Arkansas Prank Went Wrong

[Jimmya]

CNN) -- A 15-year-old girl in Little Rock, Arkansas, is dead, police say, because of a prank that went horribly and tragically wrong.
Adrian Broadway was shot in the head and died early Saturday morning.
She was with a group of teenagers who had gone to a house to do a "retaliation" prank on another teen who'd done a prank on them on Halloween, according to the Little Rock Police Department.
The teenagers told police they had thrown toilet paper, eggs and mayonnaise on a car parked there.
As they were leaving, a man came out of the house and opened fire.
Broadway was struck in the head and died.
Another teenager, the driver, suffered injuries to his right arm. He was transported to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
Police have identified the shooting suspect as 48-year-old Willie Noble. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of a terroristic act and five counts of aggravated assault, they said.
Bond was set at $1 million.
"I got the news from my mom who said that Adrian had got a gun wound to the head, and I just dropped the phone immediately and started crying," Broadway's friend, Laguyia Bland, told CNN affiliate KARK.
"They was trying to be teenagers," Bland said. "As you know teenagers make mistakes, and this was one of those mistakes."

[morphius]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

I ALWAYS assume when prosecutors charge people with 1st degree murder and terroristic threats its unfounded. Always.

Charge him with first, try to get him to plea to manslaughter...

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by morphius

Charge him with first, try to get him to plea to manslaughter...

I could be wrong but I doubt the guy was planning to kill anyone especially a 15 year old girl.

He acted recklessly and should be punished to some level, I don't have enough details to know what level. Prison, probation, I have no idea. I don't see how it as a case of self defense.

I am 100% pro-gun and its stories like this that cause me concern considering it seems every other person in the country is getting a C&C permit anymore.

[T-Town]

So endeth the prank...

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by T-Town

So endeth the prank...

Well done sir

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by notorious

The cost on a lot of vehicles is more than it's worth.


A lot of people have it because their bank requires it for the loan. I don't understand how people can justify over 1k in tags a year +200/month insurance on top of a car payment.

I save and pay cash for my vehicles.

/rant

yep, me too. I may not be driving the nicest car on the block, but it's paid for and insurance is cheap. Plus, if it gets messed with, I'm not going to freak out.

but don't touch my guns!

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

Bingo!

While there is a time and place to protect yourself with deadly force, this was not the case. A simple 911 call and a couple minutes later cops would be all over this. Let the professionals handle this type of shit, and keep yourself from going to jail.

That's hilarious. Yeah, they'll be heading out Code 3 for a ****ing vandalism call. What world are you living in?

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

That's hilarious. Yeah, they'll be heading out Code 3 for a ****ing vandalism call. What world are you living in?

point taken, but here's the thing--you gotta exhaust every opportunity to allow the police to enforce the law before you start shooting things up. Now, I live in a town where the cops are about 5 minutes away and they would be in my driveway in a flash. But most people live in cities where it will take the cops 15 minutes or so to show up. Either way, the guy should have at least dialed 911 before he went all blast-o-rama and ended up killing a teenybopper.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

point taken, but here's the thing--you gotta exhaust every opportunity to allow the police to enforce the law before you start shooting things up. Now, I live in a town where the cops are about 5 minutes away and they would be in my driveway in a flash. But most people live in cities where it will take the cops 15 minutes or so to show up. Either way, the guy should have at least dialed 911 before he went all blast-o-rama and ended up killing a teenybopper.

Cops are 30 min from us.


Can we shoot now?

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

That's hilarious. Yeah, they'll be heading out Code 3 for a ****ing vandalism call. What world are you living in?

So you're saying calling the police is not the right thing to do? Instead you'd rather do what this guy did and spend a stretch in prison getting your shithole gaped open? I don't live in your world...

[DaFace]

Some of you guys are some crazy mother****ers. I can't imagine ever even considering firing a gun at someone in any circumstance other than a virtual certainty that my own life would be done if I didn't shoot. The idea of shooting at someone because of vandalism is unfathomable to me.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Cops are 30 min from us.


Can we shoot now?

no, you should move.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

So you're saying calling the police is not the right thing to do? Instead you'd rather do what this guy did and spend a stretch in prison getting your shithole gaped open? I don't live in your world...

No, what I'm saying is it's a useless thing to do. And once again, I'm not saying coming out guns blazing is the right thing to do either. The simple fact is there really isn't a goddamn thing you can do. You can't rely on the law, nor can you take it into your own hands. ****ing punkass kids are pretty much free to do whatever they want and it's frustrating.

[rolltide2014]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

No, what I'm saying is it's a useless thing to do. And once again, I'm not saying coming out guns blazing is the right thing to do either. The simple fact is there really isn't a goddamn thing you can do. You can't rely on the law, nor can you take it into your own hands. ****ing punkass kids are pretty much free to do whatever they want and it's frustrating.

THIS. I just had the entire local community college basketball team try to break into my apartment about a week ago, at least 6, but I think more like 10 6 foot+ tall black guys huddled around my door at 1 am. I grab my .357 and call 911 and it takes the cops 23 minutes to get there. We are 0.6 miles from TPD HQ, not to mention we have 2 TPD deputies living on-site as the property's security, who I never heard anything back from. Nothing done about it. They live right above me, and we've had numerous problems with them. I have 50+ documented instances I've reported them for and not a damn thing is being done by anyone. Of course the apartment complex management is going to always side with the side they are drawing 15 rent checks from a month, as opposed to my 1.

[Bugeater]

We had a situation last fall where some punk kid in a Jeep was on a rampage in our neighborhood, driving recklessly and even went through my and my neighbor's yards right in front of me when I was standing in the driveway. I called the police, they already had other calls about him, so I waited out front while this idiot drove by several more times and when I couldn't see him I could still hear him squealing his tires in other parts of the neighborhood. I was outside for at least 30 minutes after I called, never even saw one squad car come by.

Calling the police is pointless.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

We had a situation last fall where some punk kid in a Jeep was on a rampage in our neighborhood, driving recklessly and even went through my and my neighbor's yards right in front of me when I was standing in the driveway. I called the police, they already had other calls about him, so I waited out front while this idiot drove by several more times and when I couldn't see him I could still hear him squealing his tires in other parts of the neighborhood. I was outside for at least 30 minutes after I called, never even saw one squad car come by.

Calling the police is pointless.

point taken, but again, at least you tried to call the cops. I'm not saying they will be there in a jiffy to help, but you should at least try the cops first.