Posted on 11/06/2025 9:35:11 AM PST by V_TWIN
Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida, were called to a bar after a disagreement over chickens led to shots being fired and several arrests.
WPTV said it happened at about 2:48 a.m. on Nov. 4 in a bar’s parking lot after the business had closed for the night. “There was a conversation about how many, I kid you not, how many eggs a chicken can lay. And that conversation got a little heated, and as it went out into the parking lot, the conversation continued, and the shooter became agitated, became paranoid,” Sgt. Dominick Mesiti said.
Three of the four people involved knew each other and had, with the fourth person, been drinking together. Police said they were all drunk to varying degrees.
Police said once they went outside, the fourth man, Peter Riera, “became paranoid and agitated,” after smoking marijuana in the parking lot, and accused the three others, two men and a woman, of trying to “con” him, WPEC reported. But witnesses said the trio did not. At one point, police said Riera pulled out a gun and fired four shots at the three other people, WPTV reported. No one was hurt.
Riera is facing charges of attempted aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm in public and use of a firearm while under the influence, according to his arrest records.
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Florida man, liquor, weed, chickens .. what could possibly go wrong?
This is why America is the greatest nation on earth.
Good thing the argument wasn’t about the much more contentious issue of who came first the chicken or the egg.
I can only imagine the bloodshed from such a deep philosophical discussion.
Which came first? The chicken the egg or the shooting?
Having been a licensed gun owner in Florida, may I remind these guys that they are NOT supposed to bring their firearms into a bar.
Oh...it happened in the Parking Lot?
Over Theoretical Chickens?
Never Mind.
Someone got their feathers ruffled.
And Florida is more than likely the most dangerous state.
People really should think twice before going....much less moving there.
Bad Bad JUJU that place.
Does a double yolker count as two?
Them’s fighin’ words
A good White or Brown Leghorn will lay one egg per day for about 10 months per year.
“became paranoid and agitated,” after smoking marijuana in the parking lot”
See, that’s the problem with pot nowadays......too damned strong.
Glad I did my toking back in the 80s.....when it took smoking multiple doobies just to get a buzz. 😁
What it all boils down to is that the gunman’s thinking was a bit scrambled, and he thought his rights were being poached. But in the end, there ws a sunny side to the story since one got shot.
Good thing they weren’t arguing about woodchucks.
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I’m just glad ketchup on eggs didn’t come up......it coulda been a bloodbath.
Tried to pullet a coop d’etat now did he?
Well played my friend! 👍
Yea, when I was a kid, ketchup and pepper on eggs scrambled dry, the ideal dreakfast , after frosted flakes and cocoa puffs.
Bad timing about the Cowboys
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