Police: Angry driver kills egg-throwing teen

celeb_2006 · December 3rd, 2006, 07:56 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16014703/?GT1=8816

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A 14-year-old boy who was throwing eggs at cars along with two other teenagers was shot and killed by someone who had been in a sport utility vehicle that was hit, police said.
Danny Crawford was killed by a gunshot wound to his upper body, Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis said. He died in an alley on the city’s west side early Saturday, authorities said.
The teens were throwing eggs at cars when an SUV that was struck chased them, Detective Tim Huston said. The vehicle stopped and several gunshots were fired, he said.

LynnieD · December 3rd, 2006, 07:59 PM

Did they catch the person that shot the teen?? Wow.....

SVZ · December 3rd, 2006, 08:00 PM

WTF is wrong with people?

Lobelia · December 3rd, 2006, 08:01 PM

My goodness. I can certainly understand being angry, but shooting? Hope they catch the guy.

I know there are no guarantees but kids should be taught not to mess with moving vehicles. It's really alarming when your car gets hit with something, and could cause an accident. A little boy was run over & killed on the road I live on a few years ago because he was throwing rocks at cars, and one stopped. He started running, and and the stopped car blocked the vision of the boy & an oncoming car, and it hit him.

That car then stopped, and the driver (the mother of my neighbor) saw what she had done, and promptly had a heart attack on the spot. She lived, but never drove again.

LynnieD · December 3rd, 2006, 08:01 PM

Maybe he/she just washed their SUV??

Had to say it..sorry.

xoxo · December 4th, 2006, 03:00 PM

what an over-reaction!
tho it is annoying as heck when kids do this stuff..but still..

crumpet · December 5th, 2006, 09:31 AM

Well, that'll teach 'em. Seriously, though, kids need to be aware of the possible consequences of assaulting a moving vehicle (aside from getting shot). They really could cause an accident that gets someone killed. Even worse, they'd get off the hook for it because "they're just keeeeeuuuuds".

It was wrong to shoot him and the shooter should be punished. But I can't help it, I'm sick to death of bratty assed kids and their consequence free behavior.

Algernon · December 5th, 2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Lobelia

My goodness. I can certainly understand being angry, but shooting? Hope they catch the guy.

I know there are no guarantees but kids should be taught not to mess with moving vehicles. It's really alarming when your car gets hit with something, and could cause an accident. A little boy was run over & killed on the road I live on a few years ago because he was throwing rocks at cars, and one stopped. He started running, and and the stopped car blocked the vision of the boy & an oncoming car, and it hit him.

That car then stopped, and the driver (the mother of my neighbor) saw what she had done, and promptly had a heart attack on the spot. She lived, but never drove again.

Omg, that is so tragic.

I know how alarming it is to be hit with something...once a few kids were throwing huge sticks at cars on a busy street, and I got hit on the windshield. At first I hadn't seen the kids and it scared the CRAP out of me, then I looked in my rearview mirror and saw the little brats. I slammed on my brakes, backed up. The kids looked like they had shit their pants. I demanded to see their parents, and this drugged-up looking dad comes out of the house, obviously clueless that his kids were even outside. I was extremely pissed.

Then just a few months later, my own son threw a rock at a truck as it passed, while I was raking leaves. It hit the truck's rear wheel rim very loudly, and the dude reacted the same way, lol...slammed on the brakes and reversed. I ran to my son and the truck and made it very clear to the enraged man that my son would be punished. And yes, he was punished. He's never done that again.

Now shooting someone...holy shit that is horrible.

KrisNine · December 5th, 2006, 01:24 PM

Holy crap...yeah that is an over-reaction, afterall it's just an egg! We have a problem here in California with people throwing large rocks and bricks from the overpass down to the cars driving on the freeway. Several people have been killed or severely injured. Those are the people I can see being shot!!

Mel1973 · December 5th, 2006, 01:32 PM

Way off topic ... but an interesting holiday story: either last Thanksgiving or the one prior, a woman walking down the street was hit by a frozen turkey thrown from a moving vehicle. Now, (I said it was off topic, didn't I?) I try so hard not to laugh every time I think about this because the woman was seriously injured. I mean, can you imagine just walking down the street minding your own business and then ......BLAM hit in the face with a 20 pound frozen fucking turkey??? I also have the gift of semi-understanding where the turkey-chucker may have been coming from - worked hard all year, and instead of a day off or a little bonus, he got a frozen turkey from his employer.... fuck the turkey, tosses it out the car window, oops, I hit someone.
That's all, I'm done rambling now.

Algernon · December 5th, 2006, 01:37 PM

^^Oh god, mel, I have to tell that story to my brother. He was just bitching and moaning about getting a 'fucking turkey' from his boss. What IS with that, anyway?

Mel1973 · December 5th, 2006, 01:41 PM

Cheap fucking bosses! That's who they should hit with the turkey - perhaps just the boss' vehicle??

xoxo · December 5th, 2006, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mel1973

Way off topic ... but an interesting holiday story: either last Thanksgiving or the one prior, a woman walking down the street was hit by a frozen turkey thrown from a moving vehicle. Now, (I said it was off topic, didn't I?) I try so hard not to laugh every time I think about this because the woman was seriously injured. I mean, can you imagine just walking down the street minding your own business and then ......BLAM hit in the face with a 20 pound frozen fucking turkey??? I also have the gift of semi-understanding where the turkey-chucker may have been coming from - worked hard all year, and instead of a day off or a little bonus, he got a frozen turkey from his employer.... fuck the turkey, tosses it out the car window, oops, I hit someone.
That's all, I'm done rambling now.

i totally would laugh too..dark humor is my favorite comedy..i also recall laughing hysterically during that part in pulp fiction where they accidentally shoot marvin in the face?
and the clean-up scene later. lol

Sojiita · December 5th, 2006, 05:41 PM

Well this is Columbus so it is shoot first, ask questions later.*sigh* My city makes the national news again and helps Ohio reach out to snatch the crazy state tiara off of Flaw-duh's head.

Daphne · December 6th, 2006, 05:30 PM

Speaking of people doing things to vehicles, there is a video of a crackhead in Las Vegas destroying someone's car on Las Vegas Blvd. Here is the censored version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-4fxgZ8-0

Had he broke the windows of my car with me in it, I would have run him over repeatedly.