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Argument over who would watch kids erupts in shooting, records allege
NWItimes.com ^ | 12/27/2020 | Sarah Reese

Posted on 01/05/2021 3:53:35 PM PST by simpson96

CROWN POINT — A Gary woman accompanied her relative to drop off children at their father's Merrillville home Thursday, pushed the father onto a couch during a fight, and fired a shot into a nearby cushion, court records allege.

Naula T. Francis, 18, put down the gun as she and others in the group left the home, and the father used it to fire several shots at them from his porch as they drove away with his children in their silver Nissan, court records state.

Merrillville police arrested Francis and the children's 20-year-old father Thursday after the shooting about 11:15 a.m.(snip)

The man told police he and the children's mother argued on the phone about who would watch their children.

She later arrived to drop them off, and they began fighting, he said.(snip)

The man demanded the women leave his home, and he grabbed Francis by the arm to escort her out, records state.

Francis told him not to touch her and grabbed his gun and threatened to kill him(snip)

A struggle over the gun ensued, and the man's brother — who had been upstairs doing schoolwork on a Google meeting — came downstairs to help break it up, records state.

The man told police Francis overpowered him and positioned him with his head on the middle cushion of a couch and his knees on the floor in front of the couch. As he tried to break away, Francis fired a shot into the cushion to the right of him, about 6 to 12 inches from his head, records allege.

The bullet traveled through the couch and floor into a basement, records show.

Francis put the gun down, and she left with the two other women, documents state.

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1 posted on 01/05/2021 3:53:35 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Ah, "Motherhood"....Ain't what it used to be.

2 posted on 01/05/2021 3:54:47 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Poor kids, they don’t have a chance.


3 posted on 01/05/2021 3:56:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

We hear often of majority-minority districts despite their rarity while we hear rarely of the majority-minority crime rate despite its prevalence.

To be honest, I’m sick of reading about these animals and I’m even more sick of reading about their demands that bail, jail and prisons be eliminated merely because they can’t seem to stay out of trouble.


4 posted on 01/05/2021 4:08:07 PM PST by relictele
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To: simpson96

Where’s dad’s picture? He fired at the women several times.

Who would watch the kids? How about anyone but relatives.


5 posted on 01/05/2021 4:29:14 PM PST by bgill (.)
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To: simpson96

“The man told police Francis (Naula) overpowered him and positioned him with his head on the middle cushion of a couch and his knees on the floor in front of the couch.”

Naula be bad.


6 posted on 01/05/2021 4:30:42 PM PST by moovova
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To: moovova

The man told police, “Francis overpowered him and positioned him with his head on the middle cushion of a couch and his knees on the floor in front of the couch. As he tried to break away, Francis fired a shot into the cushion to the right of him, about 6 to 12 inches from his head, records allege.”

Francis didn’t need the wimp’s gun!


7 posted on 01/05/2021 4:35:41 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Elites love lockdowns /restrictions! Because they can keep us, the little people out of their way!)
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To: simpson96

Well, there’s a headline you don’t see every day.


8 posted on 01/05/2021 4:37:43 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: simpson96

All kinds of wrong in this story.

But a picture’s worth a thousand words.


9 posted on 01/05/2021 4:40:24 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (400,000,000 Guns. 8,000,000,000 Rounds of Ammo per YEAR. I like our odds.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Naula’s a handful in bed, I betcha...as long as she wants you to be there.


10 posted on 01/05/2021 4:44:27 PM PST by moovova
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