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Woman says she killed estranged boyfriend in self-defense(OH)
dispatch.com ^
| 26 September, 2011
| Misti Crane
Posted on 09/26/2011 5:26:20 AM PDT by marktwain
The womans hands were shaking, but she spoke in a calm voice as she stood outside the Far East Side apartment where 27-year-old Quentin L. Walker was shot and killed early yesterday.
Im the one who this happened to, she said, identifying herself only as Ashley.
She said that Walker, her estranged boyfriend and the father of her two children, broke into her apartment in the middle of the night and came at her with a crowbar in his hand.
She shot and killed him, using the gun shed bought this year, Ashley said. She had feared that the protection order that was supposed to keep him away from her and their 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter would not be enough.
Ashley said police took her Downtown for questioning and, after she told her story, brought her home to her apartment at 371 Heatherbridge Lane in the Stonebridge Apartments.
It was self-defense, she said, adding that Walker had a history of violence. Im glad that Im here.
Columbus police were called to the apartment about 4:30 a.m. yesterday, and Walker was pronounced dead 10 minutes later. Ashley said her children were not home at the time.
Detectives were not available yesterday to discuss the shooting. A news release said the case will be presented to a grand jury.
Franklin County court records show that a domestic-violence protection order was issued on March 3 instructing Walker to keep away from Ashley Powell, now 27, and her two children.
In April, Walker pleaded guilty to felony counts of abduction and receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence, according to court documents. He also had been charged with a felony count of kidnapping.
In June, Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott sentenced Walker to six months in jail and three years of community control, similar to probation. He was to enroll in violence and anger-management counseling and have no contact with Powell or their children. At the time of sentencing, Walker already had served four months in jail.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: banglist; defense; domestic; oh
Domestics are nasty. This one sounds pretty clear cut.
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:26:25 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
nice hair
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:32:12 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: marktwain
She had feared that the protection order that was supposed to keep him away from her and their 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter would not be enough.
the only thing those stupid pieces of paper are good for is to use in court to show that the attacker had a history of violence, and will help justify the shooting in the eyes of a jury.
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:32:17 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
To: marktwain
Theodore Dalrymple would ask victims of "intimate partner violence" whether they thought
he could have predicted in advance that this would happen. They would all say, yes, he would have known. He would ask them what evidence would have led him to predict it, and they would list the obvious factors: history of violence, heavy drinking, gang tattoos, etc.
Then he would ask why, knowing they would be assaulted, the women took up with the man anyway. Answers would be on the order of "I was drunk," or "I was bored," or "I wanted sex."
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:34:29 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
( "It is my job to be rational, and I have no doubt at all that I have that power--sometimes.")
To: absolootezer0
They are stupid pieces of paper and in many jurisdictions the only thing they show is that the woman claimed to be afraid.
Regardless, sounds like she did herself and her community a favor.
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:40:01 AM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: marktwain
Sounds like a pretty clear cut case for the Southern Defense: He needed killin’
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:42:30 AM PDT
by
wolfpat
(Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
To: Scotsman will be Free
In April, Walker pleaded guilty to felony counts of abduction and receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence, according to court documents. He also had been charged with a felony count of kidnapping. And the Democrats want felons to vote.
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:50:45 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(The Obama voters are dumber than you think, meaner than you can imagine)
To: Vaquero
Is that a pic of Quentin or Ashley?
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:54:05 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Is that a pic of Quentin or Ashley? Farina....
!!
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posted on
09/26/2011 5:59:29 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Vaquero; Daffynition; null and void
Pippi Longstalking?
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posted on
09/26/2011 6:00:20 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: marktwain
She provoked him -- with a protection order!
To: Lady Lucky
At the time of sentencing, Walker already had served four months in jail. Note the Judge was lenient, allowing time served to count. Part of the trouble here seems to be Liberal judges with a heart for the convicts and not for the victims.
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posted on
09/26/2011 6:24:23 AM PDT
by
sr4402
To: Loud Mime
Especially after they are dead!
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posted on
09/26/2011 6:30:55 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Ezekiel
Should have seen the warning signs........
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posted on
09/26/2011 7:03:17 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: absolootezer0
She had feared that the protection order that was supposed to keep him away from her and their 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter would not be enough.
the only thing those stupid pieces of paper are good for is to use in court to show that the attacker had a history of violence, and will help justify the shooting in the eyes of a jury.A couple of different officers in different states told me they call Protection Orders "Paper Kevlar".
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posted on
09/26/2011 11:32:22 AM PDT
by
Oatka
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: Tax-chick
Or in this case, I was young and stupid.
Since her oldest is 10 and she is 27 that would mean that they started having sex when she was sixteen.
I bet a cookie that there is no father in her life.
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posted on
09/26/2011 11:48:00 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Can we ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Easily. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Good point - I didn’t catch that.
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posted on
09/26/2011 1:38:42 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
( "It is my job to be rational, and I have no doubt at all that I have that power--sometimes.")
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