[marktwain]

Outstretched Arm of person shot is under the red arrow.  Cup of popcorn just to left, in flight. Head of shooter just to left of cup in flight, barely visible.

A video has been released from the Tampa Bay Theater shooting from three years ago.

The shooting has been characterized as a retired police officer shooting someone for throwing popcorn at him.

A video has been released showing the violent confrontation. It happened very fast, about a second and a half.

Video of Theater Shooting link

The person shot appears to grab the shooters popcorn from the shooters lap, then fling the popcorn cup at him, then his hand comes back at the shooter and retreats, then the shot is fired, all in about a second and a half.

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[Bob434]

Thanks for researching that- puts a new twist on the case- It could be though that the cop was sitting behind the man egging him on- but we don’t know that- could be he was just sitting there minding his own business after he came back in- even if he was egging the man on though- that doesn’t give the text dude the right to turn around and cross the lien he did- The actions from this point on are what caused the shooting, not the original texting complaint

Where it happened so fast- I’m thinking it may very well have been more of an instinctive shooting based on rapidly unfolding events in a dimly lit room- than a premeditated one- it’s possible I suppose that the cop couldn’t tell if the man had a weapon or not