• not_that_guy05@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    $50k bond for almost killing the delivery driver. Bullet hole upper part of the driver door for assuming that the truck was being stolen.

    Either he hates dominos or his wife cheated on him with a delivery driver.

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      7 months ago

      Dude fired seven times, and three hit the car. What a menace, should have been charged with attempted murder.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t understand why he wasn’t charged with attempted murder. This is a bullshit defense.

      Babcock said he went outside and “began shooting at the truck” to “disable” it…

      Yes, killing the driver would do that.

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        I’m not sure about the exact laws where the incident occurred, but in several other states that I know the law of, aggravated assault carries the exact same penalties as attempted murder. Because of the wording of the two laws, aggravated assault is much easier to prove. If you’re a prosecutor, why would you not go with the easier to prove, exact same penalty crime?

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      7 months ago

      I have to be honest, I was surprised the delivery driver wasn’t black. This idiot was just ready to kill someone, anyone. He’s probably been looking out his front window, gun in hand, at every little noise for months or years.

      And even if the kid was trying to steal an empty car, this guy would still go to prison if he killed him because no one’s life or health was in danger. Stealing a car is not a capital offense.