I agree. But that's not the point.
#1. She's not a woman -- she's 17.
#2. Who said anything about her father hitting her? (The mother should do it! LOL... just kidding.) But seriously, unless she was being raped (in which case the shooting is deserved,) daughters should be held responsible for their fair share of the action.
#3. What time on Tuesday did this take place? Someone mentioned the "middle of the night" , but the article does not say that.
#4. Were they dressed, undressed, or partially dressed/undressed?
There is a lot of information missing here, and many of us are just filling in those blanks.
I think the beating was probably deserved. The shooting was stupid. Not so much because he paralyzed the boy, but because you have to be a damn idiot to shoot through a CLOSED door when YOUR DAUGHTER is standing on the other side!! It's fools like him who give anti-gun nuts a leg to stand on.
Besides, if you're going to kill the boy, there are better ways to do it right, not hot-headed and half-assed.
PS - The boyfriend, who was 19, could have been charged with statutory rape. Instead, he is now the victim, and the dad is charged with a felony. Stupid.
Nope. Arkansas age of consent is 16.
“PS - The boyfriend, who was 19, could have been charged with statutory rape. Instead, he is now the victim, and the dad is charged with a felony. Stupid.”
Read the posts. This is NOT statutory rape in Arkansas, nor is it in many other states, including mine.
The story indicates that the incident took place after 930am. And the girl was beyond the age of consent, so no statutory rape took place.