Author Researching "The Kindness of America" Shot By Stranger

[Scarim Coral]

This iorny (maybe not as the cuplit didn't get away) remind me when Steve Irwin was trying to prove that Stringray were friendly. If only that Stringray didn't do that to him.

 

[Thaluikhain]

On the other hand, the second person stopped to help him, so 50% success rate.

One wonders why you'd shoot someone just for wanting a lift. And then not make sure you'd killed them, I guess.

 

[DanielBrown]

lol, amurica
He should've done a piece about the Awesomeness of Europe instead, then he'd only have gotten stabbed. Multiple times, probably.

 

[VeryOddGamer]

The irony of this is so delicious. I wonder if the guy just really hates America and wants to make it look bad. Okay, it's probably just a coincidence.

 

[MetalMagpie]

This made me laugh far more than it should have. Glad he's OK though.

 

[Evil Smurf]

guy could have been shot killed

 

[CrazyGirl17]

(Face palm) Wow, just, wow, talk about your bad luck...

I was going to make a cynical comment about how people in general are just jerks, but it occurred to me that the action of one degenerate shouldn't reflect on the population as a whole. Though I do think it's naive to assume that all people are inherently good.

...Yeah, that's pretty much my view of humanity in a nutshell...

 

[Porygon-2000]

I could have been worse.

He could have been someone more... Milat-esque.

 

[Prince Regent]

My time on the internet has made me skeptical of strange coincidences. Are we sure that this isn't some kind of publicity stunt?

 

[R.Nevermore]

This made my day... Truly made my day brighter.
I guess the guy's feel good memoirs really worked!

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

I have to say reading the guys name the only thing I could think about was this:

Aaaaand now I can't stop laughing. Good job.

Yeah I concur. My first reaction was actually to come in here looking for "actually, is Dolan" comments. You didn't disappoint.

 

[Thaliur]

"It appears to be a random shooting. We don't know exactly what caused him to do it. He just drove up and shot him," said Valley County Sheriff, Glen Meier.

My guess is that the driver did not see that Dolin had his thumb held up, and imagined another, less kind, gesture.

 

[Vivi22]

He faces charges of felony assault with a weapon and driving under the influence.

Am I the only one who saw this and wondered why there weren't attempted murder, or at least attempted manslaughter charges if there is such a thing given he was under the influence? It seems to me that even if he wasn't trying to kill him, leaning out the window of your vehicle (was it moving?) and shooting someone stands a good chance of ending in that someone dying. Maybe he was actually trying to kill him and just missed? Surely they could tack on some other lovely charges for this asshat couldn't they?

 

[Dangit2019]

Reminds me of when I came to school saying that I was going to start seeing the best in people, and then I immediately got robbed while buying a drink from the vending machine.

 

[Living Contradiction]

The irony meter! It is BREAKING!

Am I the only one who saw this and wondered why there weren't attempted murder, or at least attempted manslaughter charges if there is such a thing given he was under the influence?

The DA is probably going to go for a quick and clean trial on this one. Murder implies intent and manslaughter implies happenstance. Either way, a lawyer can snarl things up and waste time and money arguing the finer points. With DUI and felony assault, everything's clear cut. "Yep, he was drunk. Yep, he was armed. Yep, the gun went off and hit somebody. Ten years, parole in six with good behaviour. Next case please!"