12 Year Old Dies in Halloween Shooting

[chad213]

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Child dies in Halloween shooting

The Associated Press


A 12-year-old boy trick-or-treating with his family was shot from inside a home Friday and killed, and his father and brother were wounded by the gunfire, authorities said.

The shooting suspect, Quentin Patrick, was in custody, a jail official said. Patrick, 22, has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill. The jail official said she didn't know whether Patrick had an attorney and his telephone number was unpublished.


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QUENTIN PATRICK

The family was headed home from a city-sponsored event downtown when they decided to stop at a few homes, Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson said. The father and his four children approached a home with a porch light on about 8:30 p.m. EDT while their mother waited nearby in a vehicle.

As the family was at the door, they thought they heard fireworks. The 12-year-old boy, his father and brother were all hit by the gunfire. The boy died at a hospital, Coroner Verna Moore said. The other two children were not hurt.

The boy's father and brother were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities have not released the identity of the family.

Patterson also would not release any more details about the shooting.

"The investigation is continuing into what has been a very tragic evening," Patterson said. "Our sorrow and sympathy goes out to this family."

The police chief said there were other people inside the home at the time of the shooting, but she didn't expect any of them to be charged.

A neighbor said he heard a loud noise about the time of the shooting and thought it was simply Halloween mischief.

"I thought, trick-or-treat night — pranks go down. Anything goes," said Lenwood Dixon, 49, who works at a hazardous waste and recycling company. "I heard a noise like maybe gunfire, then my daughter saw a bunch of lights flashing and saw some cops."

In his six years in the neighborhood, he said he wasn't aware of any violent crimes. He said a few trick-or-treaters had been on his block that night.

"I'm surprised. Since I was here, I'd never heard of anything like that happening. It's a quiet neighborhood," he said. "You don't see many children in the neighborhood. It's more elderly."Apparently this dumbass had a AK-47 who fired “in excess of” 29 shots" according to our local news. What an idiot.

[Infotainment]

According to yahoo he was an ex convict too.

[kid_vidrio]

Everyone should have an AK47.
If teh homeowners did, they could have sprayed bullets in the general direction of the shooter. The whole neighborhood could have done that. THey might have killed him on the spot, and it would have made for much better news over all.

[taters]

WTF was an ex-con doing with an ak47, let alone one with a 30 round clip.

[Claydon]

thank god for gun control

[Archangel]

Everyone should have an AK47.
If teh homeowners did, they could have sprayed bullets in the general direction of the shooter. The whole neighborhood could have done that. THey might have killed him on the spot, and it would have made for much better news over all.

Hell, if everyone had an Abrams tank or a tactical nuke, no crime would happen, ever.

[Whiffleball]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446005,00.html

"Patrick admitted to law enforcement that he fired his AK-47 weapon, emptying the weapon," Patterson said. "Patrick advised law enforcement that he had been shot before and would not be shot again." He also feared being robbed, he told police.

I could go on about how automatic and semi-automatic weapons are insanely dangerous and should be more tightly regulated if not outright banned, but really, this is one of the cases where the idiocy of the guy popping caps in kids cannot be denied. What robber fucking rings the doorbell or knocks on the door? Dude had to have had a peephole or at least a window. FUCKING USE THEM.

[pauluncg01]

Wow, makes you wish for the days when you could actually go out on Halloween and have fun without the idea of being shot at.

[eleveneighteen]

One of the worst stories I've heard in a long time. Makes you really wonder how a crazy fuck like that is allowed back in society.

[Pox]

thank god for gun control
What the hell? Yea, if it weren't for those dirty liberals, the 12 year old would have been packing too and could have defended himself.

[Limp]

What was the kid dressed as? Did he have a fake gun as a part of th costume?

[6655321]

What was the kid dressed as? Did he have a fake gun as a part of th costume?

deaunte farrow.

[Archangel]

What the hell? Yea, if it weren't for those dirty liberals, the 12 year old would have been packing too and could have defended himself.

Hmm...

The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.

Fitting, methinks.

[Pox]

I can only assume that Claydon didn't even read the story. Its about a ex-con blowing away a 12 year old with an AK for no reason. Yea, clearly gun control is a terrible idea, always.

[HAWK]

I guess he got the "trick" this year instead of the "treat."

[tockit]

thank god for gun control
Gun control doesn't apply to criminals, dumbass! That's why they're called "criminals". They don't obey the law.

Gun control just keeps weapons out of the hands of those who abide by the rule of law!

Knives/Swords/Machete's have killed more people than any other weapon in history. Why not ban them???


Anyway, this SOB needs to fry, like yesterday, for this shit!

Unfortunately, some liberal attorney will probably keep his appeals going for 15 or 20 years, while the taxpayers pay to feed and clothe him, until he gets put to death.

By then, (after Obama appoints his more "progressive" supreme court justices) the death penalty will probably be ruled as too inhumane, then we'll have to keep him up for life!

Sickening!

[Genius]

Gun control doesn't apply to criminals, dumbass! That's why they're called "criminals". They don't obey the law.

Gun control just keeps weapons out of the hands of those who abide by the rule of law!

