Man Shot Dead Over Heaven and Hell Argument

Reuters ^ | 7-30-02 | my favorite headache

[My Favorite Headache]

Man Shot Dead over Heaven and Hell Argument

Tue Jul 30, 2002

GODLEY, Texas (Reuters) - An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death with a shotgun, police said on Monday.

Johnny Joslin, 20 was allegedly shot by Clayton Frank Stoker, 21, on Sunday. The two had spent Saturday with two other men night bar hopping in Fort Worth, about 40 miles northeast of Godley.

Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said a witness who was the designated driver for the group told police the four men were sitting at a table outside a trailer park after their night on the town and entered into an argument about religion. The talk became heated when the subject turned to who would go to heaven and who would go to hell.

Stoker said he would settle the argument and went into a house and returned with a shotgun, which he loaded and placed in his mouth, Alford said the witness reported.

"The victim Joslin then took the gun out of Stokers mouth, saying, 'If you have to shoot somebody, shoot me,'" Alford said, citing the witness report.

The shotgun went off, hitting Joslin in the chest and killing him.

Stoker, a Johnson County corrections officer, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, Alford said.

[My Favorite Headache]

Darwins on the house!!!!!!

[My Favorite Headache]

Darwin ping

[omni-scientist]

"Godley" Tx.? Is this for real?

[FITZ]

Did Joslin go to heaven or did he go to hell?

[My Favorite Headache]

Odd but true. So true.

[johniegrad]

This post could start a war on the Neverending Thread!!

[MinuteGal]

We seek him here, we seek him there
We Texans seek him everywhere
Is he in Heaven? Is he in Hell?
That dammed elusive Pimpernel.

Leni

[Nam Vet]

This guy Stoker is definitely in the quarter-finals for the Darwin award of 2002. His victim DID have his buddy's best interest at heart IMHO. Tragic for him.

Nam Vet

[Dakmar]

Ouch :)

[Brad’s Gramma]

I know if I laugh it's really really not right of me so I need to be quiet on this one.

[Dave S]

I will have to ask my brother why so many Darwins seem to live in Texas.

[Brad’s Gramma]

!

[Dakmar]

You will please notice I limited my earlier ping to the single and singulary phonetical form of the English language called 'ouch' and by doing so reduced both the amount of time required to explain the paperwork reduction act to civilians, where we can spend more quality time time discussing serious malcontents?

[Sabertooth]

Can you get me some of what they were drinking?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Y

[Dakmar]

I don't know your language too well, I guess, but I hope "Y" means a positive reaction. Call the number on your screen to recieve a complimentary order of Spanish-American War Era seal grease.

[homeschool mama]

**We seek him here, we seek him there We Texans seek him everywhere Is he in Heaven? Is he in Hell? That dammed elusive Pimpernel. **

Sink me!

[homeschool mama]

**I know if I laugh it's really really not right of me so I need to be quiet on this one. **

That'd be a first. Bless your heart.

[homeschool mama]

You're about as sick as grammie. sheesh.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Man Shot Dead Over Heaven and Hell Argument
GODLEY, Texas

Johnny Joslin, 20 was allegedly shot by Clayton Frank Stoker, 21, on Sunday.

Johnny really shouldn't have agitated Frank.

[Frank may have just returned from bear hunting and/or Johnny was a real bear.]*

* Try Google search of "Frank you don't come here for the hunting". Postable on FR, but I'd rather not.