Posted on 12/17/2010 2:17:41 PM PST by skyman
ROY -- Roy police are saying the man involved in a domestic violence situation with his girlfriend Thursday was killed by the girlfriend's niece. They say it was an act of self defense.
The boyfriend and girlfriend, both in their 30s, were living together but recently separated. Police say it sounds like the boyfriend wasn't happy about it.
John Sharp That boyfriend, John Sharp, went to his girlfriend's house three times Thursday. All three times, police were called. It was after the third time that he was shot and killed.
The first time was at 4 a.m. Sharp wanted to talk to his girlfriend, Mellony Pursel, but she didn't want to. She asked him to leave and when he didn't, police were called.
He returned five hours later and began to damage items inside the house. Once again, police were called. That time, Sharp was arrested and taken to jail.
However, after he bailed out, he went to his family's house then back to Pursel's house where he forced his way in and began choking her.
Pursel's 17-year-old niece, who lived in the house, got a gun and yelled at Sharp to stop choking Purcel. When Sharp then rushed toward her, the teen shot him twice, killing him.
Police say it was self defense.
Roy Police Chief Greg Whinham said, "It's an indication they were warding off an attack by a person who they already feared, who had a no contact order, who had already been taken to jail earlier in the day because of his violent behavior."
Police say Sharp has no prior record of domestic violence. We also talked to some people who knew them and say this was a complete surprise.
Some of that depends on the caliber of the weapon (not listed). If it was a .45, it would have gone right through the guy into whoever was behind him. A .22 probably wouldn’t have killed him with two shots, unless they were in the right spot. A .380, not full metal jacket, better chance of putting the target down, without going through, big mess for the coroner though (but, really, who cares, he’s dead, yea!).
She fired two warning shots...about mid chest.
Actually, the .45 ACP is a low velocity round with a large cross section. Tends to expend its energy in the target. A friend in Nam killed a VC at close range, who was standing over him about to unload his AK. The shot sent the VC into a full back flip. The .22 LR rimfire will make nice neat holes, make little mess, and can be a good round with good placement (a guy shot by his girlfriend through the arm died when the bullet ricocheted around his chest, piercing his heart 4 times). Personally, I don’t like the .380 much, tho I do have a Sig Sauer .380 pocket pistol.
Oh, it’s Utah.
That is what training and playing “what if” games are for. You think about these things before you have to act. I have mentioned exactly those techniques in my CCW class numerous times.
He was just having a bad day; girlfriend dumped him, gets arrested, and then shot dead by a 17 year old girl.
Life’s a bitch, and then you die.
Joe 6-pack says Sharp has no future record of domestic violence either.
This young lady lives in Utah, and may have had some before this incident, but I do my Monday morning quarterbacking fairly carefully from known instinctive behavior.
What you say about incidents and training is accurate, you don't have time to think, and you train the proper decisions into your actions by scenario practice.
Instinct can trigger decisive action as well as training.
Had I my way, this young lady would have had enough of your classroom and hands on CCW/gun safety training to make these scenario decisions rote by age 16. Training is the better way, but I won't denigrate accomplishment.
I believe that mug shot was taken earlier in the day when he was arrested, a few hours before he was shot.
A gun made a 17-year-old able to kill a monster like that...ptl!
I try to never argue with success!
So now he is no longer a viable life unit as it should be.
Third time's a charm.
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