About guns...

[Friday13]

10 and 15 year-olds this time...

SWAT teams went door-to-door in a small coastal Georgia city Friday looking for suspects after a baby was killed and his mom shot a day earlier.

The mother, Sherry West, told FOX affiliate WAWS-TV that two boys – described at 10 and 15 years old – came up to her and her 13-month-old son Antonio while she was pushing him in his stroller Thursday morning.

"He (the older boy) said, 'I'm gonna kill you if you don't give me your money,' and I said, 'I swear I don't have any,'" she told WAWS-TV of the encounter.

She said they wouldn't accept no for an answer. The older boy then pointed a handgun at her, according to her account to WAWS-TV.


"He says, 'Well, I'm gonna kill your baby,'" she told WAWS-TV, crying. "I put my arms over my baby and he shoves me. And then he shot my baby right in the head."

West was shot in the leg, according to local reports. Brunswick police spokesman Todd Rhodes confirmed she received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound from a handgun during the encounter.

West was the only eyewitness to the crime, Rhodes said. Residents in the area reported hearing gunshots, but didn't see anything, he said.

"We're not leaving any stone unturned," he said.

13 mo killed...in stroller

 

[trapdoor]

How is that "about guns?"

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

How is that "about guns?"

I was thinking the same thing maybe "about Parents" or about "lack of parents"

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Seems to me more about shitty parents than guns.

 

[JuliefromOhio]

commenters to the report express skepticism....calling to mind the "Susan Smith" story.

we'll have to wait and see.

 

[connieb]

Interesting point. It does seem strange they would kill a baby but leave a live witness who can id them later. To me if you have no qualms about shooting a baby - then why have any about shooting the adult?

 

[trapdoor]

Yeah, and whatever we find out, it won't be "about guns." I own a library of books about guns -- nothing like this appears in them.

 

[Saladin2]

Shitty parent plus easy access to guns (Thank you NRA) makes these kind of atrocities possible....Sick stuff

 

[trapdoor]

I'm curious, Saladin, as to how you want the gun laws in the U.S. to look.

 

[Saladin2]

Gun Laws?...Right now they are a joke...Even young kids have easy access....Maybe at least make an attempt at stopping that...

 

[marvin martian]

I'm curious, Saladin, as to how you want the gun laws in the U.S. to look.

The same way all the anti-Bill of Rights crowd want them to look:

 

[Saladin2]

Wow...Talk about paranoid...What is that like 100 year ago?.....LOL

 

[marvin martian]

Wow...Talk about paranoid...What is that like 100 year ago?.....LOL

You have the perfect lefty comprehension of history. You must be proud...

 

[OldGaffer]

We can all do Hitler photos

 

[Friday13]

It got your attention...

 

[Friday13]

One witness? Could be anything. Thanx, Julie.

 

[fairsheet]

This top post is a good springboard for another Criiminal Justice lecture (hey you, wake up!)

This story helps explain why our criminal justice system is kinda upside down. We know that the average (non-white collar) criminal is a male somewhere between 17 and 28 years of age. As the criminal advances in his career and hones his craft, he not only learns how to get the dough without employing violence, but he learns that getting the dough sans violence, is much preferred.

So...the 17-year old is much more likely to employ violence than the 28-year old. But, when we catch the 17-year old, we deal with him relatively lightly - his being a 1st offender and all. But, when we catch the 28-year old, we thump our chests with pride as we lock him away for decades, per our 3-strikes laws. What a waste though...since the 28-year old was just about to retire from his criminal career.

 

[wookie-leeks]

It was not a 10 year old and a 15 year old. I heard it was a 14 year old and a 17 year old that is now being charged as an adult.

His picture and name has been released. His first name is De-Marquis.

Take a wild guess as to his physical description?

 

[fairsheet]

It was not a 10 year old and a 15 year old. I heard it was a 14 year old and a 17 year old that is now being charged as an adult.

His picture and name has been released. His first name is De-Marquis.

Take a wild guess as to his physical description?

Take a wild guess at to what American adult who gives a rat's ass about his American society separate from his desperation to earn a "Team Fox/GOP" male cheerleader's sweater, cares about the physical description?

 

[wookie-leeks]

Take a wild guess at to what American adult who gives a rat's ass about his American society separate from his desperation to earn a "Team Fox/GOP" male cheerleader's sweater, cares about the physical description?

I'll give ya a hint, he was black. I'm curious to know what color the "minor" was. Ya know, the NRA should sign the pricks up and make them the poster boys.

Excuse me, they wouldn't have him, but the New Black Panther Party probably would sign em up.