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Maja
11-03-2008, 07:01 PM
This happened on Halloween night and I still haven't been able to stop thinking about it:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/01/halloween.slaying.ap/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

"An ex-convict who said he thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday...
The family attended a Halloween celebration in downtown Sumter, 45 miles east of Columbia, then stopped at Patrick's house because the porch light was on, police said. Another sibling was with them but wasn't hurt." The mother and baby were waiting in the car.

It's so upsetting. I can imagine being in the spirit of Halloween and stopping at a house--"Look, the lights on...let's go get some more candy..."

Kellie_MO5
11-03-2008, 07:07 PM
Why the hell does an ex con have the right to bare arms?!?!

My3sonsplus1
11-03-2008, 07:25 PM
WOW!!!! The whacked out paranoid weirdo should have checked the calender!!! I mean really!!! How sad :(

TaivensMama
11-03-2008, 07:44 PM
wow how sad

becky
11-03-2008, 07:52 PM
:mecry that is so sad

Colleen&Kail
11-03-2008, 08:24 PM
how sad.

how the hell do you accidentally shooot 30 rounds into someone?

if he was insdie the house why would he shoot?

My3sonsplus1
11-03-2008, 08:31 PM
how sad.

how the hell do you accidentally shooot 30 rounds into someone?

if he was insdie the house why would he shoot?

My personal vibe is he must have been whacked out on something and hallucinating/been clinically paranoid to empty that many shots in what I imagine was quick succession :(.

I can't even imagine though being that family and just stopping at "one more house",,, :( :(

Lorah
11-03-2008, 08:38 PM
wow...this is so sad!