Ekeythia Dunston (pictured above right), shot her lover, Erica LeGall (above left)
Posted on 08/11/2010 11:38:25 PM PDT by smokingfrog
A city cop -- and niece of former Met Shawon Dunston -- was released on $1,000 bail this morning after being charged with shooting her lesbian lover in a vicious quarrel.
Ekeythia Dunston, 32, claimed she shot her long-time gal pal Erica Legall, 42, early Monday morning in self-defense because she was being attacked herself with a clothing iron.
"Obviously there are extenuating circumstances here," said defense attorney Edgar De Leon in Manhattan criminal court.
The couple -- who been together for five years and are raising two sons together -- began arguing over a text message Dunston received around 3 a.m. on Monday in their Harlem apartment.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Ekeythia Dunston (pictured above right), shot her lover, Erica LeGall (above left)
Were they fighting over who gets the vibrator?
I wonder if they can iron out their problems.
Hold my beer while I grab my iron and watch this...
lol
What do you think - is it the 10 year age difference that’s the problem? ;)
Or one wanting to be like Mrs.Tiger with the iron?
What's this do for gay marriage in the armed services?
Cheers!
Not sure what that has to do with anything - it’s not like straight people don’t shoot their spouses or significant others.
What about the two kids?
Emphasis on “people” I think is warranted. These *things* aren’t people. They’re animals.
Sources told The Post that both women were intoxicated...
Don’t bring an iron to a gunfight.
WTF ping
Didn’t think police carried revolvers anymore.
Great example of anger management for the 2 sons they are raising
It says the shooter was treated for an iron-related head injury. Wonder if she really was in fear for her life? I mean, she should be able to defend herself w/o her weapon when sober but perhaps couldn’t do it intoxicated. Certainly not my initial assumption but now I do wonder.
Commenters to that page say that domestic violence is higher for lesbian couples than for hetero couples. They give wildly divergent numbers of 65% higher or 3x higher but I wonder what the number is and if it is indeed higher. I had never heard that before. I have seen, unfortunately, cop shows that feature gay males really maiming each other in ‘routine’ fights and, *shudder*, thought the apparent stepped up violence was a result of two intoxicated males trying to make a marriage work but now I am hearing that female couples are also prone to domestic violence - ah but this one featured intoxication too. Not sure where I’d get the numbers but I am curious if lesbian couples do have a markedly higher rate of domestic violence.
What an environment for those poor kids. They are probably messed up for life already.
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