Re: FW: RE: Man Shoots Kid for stealing pumpkins
Bill I agree......what are you to do........hey yesterday I am at my sons
hockey game and the game ends..as we are walking from the stands about 20
teenagers attack one of the parents son.....the father jumps into help his
son and he is swarmed.....as a concerned observer I come to his aid and so
do several other parents....no one beat any kids silly or anything like
that BUT.........the situation is diffused.......and all you can hear from
others is those mean guys picking on those poor kids.........I guess in
todays society we should have just stood off to the side and just asked
those polite young folks if they would mind stopping......I guess they were
just expressing themselves.........right........chuckle
......chuckle........its unfortunate that the pumpkin situation
happened.......but think for a moment and put yourselves in his
shoes..........................wayne
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> From: Bill Van <harrow.fur@pei.sympatico.ca>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: FW: RE: Man Shoots Kid for stealing pumpkins
> Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:54 PM
>
> Let's put this in perspective, who wants to confront three young
> men on their own. I wouldn't. Maybe the end result was overkill, but put
> yourself, in their boots, what do you do when they come back looking to
> confront you; take a real beating ? or protect your family?
> I would take the latter.
> Today victims seem to be the bad guy, what happened to justice.
> The pumpkin is inmaterial, we just had some shit kid's causing
> some trouble for a innocent person who stood up for himself & family.
> That's the opinion from here.
> Bill Van
> At 09:46 AM 10/20/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >> Man charged with shooting teen over
> >> stolen pumpkin
> >> 08:37 p.m Oct 19, 1999 Eastern
> >>
> >> BUENA PARK, Calif., Oct 19 (Reuters) - A
> >> California man who allegedly shot and killed a
> >> 17-year-old boy for stealing a Halloween pumpkin
> >> from his yard has been arrested and may face
murder
> >> charges, a Buena Park police spokesman said on
> >> Tuesday.
> >>
> >> Pete Solomona, 47, was arrested on Monday night
> >> after telling police he accidentally shot
Brandon
> >> Ketzdever with his .357 Magnum handgun during a
> >> confrontation with the teenager and two of his
friends
> >> over the stolen pumpkin.
> >>
> >> Ketzdever, who was shot in the head while
sitting in
> >> his car in front of Solomona's house in Buena
Park,
> >> about 35 miles (55 kms) south of Los Angeles,
died
> >> on Tuesday morning at a local hospital.
> >>
> >> Ketzdever's two friends, who were not identified
by
> >> authorities, fled after the shooting but were
later
> found
> >> by police. One of the boys was treated for minor
> >> injuries sustained when he was hit by bullet
fragments.
> >>
> >> Buena Park police spokesman Chris Nunez said
> >> Solomona's wife and several neighbours called
> >> authorities after the shooting, and Solomona
> >> surrendered to officers at his house. He is
being held
> >> without bail pending an arraignment on
Wednesday.
> >>
> >> Nunez said Solomona, who was arrested on
suspicion
> >> of murder, told police his gun discharged
accidentally
> >> during a confrontation with the three boys, who
had
> >> stolen his pumpkin as a prank minutes earlier.
> >>
> >> ``The suspect was at home watching TV, and heard
a
> >> noise and noticed his pumpkin missing and a car
> >> driving away,'' Nunez said. ``In just a matter
of
> >> minutes the car came back through and provided
the
> >> suspect with an opportunity to confront them.''
> >>
> >> Nunez said Solomona told police that ``when he
> >> asked why they took his Halloween decorations,
the
> >> handgun discharged and hit the driver.''
> >>
> >>
> >> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
> >>
> >
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