Dakota Wayne Kirkman was found to be justified by a grand jury after being held in jail for 55 days, for lack of a $500,000 bond.
Posted on 10/29/2018 6:20:25 AM PDT by marktwain
The gunfight happened in the early morning hours of 17 August 2018. The location was 867 Bootlegger Lane in Yoakum, Texas. Yoakum is a small town in Texas, about halfway between San Antonio and Houston.
There was “bad blood” between Dakota Wayne Kirkman, 19, and Manuel Martinez III, 36. The men lived about 22 miles apart. Yoakum is in DeWitt County, Texas. Kirkman and his girlfriend lived in Hallettsville in Lavaca County, Texas.
Dakota did not want his live-in girlfriend to hang around Martinez and his wife. His girlfriend, Martinez, and Martinez' wife were at Martinez' house when Kirkman came to bring his girlfriend home. Kirkman arrived in his truck. He had a singleshot .22 rifle and one cartridge, loaded in the chamber.
Kirkman and Martinez got into a verbal altercation. The Sheriff reported that alcohol was involved.
The altercation escalated into a gunfight. Cartridge cases found at the scene indicated that Martinez fired 15 shots from an AR15 type rifle and 12 shots from a .40 caliber pistol.
Most of the action seems to have happened while Kirkman was in or around his truck. 13 bullet holes were found in the truck. 11 of the bullet holes were from .223 cartridges. Two of the bullet holes were from a .40 caliber pistol.
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Shot placement wins.
I wonder how many shots Martinez fired after being fatally wounded?
We learned the stopping power vs lethality edge in the Philippines.
Gave us the 1911.
Proof once again that shot placement beats caliber selection.
While this is not a case of a tax collector, it is a case of (probable) excess testosterone plus strong drink plus an excessive confidence in one's abilities and in one's large calibers. Also a case of youth meeting age and coming out the worse for it!
Best gun for a gun fight is the one you have with you at the time.
I think I remember Bill Frady saying last week something like:
“Don’t be cautious of the person who practices and trains with multiple guns and calibers. It’s the guy who works with one gun over and over continuously that you don’t want to get on the wrong side of.”
Paraphrasing here, but you get the reference.
alcohol was involved...........................I already assumed so...................
This is Amazing.
Beware the man with one gun.
He probably knows how to use it.
“Proof once again that shot placement beats caliber selection.”
Yup, and reliability. That’s why I run nothing but ball in my semi’s. The exotics are more malfunction prone, stove pipes, wedged going into battery, etc. you can’t hit the target if your gun won’t fire....
"...Dakota Wayne Kirkman, 19 y.o. and Manuel Martinez III, 36 y.o...."
Yep. That works, too.
It was the older guy that died.
The 5 rules of a gunfight:
1) gun beats no gun
2) a hit beats a miss
3) fast beats slow
4) Big holes beat little holes
5) Two holes beat one hole
These are in order and a lower number will often over ride a higher number. This is demonstrated in this incident with #2 beating both #3 and #4.
“Also a case of youth meeting age and coming out the worse for it!”
The young guy was the one with the .22.
Dakota Wayne Kirkman was found to be justified by a grand jury after being held in jail for 55 days, for lack of a $500,000 bond.
If only Martinez had a .45 ...
Kirkland fired only one shot.
You know that a BB gun could put out your eye.
If I read the story right, the younger guy (Yokum) prevailed against the older guy (Martinez).
There is also "old and stupid." Ususlly it's not that old, since stupid shortens one life considerably.
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