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http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/news/article_ff3c4c34-0792-11e4-9865-001a4bcf887a.html
“Last month, Rube told friends that he planned to leave Louisiana and return to Iowa, where he had once lived, “as long as my parole officer will allow me.”
“Police confirmed that Rube was charged in connection with a 2008 drive-by shooting, but authorities did not have immediate details.
“The guy got in his face,” Mary Carlos said. “Ray thought he had a weapon. Ray was in his yard, inside his fence, there is a chain that was locked and he was right up against the fence when he shot this guy. He shot the guy from about 3 feet away.”
Isn’t it a shame that James can’t return to Iowa because Ray shot him dead. James served his time in 2008 and looks like he was serving his parole like he was suppose to. If police had been called and James was in violation of his parole he would be in jail right now, alive, and Ray would be labeled a hero.
I don’t know Ray and I don’t know James either. From everything I have read Ray should have stayed inside his house and called 911. Instead Ray is now facing life in prison because HE CHOOSE to go outside, with a gun, at 3:00am when there was a man across the street banging on someone else’s door; not Ray’s door someone else’s door.
Sure Ray’s gun protected him, that’s great. Yay for the gun! James is dead and Ray, wether in prison or not in prison, will always have this hanging over his head. A complete waste of two lives, not to mention what it’s doing to both of their families.