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Police: Va. Beach man fatally shot attempting home invasion
The Virginian-Pilot ^ | May 12, 2011 | Aaron Applegate

Posted on 05/12/2011 4:58:31 PM PDT by csvset

VIRGINIA BEACH

The 23-year-old man who died of a gunshot wound after being dropped off at a fire station late Tuesday had been attempting an armed home invasion robbery when he was shot, police said.

One of the residents at a home in the 300 block of Rose Marie Avenue shot Shawn Thomas Ross, said Officer Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman.

Police have interviewed the shooter and no charges are being filed at this time, Bernstein said. Ross had been carrying a handgun, he said. “It does not appear to be random, but the relationship between the residents of the home and shooting victim are unclear.”

Ross was taken to the fire station at 3608 South Plaza Trail about 11:30 p.m. by someone police believe was an acquaintance, he said.

Ross, of the 5100 block of Settlers Park Drive, was then taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: attempt; fatal; invasion; shot
“It does not appear to be random, but the relationship between the residents of the home and shooting victim are unclear.”

I won't speculate as to what the relationship might have been, that remains to be seen.

Anyways, someone took the trash out.

1 posted on 05/12/2011 4:58:35 PM PDT by csvset
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Deceased perp.

2 posted on 05/12/2011 5:02:41 PM PDT by csvset
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Cleaning the gene pool.


3 posted on 05/12/2011 5:04:48 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Slugs and Bitter Clingers Unite.)
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The 23-year-old man who died of a gunshot wound . . . dropped off at a fire station late Tuesday . . . armed home invasion robbery when he was shot . . . then taken to a hospital

What a waste! This guy bled on the home, then in his friend's car, then on the fire station (some friend - wouldn't take him all the way to a hospital), then on the ambulance, and finally on the hospital. That sounds like a whole lot of cleaning (worth it, but still too much work).

4 posted on 05/12/2011 5:07:23 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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Orange jumpsuit, huh? Gee, I wonder where they got that photo?


5 posted on 05/12/2011 5:09:48 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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I’m SHOCKED I tell you, shocked!


6 posted on 05/12/2011 5:11:42 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Trump is fearless, and if he announces, he's going to fight a fight we've never seen, and will win.)
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I’m sure his family will say he’s a good lad, just misunderstood...


7 posted on 05/12/2011 5:14:48 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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Aw, c’mon. He’s probably a Virginia Cavaliers fan, a UVA grad even.


8 posted on 05/12/2011 5:17:04 PM PDT by rogue yam
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Yeah, well, you know..

Perhaps a small shrine will appear, repleat with mylar balloons, teddy bears and candles.

9 posted on 05/12/2011 5:18:48 PM PDT by csvset
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Maybe they’ll retire his orange jumpsuit at the pen.


10 posted on 05/12/2011 5:20:46 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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AW—I'm sure he's “underpriviledged” misunderstood, and a lifelong victim of racism...............
11 posted on 05/12/2011 5:22:26 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hell just got one more resident, and the world is all the better for it.


12 posted on 05/12/2011 5:25:06 PM PDT by jim35 (Tea Party former Republican)
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I love your tag line. I’ve always referred to these places as victim disarmament zones.


13 posted on 05/12/2011 5:27:24 PM PDT by jim35 (Tea Party former Republican)
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Which clears welfare and Democrat voter records of as many as 12 additional, future names.


14 posted on 05/12/2011 5:28:10 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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Yet another easy-to-find mugshot.


15 posted on 05/12/2011 6:23:53 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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I’m sure his family will say he’s a good lad, just misunderstood...

...and that he was simply frustrated with racism, poverty, lack of economic opportunity, no access to health care, and immigration policies. So much was on his mind. How awful.

*snert*

16 posted on 05/12/2011 6:28:06 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Imagine.... a world without islam.)
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Local TV said that he had prior convictions for drug, alcohol and traffic violations.


17 posted on 05/12/2011 6:31:29 PM PDT by csvset
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Cleaning the gene pool.

Sadly, at 23 he's likely to have several "baby mamas" out there, raising his spawn on the taxpayers' dime.

18 posted on 05/12/2011 6:35:19 PM PDT by Gena Bukin
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Aren’t those garish? They are everywhere in the Lou.

The police should give the shooter a good citizenship award for clearing cases and preventing future crimes and criminals.


19 posted on 05/12/2011 9:45:43 PM PDT by Molon Labbie
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