Shooting is break in Texas slaying

Arizona Daily Star ^ | 01/22/05 | Ignacio Ibarra

[SandRat]

This is a little more background detail on just how the Texas abductor and killer of the 19-Year old Texas Girl got caught.

2nd Amendment Bump too!

[Dallas59]

Short trial...then shoot him.

[unixfox]

Chapman "felt threatened, and pulled out his own gun and shot the man one time,"

He should have shot him one more time, right between the friggin eyes!

What a scum sucking, sorry sack of sh!t. I hope he dies a painful death in prison or in the electric chair.

[MEG33]

"If he had gotten a shot off, I would have been dead," said Chapman, a retired New York firefighter who carries a .45-caliber automatic. "And I have no qualms about it, that I think he would have shot me."

Thank heavens he was armed..I believe we would be reading of two victims of this murderer.

[pabianice]

Wait, wait; don't tell me: paroled from a Blue state prison, right?

[Clara Lou]

and I drew and fired
Didn't kill him-- missed his aim. Too bad. Now we have to waste jurors' time and taxpayer money on the louse.

[xJones]

"He said, 'This is robbery. I want all the money in the cash register,' " store worker Richie Chapman said. "And as he said that, he drew a weapon from underneath his shirt, and I drew and fired."

Chapman's good, the NRA could make him their poster boy.

[MEG33]

He'll get the needle here in Texas.

[Dog Gone]

The shot must have been more like a graze to the shoulder. Wouldn't a .45 directly in the shoulder have knocked him flat?

[Vic3O3]

At least the local media has noted that the good guy was carrying, and armed with a .45!

[Sun Soldier]

Too bad Mr. Chapman didn't empty his whole clip into the scumbag. My heart goes out to the family of that poor girl.

[proudpapa]

Normally, I'd agree with you. However, considering he may know where Megan is...dead or alive, I'm glad he lived and hopefully will cooperate before suffering in the pen.

[El Gran Salseron]

Sadly, in the Houston area the local MSM are really emphasizing the fact that this thug is a former Marine. The photo they are using is his boot camp photo with dress blues. The MSM should follow him to prison and be his cell mates.

[LtKerst]

The Police should have Let him bleed to death.

[El Gran Salseron]

"However, considering he may know where Megan is...dead or alive,"

Unfortunately she was found dead alongside the road in Stanton, TX before he was caught.

[SandRat]

Nope, an AWOL Marine from Camp Pendleton who was awaiting Courts-Martial when he went AWOL.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

He'll get the needle here in Texas.

Oh the horror.

[TNCMAXQ]

I see the victim was white. Why are there no screams of "hate crime?!" If it were the other way around Jesse and the usual suspects would be screaming about racism in America, etc.

[SandRat]

Maybe, if you notice he's a BIG feller.