Posted on 03/11/2023 8:28:49 PM PST by algore
A Minnesota father slaughtered a 77-year-old convicted sex offender using a moose antler and shovel after he accused the victim of stalking his young daughter.
Levi Axtell, 27, walked into at the sheriff's office covered in blood and with his head in his hands as he admitted killing Lawrence Scully - who was jailed for molesting a six-year-old girl in 1979.
Axtell, from Cook County, Minnesota, had long been suspicious of Scully parking his vehicle at locations where children were present.
In 2018 Axtell filed an order of protection against the elderly man which was initially granted but later dropped.
Court records also show Scully was committed to a mental institution in 2020 but was later released and prescribed anti-psychotic drugs
A criminal complaint filed on Friday said Axtell repeatedly struck Scully with a shovel in his own apartment before 'finishing him off' with a large moose antler. At some point he is also believed to have smashed Scully's vehicle.
A criminal complaint states Axtell entered Scully's home at around 4.45pm and struck him 15-20 times with a shovel he had found on the victim's deck.
Axtell told officers he finished the job with a large moose antler, according to the complaint.
'Defendant said he had known (Scully) for a long time, and believed him to have sexually offended against children in the past,' it states.
'Defendant said he had observed (Scully) parked in his vehicle at locations where children were present and believed he would re-offend.'
A Cook County sheriff's deputy entered the property around 5pm on Wednesday and found Scully with 'major head trauma and surrounded by blood,' adding he was 'obviously dead.'
The father had walked into the police station covered in blood and with his head in his hands as he confessed to the killing.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Sadly, this guy will spend far more time in prison than the insect he exterminated.
Wow, I hope they don’t hang him out on a rack.
He’d be moosrabel.
I guess a jawbone from a donkey wasn’t available.
Only if a jury convicts him. Which they probably will.
Sadly, I’m betting that everyone in that courtroom that have children, has uttered something about killing anyone that harms one of their kids.
I’d be interested to listen to the story to see why it happened
That's because they don't understand that the Merkun Jesters system is run by their enemies.
Those enemies would NEVER have dealt with this problem: "In 2018 Axtell filed an order of protection against the elderly man which was initially granted but later dropped."
Those enemies are just as guilty as the pedostiff.
Jawbone of an ass, antler of a moose....
A “convicted sex offender” means nothing today. What did he actually do ? And 77 years old ? Per their definition Biden should also be a convicted sex offender, so why is he walking free ?
Lawrence Scully - who was jailed for molesting a six-year-old girl in 1979.
Justice is cervid.
You win the thread.
I figure I’ll get dragged for this, but yeah, the guy should be convicted of something.
So a guy who was convicted of abusing a minor over 40 years ago was acting skeevy- allegedly. I don’t think that justifies a fatal beating with a shovel and antlers. And it sounds like he went for the head- this wasn’t a “warning” or some such- he intended to kill him, and he did. It was a murder.
Our society is on thin ice indeed when a convicted child predator goes free, but also when someone feels free to commit a murder preemptively. If that’s the standard- “I thought he’d do something,” then let us apply it equally and enjoy the subsequent inner-city type cycle of violence. Apply that standard to politics and we’d have an instant civil war.
Please note I’m not defending or excusing the pedo: I strongly suspect his death is no loss to society. But neither is someone killing him ‘preemptively’ 4+ decades after his last proven crime a victory to be celebrated.
If Mr. Pedo had laid a hand on the guy’s kid I’d be cheerleading the dad along with everyone else. But he didn’t: he acted suspiciously, which is ultimately a matter of subjective perception, not objective fact.
I guess what I’m trying to say through my jet lag is I think one must cross a bold line to justify a killing, and toward this family the guy just hadn’t yet, and more importantly, may never have. Taking a life is itself crossing a bigger, bolder line and I just don’t see that the dad here made an outright justifiable choice.
I hope the dad has a good lawyer and gets a sympathetic jury. And I hope he gets off easy; I really do.
More than anything I hope the kids involved come out of it okay.
No winners here.
Out of all the blunt instrument choices, he happened to have a moose antler available?
Stickin’ a “moose nugget” in each nostril and ear would have been cool too!
I carry a spike buck antler snapped on my belt loop.
Stabby.
It’s a keychain.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
This right here is why I love you.
I vaguely remember this but can’t name him, could you help me out?
As coroner, I must aver
I thoroughly examined him
And he's not only merely dead
He's really, most sincerely dead!
Regards,
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