Knives/Swords/Machete's have killed more people than any other weapon in history. Why not ban them???


Anyway, this SOB needs to fry, like yesterday, for this shit!

Unfortunately, some liberal attorney will probably keep his appeals going for 15 or 20 years, while the taxpayers pay to feed and clothe him, until he gets put to death.

By then, (after Obama appoints his more "progressive" supreme court justices) the death penalty will probably be ruled as too inhumane, then we'll have to keep him up for life!

Sickening!
Please elaborate on how a crazy fuck with an AK-47 that shot a kid on Halloween has anything at all to do with Barack Obama. There are places in Montana and the upper peninsula of Michigan for people like you. I suggest you go join them. Because society has had enough from jackasses that blame a political party for all the problems in their lives. So go live on the fringes in the Michigan militia. You can have all the guns you want, and spout off all the hatred you like. At least until the FBI comes knocking.

[tockit]

Please elaborate on how a crazy fuck with an AK-47 that shot a kid on Halloween has anything at all to do with Barack Obama. There are places in Montana and the upper peninsula of Michigan for people like you. I suggest you go join them. Because society has had enough from jackasses that blame a political party for all the problems in their lives. So go live on the fringes in the Michigan militia. You can have all the guns you want, and spout off all the hatred you like. At least until the FBI comes knocking.
Sounds like I struck a nerve there mR. Genius! :D


I didn't say Obama had anything to do with the 12 year old getting tragically shot!

If you had read my message (assuming that you can), you would have deduced that my only reference to Senator Obama was to his possible future Supreme Court Justice Appointments!

He is one of the most liberal Senators in Congress, so it stands to reason that he would appoint liberal judges, who historically are either anti-death penalty, or soft on the death penalty.


Senator Obama had absolutely nothing to do with this tragedy!


I'm not sure what you mean by me blaming a political party, or spouting off hate???

I don't remember mentioning a political party, and if you call me wanting swift, harsh justice levied against this piece of crap, thug that unloaded an illegal weapon on a 12 year old boy while he trick-or-treated with his parents, "spouting hate", then I guess I'm guilty!

What would you suggest for the alleged perpetrator? Pyschological counseling, Group Therapy, Bio-Feedback sessions, etc???? :rolleyes:

Enlighten me Genius! I'm all ears......

[Genius]

You are hardly all ears. Would you really listen to a reasonable argument concerning limited methods of controlling access to guns? No, you wouldn't. Would you listen if someone told you that there really are liberals that support the death penalty, or judges that don't, but understand that the American people do? No, you wouldn't. You're so quick to place blame and mete out justice that you don't even realize that you're doing it. All it takes is the word gun and immediately you fire off fourth amendment nonsense without any regard for actual points or facts. You didn't even take the time to realize that the person you were originally replying to, Claydon, was obviously being sarcastic with his "gun control" comment. If anyone was going to be on your side in this thread, it was him, and you proceeded to lay right into him. In order to be all you ears, you have to have ears, first.

Oh, and by the way, you're negs don't work because you're rep is well in the red. So fire away, cowboy.

[Okie Medicvet]

fucking sad.

[tockit]

All it takes is the word gun and immediately you fire off fourth amendment nonsense without any regard for actual points or facts.

Oh, and by the way, you're negs don't work because you're rep is well in the red. So fire away, cowboy.

I'm obviously dealing with an idiot here, because the 4th Amendment has nothing to do with gun control!

It deals with protection against unreasonable searches and seizures (without a search warrant or probable cause).

Do yourself a favor and go down to your local public library, and look up a copy of a document called "The Con-sti-tu-tion of the United States".

It does have some multi-syllable words in it, so you may need some assistance in reading some of it, but it's a very powerful, well written document, that, unfortunately, doesn't get used as much anymore as it should!

Within the Constitution, you'll find the 2nd Amendment, which deals with the right to bear arms!

I know I'm throwing a lot at you at once here, but take your time, and you'll figure it out. ;)


Geez...... Some of you people are scary.

Reminds me of Howard Stern Show the other day, when they were interviewing people on the streets in NYC before the election.

Three-fourths of them were voting for Obama, but didn't have a freaking clue what his platform was, and, to make matters worse, didn't even know who his Veep was!!!!

God forbid someone would ask them who the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader is right now ......... :eek:


As far as the Rep Points go, I could really care less.....:rolleyes:

[Archangel]

Somebody who writes like a retarded 10 year old girl telling others to go to the library is fucking precious.

Only on GMF.

[TylerDurden]

Somebody who writes like a retarded 10 year old girl telling others to go to the library is fucking precious.

Only on GMF.

i couldn't help but think the same thing. what really did it for me though was the incorrect, use, of commas, in every other, part of a, sentence. i immediately envisioned the author as a self-righteous fucking cockface with down syndrome and palsy. i'm not sure which i feel sorry for: the author with a penchant for apparently speaking like william shatner or those with down syndrome for calling this cockalope one of their own.

[Limp]

As far as the Rep Points go, I could really care less.....:rolleyes:
Let me know when you care less.

I can't fucking wait to find out when you care less.

[tockit]

Let me know when you care less.

I can't fucking wait to find out when you care less.
Sure thing!