Sunday morning feel good stories
From Las Vegas, Nevada;
Las Vegas police suspect that the man shot to death Wednesday during a fistfight may have been killed in self-defense.
The man was identified Friday by the Clark County coroner’s office as 44-year-old Scott Anthony Hayse. He was fatally shot in the head on the 1200 block of Melville Drive, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Hayse was working on a car with a friend when the suspected shooter arrived. The men got into a fight for reasons that weren’t immediately clear, and Hayse was shot, police said.
The suspect has been identified and interviewed by Metropolitan Police Department homicide investigators, but was not in custody as of Friday.
“We have discovered evidence that the shooting may be self-defense,” homicide Lt. Ray Spencer told the Review-Journal.
In Fort Dodge, Iowa;
Fifty-one-year-old Richard Remme, of Fort Dodge, told police he was playing with his dog, Balew, on the couch and tossed the dog off his lap. He says when the pit bull-Labrador mix bounded back up, he must have disabled the safety on the gun in his belly band and stepped on the trigger.
The gun fired, striking one of Remme’s legs. He was treated at a hospital and released later that day.
Remme told The Messenger newspaper that Balew is a “big wuss” and lay down beside him and cried because he thought he had done something wrong.
Tim sends a link from Scottsdale, Arizona;
[Sgt. Ben] Hoster said the altercation began in the bathroom at the Third Avenue parking garage when the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Charles Lovin, stole the victim’s property and the two began to fight along Scottsdale Road.
Lovin dropped the stolen items in the median of the road and the victim tried to grab the items, Lovin then assaulted the victim again. That’s when Hoster said the victim produced a knife and stabbed Lovin in self-defense.
Lovin then chased the victim to Indian School Road where Scottsdale PD detained both men. Lovin was taken to a local hospital for treatment and has been arrested for attempted robbery, assault and disorderly conduct.
For your entertainment;
Category: Feel Good Stories
Wait……..what?
So is the LV shooting a homicide or self defense?
It was ruled a homicide though that ruling may be tenuous. Given that the shooter was not taken into custody, there may be extenuating circumstances.
Mr. Hayse was not immediately available for comment.
I think all shooting deaths are homicides, but this homicide is self defense.
That sounds right, short of suicde. Would a suicide also be a homicide?
Yes! Suicide is also homicide:
“Non-criminal homicides include killing in self-defense, a misadventure like a hunting accident or automobile wreck without a violation of law like reckless driving, or legal (government) execution. Suicide is a homicide, but in most cases there is no one to prosecute if the suicide is successful. Assisting or attempting suicide can be a crime.”
No..sometimes its “insecticide”!
My understanding is that homicide is not synonymous with murder. One is a subset of the other with homicide including a broad range of acts. This includes those which cause death but can be ruled justifiable. In the case in Las Vegas, the shooting victim might have started the fight with intent to do lethal harm to the shooter. The victim died, that makes it homicide, but there might be little evidence to support the idea that the shooter set out to kill the victim in the first place.
When you think about it, the circumstances are similar to what happened with the Trayvon Martin case in Florida a few years ago.
Is the dog getting therapy for accidentally shooting his owner?
Let me guess, Richard. In grade school, the dog also ate your homework, right?
Riiiight…
In the video, the perp is wearing the black shirt with 13 on the front and back. Could be a fanboy of MS-13 that thought he was safe approaching all those women and children to snatch something at gunpoint.
Here’s the news story link from Brazil followed by the translatation:
https://www.emaisgoias.com.br/na-porta-de-escola-da-filha-mae-pm-reage-a-assalto-e-mata-ladrao-em-suzano-sp/
A military police officer accompanied by her young daughter reacted to a robbery in front of a school in the Jardim dos Ipês neighborhood in Suzano on Saturday morning, killing the assailant. She, who was off duty, fired three times at the thief, who fell on the ground and then was disarmed. He was sent to the Holy House of the city, where he died.
The occurrence occurred around 8am. Mothers and small children waited to open the gates of the private school Ferreira Master, which would host a Mother’s Day party when they were approached by a boy with a .38 caliber revolver who announced the robbery.
While he was reviewing a school official, the officer pulled out his revolver and shot him in the chest and leg. The man then fell backwards into the street, releasing his pistol in sequence. The cop went to him in turn, turning him face down, surrendering him until the ransom arrived.
“It preserved the lives of children and mothers. That’s because if the thug discovered the profession of my wife, the outcome would be different, “explained Lieutenant André Alves.
The Emergency Mobile Assistance Service (Samu) even carried out the rescue of the suspect, who died in the hospital. The Civil Police said the dead man was identified as Elivelton Neves Moreira, 21.
I think I’m in love with that Pistol Packn’ Mama.
In Latin, Culpam peona premit comes… = Punishment follows close on crime.