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Posted on 04/05/2005 1:45:00 PM PDT by flashbunny
Four juveniles could face homicide charges after a joyride in a family van ended in the fatal shooting of their cousin in a Milwaukee gas station parking lot, according to a hearing in Milwaukee County Children's Court Monday.
Kendell L. Moss, 20, of Racine died early Sunday, allegedly after trying to rob a 64-year-old man from Arkansas who had stopped at the gas station to ask directions, records show. After being punched and kicked, the man pulled a .44-caliber revolver from under the driver's seat of his car and shot Moss in the head, according to police reports.
"I don't have no money, I'm sick and just got out of the hospital," one of the juveniles quoted the elderly man as saying before he pulled out the gun.
The juveniles - three 16-year-olds and one aged 13, all of whom were unarmed - initially ran from the immediate area of the shooting but quickly returned to see if Moss was alive.
One of them gently picked up Moss' hand and started crying.
That same juvenile called 911 on his cell phone and then ran to another young man in the area who had witnessed the incident and yelled, "Hey, Hey! You got a cannon so I can air him out?"
The witness took that to mean that the juvenile was looking for a gun to shoot the motorist, who had fled into the gas station to wait for police, records show.
According to police reports:
Moss and the juveniles drove to Milwaukee early Sunday and were looking for a place to purchase food. When the van they were in broke down near the gas station at N. 13th St. and W. North Ave., they hailed a cab driver in the area and were told a ride to Racine would cost $60.
All of the juveniles, at least three of whom have prior records, gave slightly different accounts of what happened after that, but all said they had no plans to rob anyone. They told police that Moss ended up in a confrontation with the elderly man who was seated in his van. However, one witness said he saw three of the juveniles running toward the man's van, with two others lagging behind.
The district attorney's office has until Wednesday to decide whether the juveniles will be charged with felony murder. Court Commissioner Julia Vosper ordered that they be held in secure detention. The 64-year-old man also was placed under arrest after the shooting, and his case was referred to the district attorney's office, Milwaukee Deputy Police Chief Brian O'Keefe said Monday morning during a news briefing.
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Head shot, head shot,
Best shot's a head shot
(Basic Training, 1985)
There is something poetic about that sentence.
It's starts off so bad, and ends up so good.
Give him a medal and a check for his trouble.
Just Damm
Head shot with a .44
Like they say on the railroad.
"That will do......."
"Hey, Hey! You got a cannon so I can air him out?"
I really doubt this is a direct quote, probably closer to: "Hey mofo you got a mofo'n cannon so I can air that honky mof**k** out."
Amazing how news articles never print the slang or contractions such street thugs normally use.
What a tragic story! Four of them are still walking around alive today and I find that sad.
That poor man now has to replace the bullets he used.
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Although I support the man's right to shoot the SOB in his self defense - I also know that it would just be a lot less hassle to pull the gun out and shoot in the air (assuming you have more than one bullet).
And risk killing an innocent person? Not too smart.
You positively REEK of troll.
Someone needs to warn the gangbangers not to mess with old Rednecks.
Can We start a collection to buy the Man a new .44?
Hey Hey you got a cannon so I can air him out?
An ill elderly man stops in just about the worst place in Milwaukee to ask for directions...gets beat up by gang punks and defends himself..
I sure hope he (the victim is black)
By victim I mean the old man not the punk that got his own a$$ shot up
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"Although I support the man's right to shoot the SOB in his self defense - I also know that it would just be a lot less hassle to pull the gun out and shoot in the air (assuming you have more than one bullet)."
Join today just to show your ignorance?
1. The bullet has to go somewhere. When it comes back down from being fired in the air, it CAN kill someone.
2. Warning shots are frowned upon by everyone who knows anything about using a firearm.
I also know that it would just be a lot less hassle to pull the gun out and shoot in the air
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If you are going to waste a bullet, at least make a mess of something!
Oh, and I was trained to shoot center mass, not 'shoot to wound' or any other garbage.
As a prior post says, Headshot? That'll do.
Reminds me of the line from "Tombstone" Wyatt to crowd, "You all may get me, but not before I turn your head into a canoe"!
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