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I guess the mods didn't like the other title so removed it. This is THE title (abbreviated to fit here) from original article which Raw Story picked up. Original source, sited with link.
A new father was fatally shot after confronting a man who hurled the n-word at his friend, police say
Meagan FlynnJuly 23 at 5:33 AMEmail the author
Chad Merrill, 25, the brand new father of a 5-month-old baby, was fatally shot in the parking lot of his favorite bar in York County, Pa., early Saturday morning.
It happened just moments after the alleged shooter, James Saylor, hurled racial slurs and the n-word at Merrill’s friend inside the Red Rose Restaurant and Lounge, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Now police say Merrill may have been trying to “right the wrong” when he confronted Saylor in the parking lot in defense of his African American friend, according to the York Daily Record.
Merrill’s brother, Richard Merrill, told The Washington Post that while his family was deeply torn by the news of his brother’s death, they were not surprised to hear that Merrill died defending his friend. It was in his nature, Richard Merrill said....
“He was always the peacemaker. He didn’t want people hating each other,” Merrill said, “or the world being segregated the way it is, with the racism you see all over the news. The world wants to keep everything segregated and he would rather have seen everybody get along.”
According to a probable cause affidavit, just before the shooting, 24-year-old Saylor entered the Red Rose Restaurant and Lounge and started yelling slurs at Merrill’s friend, Jerrell Douglas. Richard Merrill said his brother was sitting next to Douglas when it happened. He said he learned from Douglas that Merrill patted him on the back, telling him not to worry and to try to tune it out. (Douglas could not be reached for comment.)
Police said Douglas did exactly that and did not engage with Saylor, who was quickly thrown out of the bar for his behavior, according to the affidavit. But Merrill went outside, apparently looking for the man...
Surveillance video captured Saylor in the parking lot trying to get inside a vehicle that didn’t belong to him, Hellam Township Police Chief J. Douglas Pollock told the Daily Record. He pulled a gun out of his waistband and haphazardly fired a shot toward the building, Pollock said. He then got inside his own truck, at which point Merrill emerged from the bar. Police say it is not clear what words, if any, they exchanged. Merrill started walking toward Saylor’s truck.
Then, when he was about two feet away, Saylor allegedly shot...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/23/a-new-father-was-fatally-shot-after-confronting-a-man-who-hurled-the-n-word-at-his-friend-police-say/?utm_term=.2a496c37168f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
A new father was fatally shot after confronting a man who hurled the n-word at his friend, police say
Meagan FlynnJuly 23 at 5:33 AMEmail the author
Chad Merrill, 25, the brand new father of a 5-month-old baby, was fatally shot in the parking lot of his favorite bar in York County, Pa., early Saturday morning.
It happened just moments after the alleged shooter, James Saylor, hurled racial slurs and the n-word at Merrill’s friend inside the Red Rose Restaurant and Lounge, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Now police say Merrill may have been trying to “right the wrong” when he confronted Saylor in the parking lot in defense of his African American friend, according to the York Daily Record.
Merrill’s brother, Richard Merrill, told The Washington Post that while his family was deeply torn by the news of his brother’s death, they were not surprised to hear that Merrill died defending his friend. It was in his nature, Richard Merrill said....
“He was always the peacemaker. He didn’t want people hating each other,” Merrill said, “or the world being segregated the way it is, with the racism you see all over the news. The world wants to keep everything segregated and he would rather have seen everybody get along.”
According to a probable cause affidavit, just before the shooting, 24-year-old Saylor entered the Red Rose Restaurant and Lounge and started yelling slurs at Merrill’s friend, Jerrell Douglas. Richard Merrill said his brother was sitting next to Douglas when it happened. He said he learned from Douglas that Merrill patted him on the back, telling him not to worry and to try to tune it out. (Douglas could not be reached for comment.)
Police said Douglas did exactly that and did not engage with Saylor, who was quickly thrown out of the bar for his behavior, according to the affidavit. But Merrill went outside, apparently looking for the man...
Surveillance video captured Saylor in the parking lot trying to get inside a vehicle that didn’t belong to him, Hellam Township Police Chief J. Douglas Pollock told the Daily Record. He pulled a gun out of his waistband and haphazardly fired a shot toward the building, Pollock said. He then got inside his own truck, at which point Merrill emerged from the bar. Police say it is not clear what words, if any, they exchanged. Merrill started walking toward Saylor’s truck.
Then, when he was about two feet away, Saylor allegedly shot...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/23/a-new-father-was-fatally-shot-after-confronting-a-man-who-hurled-the-n-word-at-his-friend-police-say/?utm_term=.2a496c37168f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
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