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Springfield (MA) man shot dead as he walked to get cigarettes, neighbor says
The Republican ^
Posted on 08/11/2012 2:15:24 PM PDT by matt04
A 38-year-old city man lost his life on Bay Street as he walked to get cigarettes early Saturday morning, shot by a teenage gunman who had been attending a birthday party, neighbors said.
Police on Saturday morning could not be reached to confirm the account. WWLP-Channel 22 reported that the victim was 38-years-old, and a 16-year-old boy had been arrested. The shooting happened in the area of 305 Bay St., next to the apartment block where the man lived, according to a neighbor.
Neighbor Lila Acevedo, who lives next door to 305 Bay St., said there was a crowd of people in the street, spilling out from a party at 294 Bay St., who were making a lot of noise. She said she saw her neighbor gunned down as he walked past the crowd.
I heard a commotion and saw people fighting. I looked out and I saw my neighbor hit the floor, Acevedo said.
He was a dad, a husband, a great man. He was going to buy cigarettes. He was an awesome person and he was an innocent bystander, Acevedo said.
She said she knew him only as Tony, but said he was pleasant and never bothered anyone. He often would be seen with his 3-year-old son, or walking his pitbull, she said. Acevedo said the mans wife told her he had gone out to purchase cigarettes.
(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: springfield; wwlp
If gun control worked as liberals say it should, a 16 year old wouldn't have had a gun.
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:15:30 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: matt04
If only Massachusetts had strong gun control laws
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:18:50 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Legalize Freedom!!)
To: matt04
I know that smoking will kill you, but not like this!
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:23:15 PM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
( New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. Buy from Amazon.)
To: matt04
Well as they say - smoking will kill you.
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:23:22 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: matt04
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:36:42 PM PDT
by
onona
(loving butter pecan)
To: muir_redwoods
If only Massachusetts had strong gun control lawsAnd if only it was illegal to commit murder there too...
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:38:44 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
("The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum [of good]")
To: matt04
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:40:38 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
To: JoeFromSidney
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:44:31 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
(ABOs are Romneybot trolls. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
To: Mr. K
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posted on
08/11/2012 2:48:56 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Legalize Freedom!!)
To: matt04
Its just so sad these young people dont value their lives . . . Its so disheartening. Guns are just out of control, Wills-Ogilvie said. If we want our city to change weve got to get a handle on it. Actually, we need to get a handle on unfettered immigration and the parents of these worthless heathens need to start parenting.
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posted on
08/11/2012 3:31:56 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
To: matt04
Well, judging by the lack of details about the description of the perp (in contrast to the early identification of the Neo-Nazi punk in the latest string of mass shootings as a white male) I’m gonna go out on a limb and jump to the conclusion that the perp is black and the victim was not.
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posted on
08/11/2012 3:35:00 PM PDT
by
Kenton
To: matt04
See, smoking will kill ya!
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posted on
08/11/2012 3:35:21 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Steyn: "One can argue about whose fault it is, but not ... whose responsibility it is: it's his")
To: matt04
Too bad the man wasn't armed -- he could have
Trayvoned that punk.
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posted on
08/11/2012 3:54:24 PM PDT
by
zipper
(espions sur les occupants)
To: matt04
Was he wearing the wrong color?
To: matt04
Heartbreaking.
I grew up in Springfield.
That is a pretty tough area. It has been for many years.
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posted on
08/11/2012 4:34:06 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(I just hate our government. All of them. Republican and Democrat.)
To: matt04
There is not mention of race, therefore, my conclusion: Victim is white. Perp is black.
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posted on
08/11/2012 6:00:39 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
To: wintertime
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posted on
08/11/2012 6:28:33 PM PDT
by
libh8er
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