- and piss-poor judgment to go along with his reflexes. For the record, Reeves is the name of the retired cop, Oulson the victim. But its pretty obvious to me, Reeves was ready to shoot Oulson, even before that popcorn was thrown. That's becoming very clear.
YouTube video of theater shooting here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27d9hCjsUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
So, to be entirely clear, you think it's acceptable for a retired cop to shoot someone dead and endanger the people around him, over some thrown popcorn? Did Mrs. Oulson also deserve to be shot? Did the people around Oulson deserve to be endangered also? Reeves pretty much ruined everyone’s day, with an escalation of aggression.
Not that you're alone. The total approval of police retired or active, shooting anyone for almost anything, has become almost universally accepted in this country.
Ping to 65, it has direct link to theater shooting video on YouTube.
Yep —
The videotape corroborated the witness statements about the popcorn and the approximate time frame among other things.
It showed that Reeves had taken his gun out of his pocket on his way back from the lobby, no doubt in anticipation of using it on the guy in front of him.
It was already drawn and in his hand and in his lap so all he had to do was point and fire. He then continued to antagonize the guy in front of him so that he could have the opportunity to shoot him.
The video showed him to be not only a cowardly murderer but a blatant liar as well.
Here’s what the timeline looks like from the video:
1:14:56 Reeves arrive & sit down in theatre.
1:23:26 Reeves gets up to go complain to management.
1:26:20 Reeves returns from lobby & sits down.
1:26:24 Reeves kicks the back of Oulson’s seat and there is a flash on the tape — perhaps his own cellphone flying off his lap.
1:26:26 Reeves then leans forward & says something to Oulson & then sits back.
1:26:36-37 Oulson reaches over & takes Reeves popcorn & tosses it back at him as Mrs Reeves leans forward to see.
1:26:37-38 As Oulson is taking his arm back, Reeves quickly leans forward pushing his arm out & fires & then sits back.
Here is the video tape of the shooting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27d9hCjsUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Here’s what the timeline looks like from the video:
1:14:56 Reeves arrive & sit down in theatre after which he leans forward in his seat 3 separate times and says something to Oulson.
1:23:26 Reeves gets up from his seat to go to the lobby to complain to management.
1:26:20 Reeves returns from the lobby & picks up with his right hand whatever he had left in his seat which appears to be a sweater and whatever & sits down.
1:26:24 Reeves kicks the back of Oulson’s seat. There is then a flash on the tape after this which may be Reeves’ cellphone flying off his lap as he kicks the seat. His cellphone was found on the floor at his feet after the shooting.
1:26:26 Reeves then leans forward & says something to Oulson who is sitting at this time. He also reaches over at this point and grabs whatever was under the sweater and then sits back.
1:26:36-37 Oulson who is now apparently standing reaches over & takes Reeves popcorn & tosses it back at him as Mrs Reeves leans forward and looks toward her husband.
1:26:37-38 As Oulson is taking his arm back, Reeves instantaneously leans forward pushing his arm out in a fluid motion & fires & then sits back putting the gun on his knee.
I suspect that the weapon was under his sweater the whole time. He put it there when he first sat down. He set it there and wisely left it there when he went to see management. He then picked it up when got back to his seat.
And then he reached for it after he kicked Oulson’s seat. From that point he had the gun in his hand and in his lap under the sweater ready to fire.
He claims to have pulled it out of his pocket but it appears that is was under his sweater on the right side of his seat the entire time.