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landscape worker shot ten times for blowing leaves towards man's car (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Mar 2024
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NBachers
(18,298 posts)1. Poor guy goes out to do his job and gets shot 10 times.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)5. The person arrested has been convicted four times for assault
How is he able to see sunlight? He should have still been in jail.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,761 posts)8. he definitely should have not had a gun
Demobrat
(10,012 posts)2. No point in owning a gun
if you never blow anybody away.
SunSeeker
(54,592 posts)3. Well he won't have to worry about lead blowers in jail!
Hope they never let that dangerous scumbag out!
yonder
(10,035 posts)4. Aggravated assault for shooting someone ten times?
Why not attempted murder? The gunman has a record which includes assault x 4. Something isn't adding up here.
k55f5r
(465 posts)6. Was the lef-blower of Mexican desent?
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yonder
(10,035 posts)7. If so and the critically injured victim dies, what's next, manslaughter?
carpetbagger
(5,113 posts)9. Sounds like murder.
First degree would be a stretch but still a possibility.
yonder
(10,035 posts)10. Yes, sorry, I was being sarcastic given that the gunman was charged with aggravated assault rather than attempted murder
I really should've placed the sarcasm thingy.
I hoping the victim pulls through.