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Driver intentionally hit, killed pregnant mom and toddler in Jefferson City [TN], police say
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | 06/19/2019 | Travis Dorman and Brittany Crocker,

Posted on 06/19/2019 10:33:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Police identified the pregnant mother as Sierra Wilson Cahoon, 30, and her son as 2-year-old Nolan. They were the wife and son of Matt Cahoon, an assistant athletic trainer at Carson-Newman University, a Christian school that sits less than a quarter-mile from where the crash occurred.

Investigators believe Phillips hopped behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Impala and drove west down East Main Street around 3:30 p.m. Monday, twice swerving onto the sidewalk to intentionally hit pedestrians, according to Jefferson City Police Department Capt. Darrell Turley.

Phillips first hit Tillman Gunter, 61, who was taken to a local hospital with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening.

Phillips then traveled less than a mile to the intersection of Russell Avenue and West Main Street, where he swerved to fatally strike Sierra and Nolan Cahoon, police said in a news release.

"The preliminary investigation has revealed that this was an intentional act of violence toward randomly chosen pedestrians," the release reads. "Investigators have determined that Phillips did not know the victims."

Phillips told authorities "a voice told him he needed to go kill meth addicts so he began driving very fast," arrest warrants state. "He said the voice told him that the baby stroller had meth in it so he intentionally drove into (the mother and child) ... killing them both."

(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: crime; murder; tennessee
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1 posted on 06/19/2019 10:33:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hang him


2 posted on 06/19/2019 10:34:58 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: BenLurkin

It’s time for a serious national dialogue on sensible car control.


3 posted on 06/19/2019 10:36:04 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Spruce

When did he convert to islam ?


4 posted on 06/19/2019 10:36:07 AM PDT by knarf
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To: Impala64ssa

Don’t give them any ideas.


5 posted on 06/19/2019 10:36:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The world was a better place when we locked up the crazy people. De-institutionalization hasn’t worked well.


6 posted on 06/19/2019 10:38:14 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Spruce

distressing... heart wrenching...that man will have to start all over. Bless him Father and comfort him in the days ahead....


7 posted on 06/19/2019 10:38:50 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: knarf

Sounds like a mental patient who should not be on the streets... Or was a drug abuser.


8 posted on 06/19/2019 10:39:14 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: BenLurkin

Phillips has only one name?


9 posted on 06/19/2019 10:39:24 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

There is no need for that driver to ever be free and unsupervised among the general population every again.


10 posted on 06/19/2019 10:39:47 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: knarf

Who was operating the transmitters pulsing messages into his brain?


11 posted on 06/19/2019 10:41:46 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: lee martell
Phillips has only one name?

Nah, he has 3: William David Phillips


12 posted on 06/19/2019 10:42:58 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: BenLurkin

Another Deep State MK ULTRA wind-up toy????


13 posted on 06/19/2019 10:44:26 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: BenLurkin

SHOOT THE SCUMBAG!!!!!!!!!

Prayers done for the Husband and All involved.


14 posted on 06/19/2019 10:46:37 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Was it Bobby Frank O’Rourke at the wheel?


15 posted on 06/19/2019 10:51:43 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: OldNewYork

Agreed.


16 posted on 06/19/2019 10:52:27 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: BenLurkin

We’re not hearing any squeals on the left about mass murder by car, which can only show that they’re pleased that Americans are now committing the crime using means other than guns. It was never about the victims.


17 posted on 06/19/2019 10:52:59 AM PDT by DPMD
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I can only imagine the family’s incredible sadness.


18 posted on 06/19/2019 10:54:52 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Not it all. It was the left, of course, who pushed to close down all the loony bins. This POS definitely belonged in one.


19 posted on 06/19/2019 10:59:18 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just wait til they legalize meth. You better believe it’s the next goal after legalizing weed. There’s a reason Soros is a major pusher of legalization. He intends to destroy us.


20 posted on 06/19/2019 11:00:01 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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