Gas station clerk trying to fight crime gets charged with a crime

[lennypartiv]

What's going on? Shouldn't we all be in favor of fighting crime?

---A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business in an attempt to prevent theft.---

Gas station clerk charged with manslaughter for locking doors before customers shot

A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business.

www.usatoday.com

 

[JoeB131]

Except he didn't fight crime. He created a dangerous situation over $4.00 of goods.

 

[jotathought]

What's going on? Shouldn't we all be in favor of fighting crime?

---A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business in an attempt to prevent theft.---

Gas station clerk charged with manslaughter for locking doors before customers shot

A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business.

www.usatoday.com

What happened to the shooter - Samuel Anthony McCray?

 

[Leo123]

If you're going to have a secret lock then have a gun next to the button. Grab the gun secretly, secretly lock the door and then shoot the mfer dead. You'll get manslaughter anyway but not for dead innocents.

 

[White 6]

What's going on? Shouldn't we all be in favor of fighting crime?

---A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business in an attempt to prevent theft.---

Gas station clerk charged with manslaughter for locking doors before customers shot

A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business.

www.usatoday.com

Kind of poor judgement, locking your customers in a small convenience store with an armed man trying to steal $4.00 worth of the owner goods.

 

[leftwinger]

Except he didn't fight crime. He created a dangerous situation over $4.00 of goods.

Look at the dumb OX blame the business guy. Bad judgement is to shoot 3 innocents over "only $4" you sack of black tar.

 

[JoeB131]

Look at the dumb OX blame the business guy. Bad judgement is to shoot 3 innocents over "only $4" you sack of black tar.

I agree, it is.
So was locking someone in over $4.00 and creating a panic situation.

 

[Independentthinker]

What's going on? Shouldn't we all be in favor of fighting crime?

---A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business in an attempt to prevent theft.---

Gas station clerk charged with manslaughter for locking doors before customers shot

A gas station clerk is charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 shooting that took place after he locked customers inside the business.

www.usatoday.com

The left are making it so that we should just let crime happen because enforcing laws is social injustice. Then we should confiscate everyone's guns so criminals can walk around freely.

 

[Missourian]

I think this will be a fail.

You'd have to prove that the clerk could have foreseen that a person who attempted to pay...then tried to steal $4.00 worth of product would... instead of just putting it down... pull out a gun and shoot innocent people.

I don't believe any reasonable person would ever expect that outcome.

On the criminally side.. the deaths and injuries are on the shooter, not the clerk.

This is a civil matter.

 

[Curried Goats]

I think this will be a fail.

You'd have to prove that the clerk could have foreseen that a person who attempted to pay...then tried to steal $4.00 worth of product would... instead of just putting it down... pull out a gun and shoot innocent people.

I don't believe any reasonable person would ever expect that outcome.

On the criminally side.. the deaths and injuries are on the shooter, not the clerk.

This is a civil matter.

From the report the clerk locked the doors after the guy pulled his gun.

 

[Missourian]

From the report the clerk locked the doors after the guy pulled his gun.

Is that somewhere different than the OP article?

It says "Aiyash is accused of electronically locking the doors of the store before McCray pulled a handgun and shot three customers, prosecutors said."

 

[Curried Goats]

Is that somewhere different than the OP article?

It says "Aiyash is accused of electronically locking the doors of the store before McCray pulled a handgun and shot three customers, prosecutors said."

You're right. I read that wrong.