Minneapolis murder victim shot 26 times in botched Ecstasy deal

MPLS Star & Sickle ^ | 12-17-04 | Howie Padilla

[Rakkasan1]

The Brooklyn Park man killed early Tuesday in a Minneapolis apartment had up to 26 wounds from being shot in a botched deal to sell ecstasy, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.

James A. Barnett, also known as James A. Benett and Charles "Spanky" Barnett, was found dead about 1:30 a.m. in a building in the 2400 block of Golden Valley Rd. in the Willard-Hay neighborhood.

Thomas D. Clair was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and second-degree assault and is being held in the Hennepin County jail without bail.

Clair told investigators that he set up the buy between a man he referred to as "Chris" and Barnett. Clair, 23, said that it was Barnett who first pulled a gun and that Clair was shot during a struggle for the weapon.

[Rakkasan1]

anyone worth shooting once is worth shooting 26 times.

[Rodney King]

Why would anyone shoot a murder victim?

[bushisdamanin04]

Now there is an efficient use of ammo.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I'll be impressed as all heck if it turns out a revolver was the weapon.

[SolutionsOnly]

Good One! :-)

[AppyPappy]

It must have been a John Wayne special that didn't need reloading.

[Semper Paratus]

Charles "Spanky" Barnett

"Spanky" got whacked!

[Piquaboy]

I guess the trigger stuck on the Uzi.

[Tijeras_Slim]

A real life "Fanner 50", so he's still got 24 shots left.

[Rakkasan1]

you should know the answer to that , Rodney King.

I'm going to go get a Reginald Denny Head Slam omlette now.

[Paradox]

This is the prime suspect:

[reagan_fanatic]

"Hey, I tell you what I'm going to do, snakes. I'm gonna give you to the count of ten to get your ugly, no good, yellow keister off my property before I pump your guts full of lead."

"All right, Johnny. I'm sorry. I'm going."

"One ... two ... ten!"

[gortklattu]

Darn, how many shots missed?

Did the crime scene look like a piece of swiss cheese?

Yeah, I know, the vicitim looked like swiss cheese...

[speed_addiction]

I was in a shoot-out in Mexico once in a room no bigger than 15x15. There were five of us. My brother and I against two Mexican Federales and one of thier madrinas. Everyone except my brother in law was hit. I had to get back across the border to the US bleeding in my brother in law's brand new Honda Prelude with leather interior. Have not set foot in Mexico since.

[Constitution Day]

26 shots? Dang, he's REALLY dead now.

[TEXASPROUD]

Was it as the "Roco Roja" outside of Piedras Negras.

[Charles Martel]

I'll be impressed as all heck if it turns out a revolver was the weapon.

Years ago, I was a juror in a second-degree murder trial. The shooting took place in a crack house, with the accused and the victim each being shot at least eight times.

Both men were using small, 5-shot .38 revolvers - and according to the evidence gathered, they'd each emptied their respective handguns twice and were attempting yet another reload when the victim finally keeled-over.

Pictures of the scene showed live cartridges and empty brass all over the floor; the cylinder of the victim's revolver was open, too.

The guy on trial survived to face trial (I wonder how he's enjoying that life sentence at Angola?...) by sheer luck.

[The_Reader_David]

Reminds me of a recent New Yorker cartoon: two gangsters riding in the back seat of a car, one says to the other "Why don't we ever hear about a drug deal that went horribly, horribly right?"

[speed_addiction]

Was it as the "Roco Roja" outside of Piedras Negras.

No, it was just a house in Acuna. It was supposed to be a weed deal, we brought the money, they brought nothing but intentions of killing us for it.

[American Vet Repairman]

Saw a thing on TV where they are putting extended clips in a semi auto and rigging the mechanism to go full auto. Crazy stuff man.