Shooter mistakes woman's mohawk for fowl, runs afoul of the law

Grand Junction Sentinel ^ | 3/23/12 | Paul Shockley

[GSWarrior]

Weird stuff happens......

[rlmorel]

Can’t make it up, that is for sure!

[massgopguy]

Reminds me of a joke about a guy who walked up to a Punk Rocker with a Green Mohawk at a mall and opined how he thought he might be his father. It involved a Parrot at a party in the 80’s.

[samtheman]

Had Rockwell not voluntarily spoken with detectives, he likely wouldn’t have been charged by the District Attorney’s Office in the matter

I'm glad the truth came out... no reason for a coverup... but this is worth thinking about:

Dont Talk to Police

[DesertRhino]

Old man sitting on a bus,, staring at a kid witha red mohawk.
Kid says “what you staring at old man? Didn’t you ever do anything crazy when you were young?”
Old guy says “well, i was in the Navy back during Vietnam. Once in the Philippines i actually had sex with a parrot. I thought maybe you were my son.”

[DesertRhino]

dang it,,, you were too fast.

[DesertRhino]

You’re like Wyatt Earp with a keyboard.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

This was October 5th, he should have realized that cardinals have already flown south... : )

To all of you bird watchers, yes I know that cardinals don’t migrate. Have seen plenty of them during the winter. Just trying to make a joke.

[GSWarrior]

PETA will probably come down on him now for shooting at birds.

[JoeProBono]

[samtheman]

And the EPA because of lead bullets.

[Hodar]

Can’t help but wonder if this woman will consider doing something a little more conservative with her hair from now on.

[GSWarrior]

Rockwell’s victim didn’t attend Friday’s hearing. Conley said she left Colorado after the shooting and couldn’t be contacted before Friday.

She flew the coop.

Sorry.....

[caveat emptor]

Stephan Schweissing, Rockwell’s attorney, said Rockwell’s interview with police Oct. 11 went against his advice to his client.

Don't talk to the cops.

[SandRat]

The Mohawk objects.

[IYAS9YAS]

It was red, sitting at the top of a hill about 90 feet away from Rockwell.

90 feet? I'm thinking he knew his target was not a bird. My property is 80 feet wide. I can certainly tell what is a bird and what isnt't from one side to the other. At 90 yards, I might be able to understand the mistake a little better.

[Dr. Sivana]

Grand Junction sounds like its residents are a little too high brow for the likes of me.

[JoeProBono]

[bgill]

Note to self - don't be sportin’ a red mohawk while harassing the neighbors’ cats.

[exit82]

Next time, listen to the drums more carefully.....