Posted on 01/13/2014 9:11:20 PM PST by smokingfrog
A moviegoer lost his life inside a Pasco County theater Monday afternoon after a dispute over texting with a retired police officer.
According to the sheriff's office, the dispute happened before the 1:20 showing of 'Lone Survivor' had even gotten underway at the Cobb CineBistro at Grove 16 complex on Wesley Grove Blvd.
Investigators say two couples had gotten into an argument over noise.
"The victim was on his cell phone; he was texting. We believe he was making some kind of noise. This noise led to an altercation between the suspect and the victim," Sheriff Chris Nocco explained.
A witness recalled seeing the agitated man -- later identified by deputies as Curtis Reeves -- get up and leave in an apparent attempt to find a manager. When he came back alone, the argument escalated.
Charles Cummings told FOX 13 he heard the victim say he was texting his 3-year-old daughter before Reeves pulled out a pistol.
"Their voices start going up, there seems to be a confrontation, somebody throws popcorn, then bang, he was shot," said Cummings, who was there to celebrate his birthday. "I heard the victim say, 'I can't believe...,' then he fell on us."
"I asked if the guy was OK, and he started gurgling blood and then fell," recalled Cummings' son, who said he ran to call 911.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxtampabay.com ...
“People from all walks of life seem to get very mad very easily.”
Maybe so, but most retired cops keep their “right” to carry a gun, so they are, by definition a bigger threat to society that the average citizen and I will bet you that they never have to prove that they are still competent to have a firearm on them.
witty!!!
I’m sorry to have to say, texting three-year-olds is just plane dumb. Doing it in a theatre is even dumber. Doing it with a movie about to start called “Lone Survivor” is just asking for it.
Well, chipmunks and especially Ground Hogs don't fare as well as the squirrels.
The Deer push back to a draw.
And now I’ll never get my wife to go to that movie...
You like pitting animal against animal. I have a friend that does it in a suburban setting and I kid him about it. Squirrels are very smart and quick
“He was instrumental in establishing the department’s first Tactical Response Team,”
Oh really?!?
Now, that’s the kind of information I’d probably keep to myself.
The dogs are just what they are.
The deer just pass through and are not really an issue. The squirells just need to stay out of hte house.
The chipmunks (and mice) are really the purview of the cat.
The ground hogs are hell on the garden and if the dogs can catch them, the local biome is better off.
No keedean...
Let things sort out.
There have always been self absorbed jerks in the theater.
txting seems a rather benign behavior compared to some A-holes talking out loud on a cell phone or doing whatever they can to draw attention to themselves...
The shooter sounds like an ass.
How could texting distract him?
Now his ass is in prison.
They were testing for Christ sakes. (silent)
It aint like they were yakking loud.
Even if they were for Christs sakes, this is ridiculous.
This man murdered someone for a minor infringement.
I hope he rots in hell.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_discontinuation_syndrome
Watch for a history of anti depressant usage.
I’m serious.
Anti depressants are modern quackery.
We do not kill people for minor social mishaps.
Texters will tend to get themselves killed by staring at their hand and not at the world around them.
You got $700 in your hand and aint paying attention.
Yer asking to get jumped by a punk.
This ex cop is a pure punk.
This retired officer sounds like he was off the hook, but the fact that his son’s personnel record is mentioned is not right at all. It doesn’t matter that his son’s record is a very positive one; there is something wrong with the son’s record even being mentioned since he was not involved in this incident.
I’m pretty sure most of us have unstable family members, and we shouldn’t have to justify our own existence and legitimacy by presenting our files as evidence of innocence for others’ sins.
Machete don’t Text either.
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