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Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here...

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:53 pm
by kilgoretrout
Seemed there was an altercation in a PA church that ended when a CC'er shot and killed a 27 year old. Though the 27 year old was unarmed and it seemed to be a run of the mill altercation, the shooter wasn't taken into custody... something seems off about this:
Police were called and found Robert Braxton, 27, of Montgomeryville, with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was rushed to Abington Lansdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after noon. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.

Steele said the other man involved, who was treated at a hospital and released, was cooperating with police but was not in custody as investigators determine whether charges are warranted.

"We're going to have to determine whether the shooting was justified under the law," he said.

The man had a concealed carry permit for his semiautomatic handgun, he said. Braxton was unarmed as far as investigators know, but that was still under investigation, Steele said
Full article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/25/ar ... hurch.html

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:15 pm
by dougb
Disparity of force doesn't require weapons. Age and size are considerations.

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:34 am
by gator68
dougb wrote:Disparity of force doesn't require weapons. Age and size are considerations.
What does this have to do with this case?

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-p ... story.html

The shooter is being charged.

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:43 am
by Stiff
Oh, it's one of those dorks who carry a CCW badge. When the disruptive guy failed to respect the fake badge and punched him, he opened fire.

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:47 am
by Simmer down
Stiff wrote:Oh, it's one of those dorks who carry a CCW badge. When the disruptive guy failed to respect the fake badge and punched him, he opened fire.
The fake badges help us identify the nutbuckets.

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:20 am
by modernhamlet
Stiff wrote:Oh, it's one of those dorks who carry a CCW badge. When the disruptive guy failed to respect the fake badge and punched him, he opened fire.
Sounds like he'd have made a good LEO...

(i keed! i keed!)

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 2:10 am
by TheDude
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/chu ... -1.2618098

Last paragraph, wow. Hoping to diffuse the situation by *showing* a gun. I don't even know where to start on how irresponsible and reckless that is.

Re: Another shooting a church, but something is fishy here..

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 9:58 pm
by DamnYankee
Steele said Storms had no reason to bring a loaded gun to a crowded church on a Sunday morning, and had no right to confront Braxton, who was in the process of calming down...“It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to bring a gun to church,” Steele said.

Hmm...I'll bet the 9 people killed by the White Supremecist nutjob in the South Carolina church might disagree...