Wounded vet shot at welcome home party
Old Trooper sent us a link about 22-year-old Christopher Sullivan. an Army veteran of the Afghanistan War who has spent the last year recovering from an IED attack at Walter Reed. Home for the Christmas holiday, his family threw him a welcome home party.
When his brother got into an argument with Ruben Ray Jurado, 19, over football, Sullivan tried to prevent a fight after Jurado threw a punch. Jurado drew a gun and shot Sullivan twice in the back, what with him being a coward and all.
Two bullets struck Sullivan, one of them shattering his spine. Doctors have told family members that he will probably be paralyzed from the neck down.
Police are still looking for the little dipshit coward;
The police are asking anyone with information about the case to call Det. Michele Mahan at (909) 384-5619, Sgt. Gary Robertson at (909) 384-5663, or the main police department line at (909) 384-5742.
From News8000.com;
Sullivan and her family have been at her son’s bedside at a local hospital. A fellow soldier from Christopher Sullivan’s 101st Airborne Division brought the infantry’s flag to the hospital, Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.
“He loved his platoon, he loved his fellow soldiers,” she said as she began to sob. “He was so proud to serve our country.”
Tears rolled down Christopher Sullivan’s face when he saw the flag of the Screaming Eagles, the nicknamed for the division, his mother said.
“I asked Chris if he wanted to me to hang it on the wall or cover him in it,” Suzanne Sullivan said. “He nodded that he wanted me to cover him with it. Once I did that he started to cry, which made me start to cry. It’s been really hard on all of us.”
UPDATE: Kevin dropped a link in the comments that reports that Jurado turned himself in.
Category: Military issues
this is beyond tragic. Survive a war and get paralyzed by a fucktard, at the moment you should be happiest.
Surrendered to police.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Soldier-Shot-Party-San-Bernardino-136224973.html
Asshole goes to a party packing. Who carries a gun to a party? Asshole.
can we make him paralyzed?
This is beyond tragic…and sadly, we see too many cases where a Vet goes through a lifetime of shit in one tour, comes home and gets wounded or killed by some random act of fuckery.
Jurado, and fucktards like him, are why trees and rope were both invented.
Doc, my thoughts exactly … justice
News update, the coward turd POS turned himself in. I suspect he was afraid he was going to get a good ol’ asswhoppin’ if he tried running.
Ah, the 909…why does this not surprise me? And wait a second–guns are all but illegal in California! How is he carrying one CONCEALED, given the fact you’ve got a better chance of winning the Powerball than getting a CCW permit in most CA counties, San Bernardino included?
That being said, let’s hope the little fucktard actually does some time and not the “catch and release” policy so popular in CA of late.