Posted on 12/03/2006 7:54:15 AM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 14-year-old boy who was throwing eggs at cars along with two other teenagers was shot and killed by someone who had been in a sport-utility vehicle that was hit, police said.
Danny Crawford was killed by a gunshot wound to his upper body, Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis said. He died in an alley on the city's west side early Saturday, authorities said.
The teens were throwing eggs at cars when an SUV that was struck chased them, Detective Tim Huston said. The vehicle stopped and several gunshots were fired, he said.
Police were looking for the shooter, who fled in the SUV, Sgt. Dana Norman said. The SUV believed to be involved was found a short time later near where Crawford died.
The other teens were not hurt, police said.
~Sigh~ Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have known that. Been a long day and it's fixin' to be an even longer work week.
The object was an egg.
" Screw the law. He violated the equal Rights of another."
Obtuse. He was murdered by a vicious killer who violated his right to life, w/o justification.
"That was the initial act that lead to his death."
The death was a premeditated act of murder. Tossing the egg is irrelevant. Nothing justifies the murder. " The "spirit" of any law in the US was to be the equal protection of all of our rights."
Equal protection means the law applies to all, not that any rights violation justifies a vicious murder.
Actually, I'm sort of the opinion that when it's your time to go....it's your time to go! So if the kid had been home in bed, probably the house would have fallen on him or something like that. Maybe a bullet from a drive by in another area would have gone thru his bedroom window and killed him. One is as likely as the other. In his infinite wisdom, God chose to call him home that night. Just my .02.
You mean that this guy that has yet to be identifyed drove around looking for someone to throw an egg at his car so he could kill them? The longer this thread gets the stupider you get. This kid played russian roulette with society and hit on a live round.
Yeah right... It's more like you're just ignorant of what premeditated murder amounts to.
Re: The death was a premeditated act of murder.
" You mean that this guy that has yet to be identifyed drove around looking for someone to throw an egg at his car so he could kill them?"
All premeditation requires is a decision to kill. I read that the killer in this case fired sevral rounds, if not six. That means it was accidental. The killer decided to murder the kid.
"This kid played russian roulette with society and hit on a live round."
Society? What a joke! You think society is full of murderers? This thread seems to have attacked those sympathetic to murderous behavior in response to a childish prank.
Where did you get that?
This thread seems to have attacked those sympathetic to murderous behavior in response to a childish prank.
You continue to excuse this as anything but what it is. It is not a "prank". It is a criminal act. It is dangerous. It is an attack on another human being. This kid initiated a confrontation at random with another person.
I've seen hundreds of parents like you. You inflict your children on the rest of us and then blame society when it bites back at your prescious little troll.
The boy was murdered for throwing eggs.
"I've seen hundreds of parents like you. You inflict your children on the rest of us and then blame society when it bites back at your prescious little troll."
Blah, blah, blah... There's that word society again. Tossing eggs doesn't justify murder in any way, shape, or form. The substantial crime here is premeditated murder, not the childish prank.
I noticed you're accusing me here of negligent and criminal action. I resent your empty accusation and your excusing and attempting to white wash deliberate murder.
He was killed after attacking someone else.
The substantial crime here is premeditated murder, not the childish prank.
Again you refuse to acknowledge the intitating event, a crime, set forth the unfolded events. There are consenquences to our actions. This kid deliberately provoked an incident.
I resent your empty accusation and your excusing and attempting to white wash deliberate murder.
White wash? What the hell have you been doing for this delinquent on this thread? You absolutely refuse to acknowledge that the guy in the suv has the right to travel down the road without somebodys brat attacking them. What the hell is so hard for you to understand about that? If you are too stupid to understand that intentionally starting trouble with random people can have bad concenquences tough. You get what you get.
He was killed for throwing eggs at a car. He attacked no one.
" Again you refuse to acknowledge the intitating event, a crime, set forth the unfolded events."
The initiating event may have been a crime. The prank is by it's very nature simply a negligent act and it was done by a minor. The boy was throwing eggs, not bricks.
"You absolutely refuse to acknowledge that the guy in the suv has the right to travel down the road without somebodys brat attacking them."
He was not attacked. A boy threw and egg at his car and he murdered the boy for it. That's not allowed. He had the right to call the police, or hold the boy, but not murder him. Do you understand that? He had no right to murder the boy, or to use deadly force in any way.
Tell you what! I hate tough guys with guns that murder 14 y/o boys. I hate their supporters and apologists just as much. Got it?
You hate me. Got it.
Now try this on.
Leave people alone. Got it?
Teach your children to leave people alone. Got it?
Inserting your stupid self randomly into other peoples lives, destroying their personal property is a stupid thing to do. Got it?
You don't get to chose the reaction you create when you do these stupid things. Got it?
"You hate me. Got it.
Yep.
Goes nicely with your bible spoutings higher up the thread.
Thanks. I'm sure the murdered boy is with God now. I wonder if the murderer will ever repent?
What if the SUV driver was only 16?
Where are we getting six shots from? The posted article says "shots were fired" and that the kid died "from A gunshot wound to the chest".
It wouldn't have mattered if it was a paintball or a water ballon. Still don't get that do you? HE initiated events.
Obtuse. He was murdered by a vicious killer who violated his right to life, w/o justification.
The kid attacked someone. His victim retaliated. Sorry you don't approve of victims fighting back against their attackers.
The death was a premeditated act of murder. Tossing the egg is irrelevant.
Premeditated? The guy whose SUV got egged was planning on going out an shooting some kid that night? Tossing eggs was the initiating act and it wasn't the shooter who started things rolling. Wrap your head around the concept of "actions have consequences".
Equal protection means the law applies to all, not that any rights violation justifies a vicious murder.
Ah... so you do set up a sliding scale for your morality. Stealing $5 is a "lesser" crime than stealing $5 million. You can be "just a little bit pregnant" in your world. A "little" rape isn't that bad...
And you call me sick.
is this the same incident that happened last summer, or is this a new one?
You really are some piece of work...
New one...
you'd think kids would learn..
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