Posted on 01/03/2023 11:13:23 AM PST by nickcarraway
It was Christmas Eve, and Trent Hill said he was feeling lonely, so he got on the dating app Grindr to look for comfort.
After connecting with a man named Ryan Shadrick, the two agreed to meet up at his house, but once Shadrick showed up, Hill began feeling uneasy because Shadrick looked nothing like his profile pic.
"He had me put my dogs up. I have 5 dogs, and two of them are big, and he was mainly concerned about the big ones."
Hill reluctantly did what he asked and let him inside.
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"He comes inside, and we do what the dating app was for, and then he was like, well, I need $200 to get my car out of impound," Hill added.
Feeling intimidated, Hill sent him the money on a cash app, but he says Shadrick continued to intimidate him.
"He had a bag, and I offered to put it up for him, and when I went to grab it, he just went whoosh. 'I asked him, do you have a gun in your bag? He just looked at me and got really quiet and said, what if I did?" Hill added.
Hill told police he was terrified to ask Shadrick to leave, but as time passed, he began to eat his food and go through all his belongings, all the while making threats. 'I was like, why are you going through all my doors, and he says I'm just looking for something to wear, man."
At one point, Hill says he sent a text to his friend begging her to call the police. Trent's surveillance cameras in the window captured the moment when officers from the Coweta Police Department arrived at the house.
"He had grabbed a knife about this big, and he had it like this while he was talking to me, and I go out to the police, and I said he has a knife, he's got a knife, he's got a knife," said Hill.
Police arrested Ryan Shadrick after they said he resisted arrest and assaulted one of their officers. Hill says he has learned a hard lesson about the dangers of dating apps.
Well what else was there for a boy from a small midwestern college to do in those days.
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You can’t even get though the 2nd sentence without realizing what we are talking about here. I am sure that has nothing to do with this.../sarc
“Dating” apps are not about dating. They are about sex. They do not cure loneliness. They are quick hookup apps.
So what did he expect?
Play STOOPID games… win psycho prizes!
This is basic common sense..
One of my schoolmates was murdered during a gay hookup 50 years ago, long before the internet even existed. It has always been a dangerous game, because it’s only about instrumental gratification, not about courting and getting to know someone before ever letting them into your private space.
Every step of what is described is yelling out a warning to him and he can’t see any of it.
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