Author Topic: My home town - first shooting death in almost 30 yrs (Read 2643 times)

Brad Johnson · « **on:** March 17, 2008, 10:03:52 AM »

Just talked to my parents. They were telling me about a death in my home town (Crowell, TX). It's the first non-self-inflicted death by gunshot in almost three decades. The last was a guy who "got all drunked up" and was dumb enough to greet a state trooper with the business end of a rifle.

The family moved there after I left for college so I don't know them. Mom said the father was openly abusive to the whole family in more ways than one. The fifteen year old daughter is the one who capped him. Mom said word through the grapevine is that in addition to physical and emotional abuse he was being sexually abusive, too. Talk is it will probably end up being ruled self-defense.

Brad

K Frame · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:18:30 AM »

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/mar/11/teen-free-custody/

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:24:36 AM »

Wow ... I guess the some parts of the world actually do know that Crowell still exists! Thanks for the link, Mike.

Brad

K Frame · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:37:17 AM »

I grew up in the same small town in Pennsylvania.

Tell people where I'm from and they get this misty look in their eyes and say "Didn't that thar town get swallowed up in the Great Rabbit Food Plant Explosion of AughtSevendeeteen?"

Ex-MA Hole · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:45:31 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on March 17, 2008, 09:37:17 AM

I grew up in the same small town in Pennsylvania.

Reminds be of a MASH eposide....Hawkeye talking to the wounded soldier....

Manedwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2008, 10:46:11 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on March 17, 2008, 09:37:17 AM

I grew up in the same small town in Pennsylvania.

Tell people where I'm from and they get this misty look in their eyes and say "Didn't that thar town get swallowed up in the Great Rabbit Food Plant Explosion of AughtSevendeeteen?"

Better than being from Centralia.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2008, 11:27:05 AM »

At least when I tell people where I grew up, they ask "Columbus, OH?"

.....No, do I sound like I'm from Ohio? (Texas accent).

Paddy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2008, 11:36:05 AM »

My little town of 25k sometimes goes a couple of years without a murder.

http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Atascadero&state=CA

280plus · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2008, 11:36:49 AM »

Went to high school in Moscow, PA. I love the look on people's faces when I tell them I went to school in Moscow. laugh

Bogie · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2008, 11:52:21 AM »

I'm a few miles from Moscow, MO...

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:12:53 PM »

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My little town of 25k sometimes goes a couple of years without a murder.

25k is little? Ha!

Brad

geronimotwo · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:14:33 PM »

commies...

Paddy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:23:03 PM »

Quote from: Brad Johnson on March 17, 2008, 11:12:53 AM

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My little town of 25k sometimes goes a couple of years without a murder.

25k is little? Ha!

Brad

I know there are much smaller towns in Texas, Brad. But we're not all blood relatives here.

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:28:10 PM »

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But we're not all blood relatives here.

Oh har-dee-har ... neither are we since they hired that school teacher from Oklahoma.

Brad

Tallpine · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:27:45 PM »

Yeah, a "little town" around here is about 150 people. Actually, that's a fairly big town grin

A post office and a bar are the only prerequisites. The PO is optional.

Our daughters graduated in a class of about 12. A lot of these small schools, the first thing they ask a prospective teacher hire is how many kids do you have? (to add to the school class size) Wink

Sometime back, there was one little town that had maybe 2 kids and they hired a teacher with 3 or 4 kids which put them up over the minimum of 5 (?) to stay open.

There was a murder-suicide in our county maybe 8-10 years ago, but I don't remember if anything has happened since then. A guy out in our neighborhood got drunk a couple years ago and took a shot at his sister, but unfortunately only wounded her rolleyes

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:39:25 PM »

Brad,

That sounds like a pretty good record, to have no murders for thirty years. I bet no one is allowed to have guns in your town. Because these things usually tend to happen when a gun sneaks in, then it starts killing people. Any info on how the gun got into town? To keep this from happening again, the town should make sure there are no more guns in town that have sneaked in over the years. Good luck.

member1313 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:30:08 PM »

Dude, I can't believe people from your town think guns are the answer! Don't they watch the news!

God, the prospect of victims...defending themselves...

On a serious note, I'm glad the girl was able to defend herself effectively. If the rumors of abuse are true, I feel truly sorry for the entire family.

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:46:06 PM »

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I know there are much smaller towns in Texas, Brad. But we're not all blood relatives here.

Smaller towns? There's smaller counties.

Antibubba · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2008, 08:04:22 PM »

I work at a call center. The first customer I talked to Saturday is living in the small town I grew up in, way across the country. I knew they'd torn down the High School about 5 years ago, but they just tore down my elementary school. Considering how miserable my elementary years were, I'm wondering why that hurts so much. undecided

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Author Topic: My home town - first shooting death in almost 30 yrs (Read 2643 times)

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