“A Prairie Creek resident shot and killed a neighbor who had kicked in his door Tuesday evening and tried to assault him, police said. Johnny Hawthorne shot Mekin Kantaphone with a handgun once in the head in self-defense inside Hawthorne’s home …. Kantaphone, 34, sent threatening text and voice messages to Hawthorne, 25, earlier in the day, he said. ‘He was threatening to beat him and kill him,’ Sydoriak said. … On Tuesday evening, Kantaphone and his brother, Ole Kantaphone, drove to Hawthorne’s home at 8549 Wild Cherry Drive. Ole Kantaphone tried to stop his brother from going to the door, but he wouldn’t listen, Sydoriak said. ‘He tried to reason with him and stop him, but he couldn’t hold him back,’ Sydoriak said.” (07/11/08)