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Lynyrd wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:10 pm The agressor was wrong. But the first wrong was the father sending kids into the street on minibikes. The father is an idiot. The shooter is an idiot. The kids were just doing what their father told them to do. Two wrongs don't make a right. But this dad should be taken to task for his poor judgement just the same as the shooter.

RSX11 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 3:29 pm

Does anybody have any follow-up information? Was the assailant charged with attempted murder

The shooter, RIchard Lindem, was charged with 3rd degree felony child abuse, aggravated assault, and discharging a firearm. He was heavily intoxicated when arrested.

Interestingly, the father was interviewed on camera, and stated that he was advancing toward Lindem intending to kick his butt - I wonder if Lindem's defense will be able to do anything with that statement? I wouldn't think so, but, I'm no laywer.

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:34 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:32 pm

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:17 pm Don’t know why the farther went back to record with his cell phone. You got your kids, now get your tail inside, and call the police. That made no sense to me. He almost was murdered.

I thought the same thing. Cell phones have turned an entire generation into morons. I would bet everything that if he would have not had a cell phone that videos, he would not have whipped out the home video camera and gone back outside. Just think of how many hits a video of him getting himself shot would have gotten on you tube.

I also suspect that dad is not someone who carries a firearm himself. I don’t say that because of cellphone, but because he wasn’t thinking tactically......not even wrongly tactically. It seems to me that someone experienced in carrying a gun would probably not have gone back out there in the first place; but if he was dumb enough to go back out there, that he’d have at least brought along a gun of his own.

This dad believed in the power of the cellphone as a shield against a pistol. A gun guy would have known better and brought a gun along. A SMART gun guy would have stayed inside with his kids and used the cellphone to call police. Instead, the NEIGHBORS called the police.

Dad must have lost his mind.

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:17 pm Don’t know why the farther went back to record with his cell phone. You got your kids, now get your tail inside, and call the police. That made no sense to me. He almost was murdered.