A retired Tampa police capitan was charged with second-degree murder on Monday for shooting two people in a movie theater after an altercation over texting, the Associated Press reports.
Authorities in Pasco County Florida say that 71-year-old Curtis Reeves shot Chad Oulson and his wife Nichole during a screening of the Mark Wahlberg movie Lone Survivor after an argument that stemmed from Reeves asking Ouslon to stop texting.
Reeves reportedly shot the couple at Cobb Theater’s Grove 16 in Wesley Chapel, Fla. near Tampa, before being subdued by an onlooker According to the AP, Chad Oulson, 43,was shot in his chest and his wife was shot in her hand.. Chad was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, while his wife was injured but will survive.
More @ Time
But I thought the police were specially trained and the only ones who could be trusted with guns...
ReplyDeleteLike that idiot black cop who shot himself in the leg. "I'm the only one who can handle a Glock" or some such nonsense.
DeleteWhat the Hell ? , this whole place has gone nuts . Time to charge up ' Old Sparky ' . W. Russell
ReplyDeleteHe has been lonely. :)
Delete