Police tape at the scene of a shooting at a Tesla charging station in Edgewater, Colo., on May 3, 2023. MORE---- Tesla driver fatally shot in fight at Denver charging station (nbcnews.com)
Posted on 05/04/2023 10:52:15 AM PDT by dennisw
Two Tesla drivers started a fight while waiting to charge at a Supercharger station in Denver, Colorado. One of them drew a gun and fatally shot the other in what many believed to be an argument over the charging spot. Police investigation revealed that this was not the case without yet revealing what led to the tragic incident.
Two Tesla owners started a fight at a Supercharger station in Denver, Colorado. It ended with one of them fatally shooting the other one. Because the station had all eight charging poles occupied at the time of the shooting, the Police thought an altercation over the charging spot caused the incident. After speaking with witnesses and investigating further, the Edgewater Police Department ruled out this possibility. An argument did occur, but investigators are still trying to figure out what happened.
According to Denver7, the two Tesla owners started arguing while waiting for their EVs to charge. Both men were in their cars when the victim, who was carrying a gun, walked up to the shooter's vehicle. Police told Denver7 that the shooter reported macing the victim before opening fire. He left the Supercharger in his Tesla, called 911, and was later detained without other incidents. The development suggests that the shooter believed he acted in self-defense, but the Police are still investigating.
Even if the two Tesla owners weren't fighting over the charging spot, the incident started a discussion about the need for an automatic queuing system at the charging stations. As more people buy electric vehicles, it gets difficult to figure out who has the right to charge first. Most charging stations, Superchargers included, have a parking lot-like layout, which makes queuing difficult. This could lead to arguments, which we now know can end tragically. Gas stations have figured this out, most of them being built as a drive-through. This allows cars to queue more logically. Even so, arguments are not unheard of.
Effing liars. That’s exactly what it was.
And here I thought Elon Musk was going to keep out the riff-raff. But now thugs and hoodlums are also buying Teslas. To ride in style. Or their Greenie girlfriend nagged them?
“Both men were in their cars when the victim, who was carrying a gun, walked up to the shooter’s vehicle.”
Doesn’t sound like the behavior I normally associate with a “victim”.
“Had Nothing To Do With the Charging Spot”
Except for the fact the victim was a sitting duck and stuck there for 2 hours
Police tape at the scene of a shooting at a Tesla charging station in Edgewater, Colo., on May 3, 2023. MORE---- Tesla driver fatally shot in fight at Denver charging station (nbcnews.com)
ROTFL! The EVs already have a turd roller “media” defense team. They weren’t fighting over a charger. No sir!, We don’t know what they hell pissed the guy with the gun off but it definitely wasn’t the charger. Funny stuff.
The cops don’t know what happened. But they’re sure it had nothing to do with EV charging.
Two kinda contradictory statements there, eh?
This loony toon is a big EV lover. He wanted to be a tractor driver when he grew up but it didn’t pan out. So he became an online BS artist.
Why does it have to be a lie?
Just sitting around in ‘hood country can land you in a heap of trouble.
It really doesn’t matter if it is about charging rank or not. It’s still outrageous and atrocious (more than “tragic”).
“the need for an automatic queuing system at the charging stations”
“Gas stations have figured this out, most of them being built as a drive-through. This allows cars to queue more logically”
Has nothing to do with that. It helps, but only taking 5 min at most to “charge up” has ALOT to do with it! We know it won’t take long!
Did you speak to the witnesses?
I think perhaps it had to do with the milkshakes from next door.
Those milkshakes brought all the bad boys to the yard...
Not much to go on here but probably long wait times got peoples tempers going. When their cars are charging they are happy, and reward themselves with a slushie and a gas station hot dog.
Also add in 12 years of Coloradans getting baked on legal (and cheaper illegal) marijuana, and soon mushrooms. Though mushrooms are already legal in Denver.
Call me anti-social, but I’m not the type to strike up a conversation with a stranger while pumping gas or waiting in line. This just reinforces my view.
If the “victim” is brandishing a weapon and threatening to use it, I agree. That’s not victim behaviour.
In Austin, they just convicted an Uber driver of murder. The Uber driver was trying to leave an intersection he had mistakenly entered that was occuppied by a BLM-Antifa mob. An Antifa goon put an AK-47 in the driver’s face after the car was swarmed. That’s when the driver pulled out his pistol in self-defense, shot, and killed the agressor with the AK.
Governor Abbot has already said he will issue a pardon for the Uber driver at the first opportunity.
Sounds like they don't know what happened.
They were arguing Bud Light vs Coors Light................
People must learn to be more polite when it’s legal to carry.
This is such a bad idea.
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