullshit that guns save lives, they don't. It is not the 1700, it is 2019, it is no longer the wild west.
OMG, how freaking sad. One of the saddest I have heard in a long time.
I’m sure the father-in-law feeling justified....that it’s his “god given right”. Also ...
I don’t believe it
Surprises some time aren't good😎
I guess he was scared to death
Our Country is insane. I am just so exhausted by all this nonsense.
So sad 😞
And this is why people shouldn't be allowed to buy guns. Also the main reason I no longer want to see America.
Why can’t I get passed understanding why a son in law would fly that far for a father in law?
The article I read said the murderer thought it was one of his neighbors. So he came to the door armed. Ready to shoot and kill. And he did. How can this be anything but a murder?
Guns are not the problem. Surprises are the problem.
😢
Guns don’t kill people...people kill people
So stupid...what was that guy thinking by banging on the door and jumping out of the bushes? Dumb
Everything goes in Florida!
Florida.
Wow.
It must suck to walk around in constant fear.
Shoot first, ask later ... Yeehaaw.
Too bad there wasn’t a good guy with a gun there
So sad ☹☹
That’s the strangest story I’ve read in a long time.
I think Florida men pose more of a threat to everyone than immigrants do. BUILD THAT WALL... around Florida.
Apparently jumping out of the bushes to scare the shit out of old people isn't frowned upon in Norway
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