The invisible victim is in the middle of the empties.
Posted on 11/27/2006 1:53:04 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
A South Carolina Gamecocks fan fatally shot a friend over a $20 bet on a weekend football game, authorities said.
James Walter Quick watched the South Carolina-Clemson game Saturday at his friend's house in Lexington, S.C., about 100 miles south of Charlotte. The Gamecocks came from behind and won, 31-28.
Quick celebrated.
But his friend, Clemson fan Richard Allen Johnson, said the Tigers shouldn't have lost and refused to pay, authorities said. So Quick left the house and retrieved a high-powered rifle from his Chevrolet Corsica.
"He went back in and told Richard, `I want my money or I'm going to shoot you,' " said Lexington County Sheriff James Metts, adding that both had been drinking beer.
Metts said Johnson's wife and several friends told police that Johnson then said: "You can't shoot me, I'm invisible."
And Quick replied, "No you're not."
Johnson, 43, was shot once in the chest, and deputies charged Quick, 42, with murder and possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He was leaning against his Corsica, with arms crossed, when police arrived, Metts said.
The men had gone deer hunting together the morning of the shooting, police said, and they were dressed in camouflage as they watched the game with friends.
Quick and Johnson met a couple years ago after their wives became good friends and soon they were inviting each other for cookouts and to watch games, Quick's mother and sister told the Observer.
"It's always been football and NASCAR," said Quick's sister, Ann Marie Quick.
Quick didn't attend USC but always supported the team, said Quick's mother, who declined to give her name.
"You just hear so much commotion about the Gamecocks," she said. "It's state loyalty."
Quick usually watched games on TV but sometimes went to the stadium, she said. He also enjoyed playing football with his children, ages 14 and 7, she added. What happened is "totally out of his nature," Anne Marie Quick said.
His friend, Johnson, left behind children and a wife, Lynn, who didn't return calls for comment.
Johnson was a laid-back man known for teaching children how to do things, said his next-door neighbor Martha Johnson, who is not related.
"My nephew was with him every day," she said. "He always talked about how Rick showed him how to skin 'coons and deer."
Adam Branhan, 16, said he met Johnson at the beginning of the summer, when Johnson let him swim in his pond and hunt on his property.
"He cared about me," Branhan said. "He was there when I needed him."
Well, at least the Gamecocks won.
I think this thread needs a "Hold muh beer! alert. - tom
When I was a kid, in science class we learned that a human being was worth about $7.50. That was the value of the chemicals in one of us.
Looks like it's up to twenty bucks now. Must be inflation.
I took points off for the vehicle not being a pickup, but I put some back on for it being a car that was discontinued ten years ago.
Go Cocks!
But neither had "Wayne" for a middle name, so that blows that theory.
The invisible victim is in the middle of the empties.
Neither did Lee Harvey or John Wilkes, though.
You forgot to add South Carolina to your recipe.
Oh, dear. And here I thought nothing could top TX/Aggie rivalry.
John Wilkes Booth actually WENT BY three names. The reason criminals seem like they all have three names is because police reports give the full names, not because the guys actually go by all three.
Clearly over estimated the effectiveness of his camouflage suit
The wonders of alcohol.
I've never seen so many stereotypes jammed into a single newspaper account in my life. What a classic!
~ Blue Jays ~
*He was convicted, so his name is public record.
He is going to need it (and then some) for a lawyer.
Failure to activate your cloaking device will get you killed. That burned the Romulans a few times...8>)
God, I miss South Carolina.
}:-)4
Check out this thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744787/posts
specifically #33.
p.s. Had a nice one last night. 2 counts kidnaping 3 Viol. N.C.O and 2 burgs. All the same turd.
Note to the Capt. See what happens in F sector when we have enough for us to have a 2 man car. Didn't get to hit 'em though. Even though he needed it, it wasn't "necessary."
He needed killin'.
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