Javorous Darnell Tims, 20
Posted on 04/25/2009 6:27:01 AM PDT by Islander7
Javorous Darnell Tims, 20
PASCAGOULA — A woman, awakened by the sound of someone removing the screen from her bedroom window, got out of her bed at 1 a.m. Friday, walked to her son’s room and quietly woke him.
“She said, ‘Snigg get up,’” the son said in an interview later Friday morning.
“I got up, grabbed my gun and went to the corner there by her room,” he said, standing at the door of the apartment, on the bottom floor of the last in a row of Spanish-style buildings in the Granada Apartments on Chicot Road.
It was dark in the apartment, but the window was backlit, Snigg said. He heard the window go up and saw a man coming in.
“He stuck his hand under and pulled the blinds back, the blinds and the curtain,” he said. “And he eased in like he was attempting to come in.
“I fired two shots, then he ran off,” Snigg said.
Police say they won’t identify the woman or her son, who offered the nickname Snigg, for fear of retribution.
Javorous Darnell Tims, 20, ran about 80 feet from the window, fell to the sidewalk and died of a single gunshot wound, police said Friday.
Pascagoula police said Snigg and his mother acted appropriately, “taking the actions they felt necessary to protect themselves.” However, because a man died, the case will be presented to a grand jury for review.
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“They found him on the sidewalk. He died quickly,” he said.
Not a smart move in Mississippi.
Giving a kid a stupid name seems to make them do stupid things at an alarming frequency.
Article says he’s a kid: so I guess missing on the first shot can be forgiven.
Gun control, son...gun control.
Heart warming story! To libs, this was totally uncalled for. Should’ve given a warning then a second warning. If that failed allow perp into home to loot. After perp is fully satisfied call a psychiatrist to help you understand why perp did what he did.
Wait a minute, ABC news told me that guns aren’t effective as a means of protection...
Nothing ever good happens after 10pm... this Black man was going to do something violent... good on the son... How old was he?
Not a smart move in Mississippi.....”
Nope!! Our grand juries are very dangerous. They have COMMON SENSE and use it to full extent.
Snigg will never be charged and he should not be. He did the right thing by protecting his momma.
I don't think he came to loot... probably rape and murder.
Has Javorous’s family mentioned yet that he was a good boy?
He was coming back from choir practice.
I had the unfortunate occasion to be in the end apartment when a gun fight, many rounds fired, broke out right outside my window. The police had cornered a car thief and he decided to shoot it out with the police. The rounds went through the paper thin walls. The floor was the safest bet.
When you are in an apartment and decide to shoot, you best know what is behind the curtain, because the walls will likely not stop the round from going into the next apartment -- Up, down or sideways.
If someone is trying to do you harm, be careful when you pull the trigger. You will be responsible for the consequences of hitting innocent people.
Good shooting Snigg ...
“Has Javorous’s family mentioned yet that he was a good boy”?
His Father “Jamal” commented from jail. Mother “Tawanda” commented from 7-11 while purchasing a lottery ticket. Sister “Tamika” axed if she could have Javorous’ Nintendo.
That's a relief.
He was trying to stimulate the economy — more work for the police, the coroner, the funeral home, the florist, the insurance company, etc.
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