[marktwain]

He made the mistake of scaring an old man.

[healy61]

6’6” and 320 pounds is a lot of man charging at someone.

[PowderMonkey]

"Gardner, who suffers from back problems, said he feared for his safety when he fired his .38-caliber gun at Matthews, whom he described as about 6-foot-6 and "a minimum of about 320 pounds."

That's a lot of angry beef on the hoof! Surprised that a .38 special was able to put him in ground so effectively. Shot placement is everything.

[trapped_in_LA]

Sounds like the wife got tired of arguing and decided to bring some muscle in to finish the argument. Only problem was the old man had a gun so instead of a beatdown we got a dead son. The wife should have just left if she didn’t like living with the dude rather than pull this kind of stuff.