Chief Tango sends us a link from Midland, Texas where the McDaniel and Pompa families were arguing about something and the cDaniels went in their house to avoid further confrontation. Mr. Pompa wasn’t able to let it go and broke into the McDaniel house wielding a baseball bat. 19-year-old Jonathan McDaniel then shot Mr. Pompa in the chest, ending the argument;
Police said they haven’t made any arrests because the person who pulled the trigger was trying to protect himself and others inside this home.
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he shooting is being investigated as a homicide but no charges have been filed.
“It just means that somebody has caused the death of another person,” [Sgt. Greg McCright, with the Midland Police Dept.] said. “That doesn’t mean necessarily that there’s anything criminal with it, it doesn’t mean there’s not. It’s neutral on that.”
The lessons of the encounter are obvious and no one needs me to state the obvious.
In before:
“Never bring a bat to a gunfight”.
@1: Yep
Nope. No anger problems there.
Not anymore.
Looks like a guaranteed, albeit short, course in anger management.
Wrong.
Fucking.
House.
Oh, anger management. Yes, that’s when you put someone on speed dial and tell him when he answers “You’re an asshole” and then hang up.
Just . . .Epic . . FAIL!
@6. I manage my anger quite well. It’s the calming down part I have trouble with sometimes.
My house? You get shot AND the mastiff eats you.
Considering moving to Tejas.
That’s a Darwin Award winner, DRT (dead right there)!
This proves that there needs to be a serious move towards baseball bat regulation — background checks, waiting periods, mandatory training renewed periodically, etc.
Gotta do it for the children.
The sheriff summed it up…”Just a killing, nothing illegal here, keep moving along.”
Will the start profiling people that spend a lot of time in the batting cage?