Boy shot after man returns paintball fire with real gunfire

abcnews.go.com ^ | 1 June, 2021 | Staff

[marktwain]

MIAMI -- Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said.

Michael Williams, 26, told Opa-locka police his son begged him to drive by a home where young people were gathered Sunday night so he could fire his paintball out the window, according to a police report released Tuesday.

Williams drove by the home as his son fired off several rounds, police said. The homeowner confused the paintball for real gunfire, telling police he thought his family was being attacked. He fired one shot, which struck the child. The boy then lost his balance and was run over by his father's vehicle, police said.

[marktwain]

Shoot at a persons house, they are justified in shooting back.

[Vaquero]

Florida Man. The father that is

[BitWielder1]

Play stupid games...

[Sans-Culotte]

Thinking his home was under attack, a Florida homeowner shot and wounded a 10-year-old whose father had driven him to participate in a drive-by shooting with a paintball gun, police said.

Is the dad a gang member? Who does that?

[stanne]

One wonders what the real story is here. Because this isn’t it.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

There must be more to this story.

[KevinB]

According to a police report, Williams “acted recklessly by agreeing to conduct a drive-by paint ball shooting,”

Ya think?

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

On a side note, Opa-locka ain’t a nice area. It’s nickname is, “Locka-you-doora.” For real.

[Magnum44]

Yes, but this is certainly a netflix movie worthy version of the story.

[marktwain]

Is the dad a gang member? Who does that?

That makes perfect sense. A gang member giving his son a leg up.

[SheepWhisperer]

...Opa-locka...

‘nuff said

[eastforker]

26 year old with a ten year old son.

[a fool in paradise]

>>Michael Williams, 26, told Opa-locka police his son begged him to drive by a home where young people were gathered Sunday night so he could fire his paintball out the window,

"But, PAWWWW! I just gotta."

[Truth29]

Agree, and the father must have been 16 when he had this child if the numbers are correct. Also, since fathers are rarely around, what was really going on here?

[Sans-Culotte]

That makes perfect sense. A gang member giving his son a leg up.

"You lucky, son. When I was your age, we had to use real guns for our drive-by training".

[Joe 6-pack]

"Michael Williams, 26, told Opa-locka police his son begged him to drive by a home where young people were gathered Sunday night so he could fire his paintball out the window..."

The inability of a parent to tell a child, "No," will almost always damage the child in one way or another. In this incident the damage was more rapid, complete and final than most, but the principle still stands.

[Responsibility2nd]

This Hass to be the most poorly written article I’ve read in months. Did the father really drive his son over to participate in a drive-by shooting?

Seriously?

[ridesthemiles]

How detailed must our laws be???

[ridesthemiles]

THAT answers everything.

[Responsibility2nd]

“Never bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight.”