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Minneapolis murder victim shot 26 times in botched Ecstasy deal
MPLS Star & Sickle ^
| 12-17-04
| Howie Padilla
Posted on 12/17/2004 7:36:04 AM PST by Rakkasan1
The Brooklyn Park man killed early Tuesday in a Minneapolis apartment had up to 26 wounds from being shot in a botched deal to sell ecstasy, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
James A. Barnett, also known as James A. Benett and Charles "Spanky" Barnett, was found dead about 1:30 a.m. in a building in the 2400 block of Golden Valley Rd. in the Willard-Hay neighborhood.
Thomas D. Clair was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and second-degree assault and is being held in the Hennepin County jail without bail.
Clair told investigators that he set up the buy between a man he referred to as "Chris" and Barnett. Clair, 23, said that it was Barnett who first pulled a gun and that Clair was shot during a struggle for the weapon.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 26; banglist; minneapolis; murder; overkill; shot; spanky
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anyone worth shooting once is worth shooting 26 times.
1
posted on
12/17/2004 7:36:04 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
To: Rakkasan1
Why would anyone shoot a murder victim?
2
posted on
12/17/2004 7:36:41 AM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along)
To: Rakkasan1
Now there is an efficient use of ammo.
To: martin_fierro; Constitution Day
I'll be impressed as all heck if it turns out a revolver was the weapon.
4
posted on
12/17/2004 7:37:49 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(I'm here because I'm not all there.)
To: Rodney King
5
posted on
12/17/2004 7:38:26 AM PST
by
SolutionsOnly
(but some people really NEED to be offended...)
To: Tijeras_Slim
It must have been a John Wayne special that didn't need reloading.
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posted on
12/17/2004 7:38:58 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Rakkasan1
Charles "Spanky" Barnett"Spanky" got whacked!
To: Rakkasan1
I guess the trigger stuck on the Uzi.
8
posted on
12/17/2004 7:42:04 AM PST
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: AppyPappy
A real life "Fanner 50", so he's still got 24 shots left.
9
posted on
12/17/2004 7:43:38 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(I'm here because I'm not all there.)
To: Rodney King
you should know the answer to that , Rodney King.
I'm going to go get a Reginald Denny Head Slam omlette now.
10
posted on
12/17/2004 7:43:47 AM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: Rakkasan1
This is the prime suspect:
11
posted on
12/17/2004 7:46:23 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Occam was probably right.)
To: Rakkasan1
"Hey, I tell you what I'm going to do, snakes. I'm gonna give you to the count of ten to get your ugly, no good, yellow keister off my property before I pump your guts full of lead."
"All right, Johnny. I'm sorry. I'm going."
"One ... two ... ten!"
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posted on
12/17/2004 7:47:18 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Oh yeah - and F the french too!)
To: Rakkasan1
Darn, how many shots missed?
Did the crime scene look like a piece of swiss cheese?
Yeah, I know, the vicitim looked like swiss cheese...
13
posted on
12/17/2004 7:50:19 AM PST
by
gortklattu
(As the preacher in Blazing Saddles said "You're on your own.")
To: Rakkasan1
I was in a shoot-out in Mexico once in a room no bigger than 15x15. There were five of us. My brother and I against two Mexican Federales and one of thier madrinas. Everyone except my brother in law was hit. I had to get back across the border to the US bleeding in my brother in law's brand new Honda Prelude with leather interior. Have not set foot in Mexico since.
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posted on
12/17/2004 7:51:48 AM PST
by
speed_addiction
(Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
To: Tijeras_Slim
26 shots? Dang, he's REALLY dead now.
To: speed_addiction; Squantos
Was it as the "Roco Roja" outside of Piedras Negras.
To: Tijeras_Slim
I'll be impressed as all heck if it turns out a revolver was the weapon. Years ago, I was a juror in a second-degree murder trial. The shooting took place in a crack house, with the accused and the victim each being shot at least eight times.
Both men were using small, 5-shot .38 revolvers - and according to the evidence gathered, they'd each emptied their respective handguns twice and were attempting yet another reload when the victim finally keeled-over.
Pictures of the scene showed live cartridges and empty brass all over the floor; the cylinder of the victim's revolver was open, too.
The guy on trial survived to face trial (I wonder how he's enjoying that life sentence at Angola?...) by sheer luck.
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posted on
12/17/2004 8:03:28 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
("Diplomats. The best diplomat I know of is a fully loaded phaser bank" - Cdr. Montgomery Scott)
To: Rakkasan1
Reminds me of a recent New Yorker cartoon: two gangsters riding in the back seat of a car, one says to the other "Why don't we ever hear about a drug deal that went horribly, horribly right?"
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posted on
12/17/2004 8:05:56 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know what this was)
To: TEXASPROUD
Was it as the "Roco Roja" outside of Piedras Negras.
No, it was just a house in Acuna. It was supposed to be a weed deal, we brought the money, they brought nothing but intentions of killing us for it.
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posted on
12/17/2004 8:14:22 AM PST
by
speed_addiction
(Ninja's last words, "Hey guys. Watch me just flip out on that big dude over there!")
To: Rakkasan1
Saw a thing on TV where they are putting extended clips in a semi auto and rigging the mechanism to go full auto. Crazy stuff man.
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