A man was dragged from his car by enraged bystanders and shot after he plowed a vehicle into a crowd in Los Angeles, leaving seven people critically injured and at least 23 others hurt outside a nightclub early Saturday morning, police said.
Cameras in the area are still being canvassed, but the incident appears to have been intentional, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Two law enforcement sources familiar with the situation said the suspect was kicked out of the venue for being intoxicated and disruptive.
You also don’t have to shoot bad people in the back who are already overpowered, beaten up and pinned down by other people. It does not sound like this was a justified self-defense shooting, and I wouldn’t want a trigger happy gun owner like that on the loose in my neighborhood.
Gee, it almost makes a person feel sorry for the guy who plowed his car into a crowd of 30 people, (edit: nearly) killing several…
/s
As of now, none of them have died.
Oh, I misread the headline. That’s good news. I edited my comment.
It’s not a choice I’d make, but I’m not going to feel bad for the guy who got shot, or worry about the shooter overmuch. Like the dude will probably get caught and prosecuted but if they investigated, found no history of violence, and decided not to prosecute (unlikely), I’d shrug and not give it a second thought.
I never said I feed bad for they guy who got shot, he obviously did a despicable act and deserves everything the law has coming for him and using deadly force to stop him was also justified. What is not justified is using deadly force in revenge when the situation is already under control, that’s lawless behavior and I don’t want anyone who thinks they can randomly decide to play judge and executioner to own a gun, sorry.
For sure. I didn’t downvote. Was just trying to stake a nuanced position.
The guy just tried to kill a dozen people in a drunken rage and you think he should get a pass because the crowd caught him?
Fucker is lucky he wasn’t physically pulled into pieces.
A bullet hole is the least of his worries right now.
Yeah, he’s gonna have to switch bars.
This is my take. Until we know more, all we know is that the dude intentionally ran his 4000lb death missile into a crowd. Him getting shot is less serious than what he tried to do.
You do have a point there, but it remains to be seen what the chain of events is. All the police have released is that he was shot after leaving the vehicle, it could have been after he was on the ground or it could have been right away, after the driver showed his own weapon.
Even after we find out all of that, the local DA would have to decide whether he could convince 12 people on a local jury that the guy was somehow negligent. I bet any defense attorney would be able to plant enough doubt in any jury’s mind to get the guy off.
Yeah, the police are going to want to find the guy and talk to him, but I doubt he faces any charges unless some obvious new fact comes out that changes the story dramatically.
Yes exactly. There’s a complete difference between mob justice and say, driver waving weapon screaming “I’ll kill you all”
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