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[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 78 points 7 months ago

$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.

[-] KnitWit@lemmy.world 101 points 7 months ago

Dude fired seven times, and three hit the car. What a menace, should have been charged with attempted murder.

[-] loie@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

And unless he lives in the middle of nowhere... then yeah where did the other four end up?

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago

Outside the environment. /s

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Doesn't matter, shot gun.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
[-] EldritchFeminity 7 points 7 months ago

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%.

[-] Wilshire@lemmy.world 75 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't understand why he wasn't charged with attempted murder. This is a bullshit defense.

Babcock said he went outside and "began shooting at the truck" to "disable" it...

Yes, killing the driver would do that.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago

I don’t understand why he wasn’t charged with attempted murder.

Because...

Tennessee

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 7 months ago

He should be stripped of his weapons for his lack of discipline.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Not a requirement to own or use a gun, at the insistence of "responsible gun owners" who demand that responsibility remains 100% optional.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago

Not freedom from consequences. He nearly killed someone.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I’m saying he should be stripped of his freedom, not just his weapons.

[-] FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 3 points 7 months ago

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?

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

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.

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