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$50k bond for almost killing the delivery driver. Bullet hole upper part of the driver door for assuming that the truck was being stolen.
Either he hates dominos or his wife cheated on him with a delivery driver.
Dude fired seven times, and three hit the car. What a menace, should have been charged with attempted murder.
And unless he lives in the middle of nowhere... then yeah where did the other four end up?
Outside the environment. /s
Doesn't matter, shot gun.
Bora-bora.
The worst part about that fact is that that's better accuracy than the average for cops. For the US army, it's about 50% accuracy under duress, and cops are about 30%.
I don't understand why he wasn't charged with attempted murder. This is a bullshit defense.
Yes, killing the driver would do that.
Because...
He should be stripped of his weapons for his lack of discipline.
Not a requirement to own or use a gun, at the insistence of "responsible gun owners" who demand that responsibility remains 100% optional.
~~weapons~~ freedom
Not freedom from consequences. He nearly killed someone.
I’m saying he should be stripped of his freedom, not just his weapons.
I'm not sure about the exact laws where the incident occurred, but in several other states that I know the law of, aggravated assault carries the exact same penalties as attempted murder. Because of the wording of the two laws, aggravated assault is much easier to prove. If you're a prosecutor, why would you not go with the easier to prove, exact same penalty crime?
I am not a lawyer, but I suspect you would need to prove the intent to kill to call it murder, and given plausible explanation it is nearly impossible, due to presumption of innocence.
It's not premeditated, but I wouldn't say it lacks intent. Aiming a gun in someone's direction and pulling the trigger is a very deliberate, intentional act.
As they are a gun owner and should understand the consequences, there's no way this person could make the claim that they didn't think shooting at someone might kill them.
Yes, shooting was intentional, but intent plausibly was not to kill. Thus, not a murder. Anyway, that's the only theory I have of why they did not charge him with attempted murder.
I just don't think that argument would fly in court, though. Even if the stated "intent" is not to kill, it's a reckless disregard of a reasonable risk of murder that the shooter is conscious of.
If I swing a punch at someone and hit them hard enough that they suffer a traumatic brain injury and die (like that could ever happen with these spaghetti arms), I would still culpable for that death as manslaughter because it was an intentional act that carries an inherent risk of harm.
If a cop ends up shooting a defenseless person in the torso, they shouldn't be allowed to say "I didn't mean to hit them, I was trying to shoot their belt off so their pants would fall and they couldn't run away." Likewise, if some kids are playing in the park and someone starts opening fire in their direction, you also can't just explain it away as "I thought there were snakes in the grass, I was trying to protect them." You bear the burden of responsibility for every bullet you shoot. Even if you miss every shot, that is still criminal negligence at best, attempted manslaughter or murder at worse.
You are absolutely right, it would be manslaughter, not murder. Murder requires intent.
I have to be honest, I was surprised the delivery driver wasn't black. This idiot was just ready to kill someone, anyone. He's probably been looking out his front window, gun in hand, at every little noise for months or years.
And even if the kid was trying to steal an empty car, this guy would still go to prison if he killed him because no one's life or health was in danger. Stealing a car is not a capital offense.