Posted on 02/12/2017 10:18:46 AM PST by Gamecock
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC
A man was shot during a failed Craigslist transaction late Saturday, according to authorities.
The shooting happened on Grover Wilson Road in Blythewood just before midnight Saturday, according to Lt. Curtis Wilson of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.
The victim told deputies he met up with the suspect at that location to purchase an item that had been advertised on Craigslist.
The suspect tried to rob the victim and then shot him in the lower body, Wilson said. The suspect fled. The victim, who was taken to Providence Hospital Northeast, is not cooperating with investigators.
Anyone with information on the shooting should call Crimestoppers at 888-CRIME-SC. Callers can remain anonymous, and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
Can you say drug deal gone bad?
Odd headline.
My first thought as well.
...and just before midnight. Probably selling his Beanie Baby collection......
“botched” “failed”?
This was not a transaction. This was using Craigslist in order to commit a crime.
When people used newspaper ads to commit crimes, the media never said “Botched Newspaper transaction.”
Who answers a craigslist ad and arranges to meet with the seller, cash in hand, at midnight, on a lone country road?
When the goods are illicit. Note the “victim” not cooperating.
But then, we are talking crooks here.
Somebody expecting to buy drugs or an unrecorded gun.
Isn’t get shot just part of the Graigslist experience? The only time I hear about it is on the news when something like this happens. Do the buyer and sellers take turns robbing each other?
Or *ahem* "personal services."
Or *ahem* "personal services."
That, too.
I’ve done plenty of buying and selling on Craigslist. Never a problem. Given the time of night this went down and that the victim is not cooperating with police, I’ll bet a shiny nickel that it was all totally illegal anyway. That comes with a certain occupational hazard.
It wasn’t a Craig’s List deal at all.
That is just a smokescreen.
Shot in the “lower body”?
Is that the same thing as being “shot in the botched Craigslist transaction”?
“Somebody expecting to buy drugs or an unrecorded gun.”
Just out of curiosity, what is an “unrecorded gun”?
One that has been through several sets of hands with no receipt or comes from outside the country not through regular channels. I had one of the latter many years ago when I was a commercial fisherman.
I have bought and sold several unrecorded guns I guess. Never heard it put that way before. There’s nothing illegal about that.
Yeah, but with an illegal transaction, it’s a little less clear cut. First the guy reading the ad probably wants a little privacy himself, plus he’s more liable to understand the seller wanting some isolation. Still, like you said, TOO isolated you’d think would be a red flag.
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