Posted on 01/03/2019 5:16:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A Houston teenager is accused of shooting dead a fellow teen as part of a weapons-drawing prank that has been spreading on social media, authorities said Thursday.
Mohamad Nour Alajil, 18, has been charged with manslaughter in connection to the Dec. 11 slaying of Christian Johnson, 19, officials said.
Police believe Johnson's death resulted from the "No Lackin'" challenge, which calls for one person to pull a weapon on another on video to record the reaction, KPRC reported. The challenge stems from the notion that no one should ever be caught without, or "lacking," a gun.
Johnson had an AR-15 rifle pointed at Alajil, while Alajil had a semi-automatic pistol aimed at the victim, a prosecutor said during a hearing Thursday.
"The complainant and the defendant were in the bedroom playing what is called the 'No Lackin'' challenge," the prosecutor said. When the defendant stretched his arm out to the point [the gun was] at the complainants head, the trigger was pulled, the pistol went off, striking the complainant, killing him."
The suspect originally told police that he and the victim were arguing and that he shot Johnson in self-defense, the prosecutor said. But Alajil later admitted to the "No Lackin'" game after learning what witnesses told police, authorities said.
Alajil's defense lawyer said this was not an "intentional act."
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Well that's OK then. Johnson is not as dead as if it were an intentional act.
I wonder which descriptor is most indicative of the outcome Houston, Teen, or Mohamad Nour Alajil...
Well, it worked for Hillary...
Uh, Christian vs Mohamad? And Christian loses. HMMMMM.
Some needs to alert MSNBC
A projectile from a pistol CAN outrun an AR15
WHY did he lie, when the apparent result was an accident?
WHY did he lie, when the apparent result was an accident?
Another Christian killed by a Muslim.
As depressing as when the first Israeli in space died as the Shuttle Columbia broke up over Palestine, TX.
Believe that back in the day when the 5AM hour came around various sentries would engage in ‘quick draw’ games.
Believe Lee Harvey Oswald shot himself in a similar matter.
It was dumb then and dumb today.
A young USMC type was involved in shooting the other early AM which first had him killed with a self inflicted wound but they are changing it to someone probably shot him...maybe they were playing ‘No Lacking’ or the old standby ‘quick draw’.
Mohammed kills Christian. No irony there.
Because a valid self-defense case results in no charge or a not guilty verdict while an accidental death while doing something extremely reckless results in an involuntary manslaughter charge and likely conviction.
Better these idiots shoot each other than John Q. Public.
“... the pistol went off, striking the complainant, killing him.”
Well, I know if some punk killed me, I’d be complaining too!
Was the vic an infidel?
“the trigger was pulled, the pistol went off, striking the complainant, killing him.””
I doubt he was the complaintant.
“Mohamad Nour Alajil, 18, has been charged..”
We used not to have these camel jockeys in Texas.
Palestine. That’s the town. I -knew- Jesus was from somewhere off in east Texas.
The lie let him say it was in self-defense.
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