Is this a national trend now??

[theking]

3 mistakes end in 3 shootings: Experts divided on whether they represent a national trend
A trio of unprovoked shootings have rekindled debate about the prevalence of guns in American life.
In the span of a single week, three separate shootings that occurred after victims mistakenly approached the wrong home or vehicle are raising questions about the proliferation of guns in American society.

Last Thursday, Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old white man, allegedly shot Ralph Yarl, a Black 16-year-old, after Yarl rang Lester’s doorbell in Kansas City, Mo., thinking his two younger siblings were inside. Yarl had the wrong address, and Lester, who told police he feared for his safety, opened fire.

Two days later in upstate New York, Kaylin Gillis, a 20-year-old white woman, was shot and killed, allegedly by Kevin Monahan, a 65-year-old white homeowner, while driving in a car that mistakenly turned in to the wrong driveway. Monahan was not cooperative with police, who, after booking him into Warren County Jail, said he had no reason to feel threatened.

[theking]

Little Girl, Parents Shot After Basketball Rolls Into Neighbor’s Yard: Report
A 6-year-old girl and her parents were injured by gunfire on Tuesday night after a basketball rolled down a residential street in North Carolina and into a man’s yard, enraging him, neighbors told WSOC-TV.

Witnesses told the station that the gunman ran up and down the street, firing until he ran out of bullets.

The Gaston County Police Department said Wednesday they were still hunting for the alleged gunman, identified as Robert Louis Singletary, a 24-year-old man described as “armed and dangerous.”

The young girl, Kinsley White, was hospitalized after being seriously wounded. She was released overnight, family members told Queen City News. Her father, William White, remains in the hospital.

“He came out with a gun, he started shooting,” Kinsley explained to the outlet. “Hope my daddy is OK.”

[theking]

Man shoots three after food order is delivered to wrong house, Michigan officials say

A Michigan man is accused of shooting three people, including two teenagers, after his food order was delivered to the wrong home, officials said. The shooting happened before 9 p.m. on April 13 in a northwest Detroit neighborhood, according to an April 17 news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. After his food was dropped off at the wrong house, 32-year-old Deon Ray Thomas went over and “confronted the victims,” the release said.

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article274438775.html#storylink=cpy

[DuMa]

Lots of jobs are being cut or put on hold because of this.  Them people that likes to knock on doors to sell stuff or perhaps your friendly UPS/Fed ex guys are no longer knocking on people's doors. 

They need to ratify them laws about stand your ground or rights to protect yourself on your property because as you can see, there are still many people are ill informed about the situation.  Perhaps make them think before you shoot because if they do not know about the consequences, they may not see themselves in jail so therefore, they shoot in thinking that the law is still on their side. 

When we were younger, we played negro knock.  Knock on stranger doors and run.  The world was more tolerable back in them days.  The world sure have changed. 

[Cali Guy]

I laugh hard if some neighborhood kids came to knock on my door and took off.

I recently drove into someone’s driveway to turn around but this mountain community was actually quite nice. At the grocery, one of my drink containers fell and drink cans rolled everywhere but this father and son gave me a helping hand. Cashier even scan member’s card so I can get savings without asking.

[NtsesHnub]

Gastonia has always been ghetto.  Charlotte is getting there too

[DuMa]

I laugh hard if some neighborhood kids came to knock on my door and took off.

I recently drove into someone’s driveway to turn around but this mountain community was actually quite nice. At the grocery, one of my drink containers fell and drink cans rolled everywhere but this father and son gave me a helping hand. Cashier even scan member’s card so I can get savings without asking.

This might not happen if you are black.  Unless you are black, you don't know what living in a "free" world is like especially when this "freedom" so of speak is not really there.  It only catches up to you when your reality is a figment of your imagination when you get such treatment.  A box of crayon, no other races would pick black first.  Even their own kind, if they can help it, would rather not date black. 

[theking]

Woman shot after wrong turn had hopes, dreams, father says

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — The father whose 20-year-old daughter was fatally shot after she and her friends got lost and drove to the wrong house in rural town upstate New York raged Wednesday at the man who pulled the trigger.

“For this man to sit on his porch and fire at a car with no threat is just … it angers me so badly,” said Andrew Gillis, whose daughter Kaylin Gillis was killed Saturday. “And I just hope to God that he dies in jail.”

The anguished father spoke at the courthouse after a hearing in which the man accused of killing Kaylin Gillis, Kevin Monahan, was denied bail by a judge. Monahan, 65, appeared in court with a jacket, tie and shackles. He answered questions from the judge, but mostly sat quietly.

“My daughter was an honor student. She had hopes and dreams of ... becoming a marine biologist or a veterinarian,” Andrew Gillis told reporters, his voice cracking with emotion. “She loved animals. And this man took that away from us.”