'Helpful' good guy fires at fleeing car to "mark it"

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'Helpful' good guy fires at fleeing car to "mark it"

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This dope doesn't need to have a gun available (full story here):

"...When a Walmart loss prevention officer tried to stop McKee, the suspect abandoned his shopping cart and ran out of the store, pushing down a woman on his way out, Sampsell said.

"As Eddie Mckee was running out of the store being chased, Jose Manuel Martinez also chased after him," Sampsell said.

Martinez said he didn't know why McKee was being chased but he joined in. And when he could not stop Mckee who entered his car to get away, Martinez pulled out his 9 mm handgun, Sampsell said.

"He fired at the car a minimum of four times," Sampsell said. "He said he didn't want to kill the suspected shoplifter but wanted to mark the car for police."..."
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What an idiot.

Martinez, who has a concealed weapons license, was not justified opening fire in a busy shopping parking lot in the middle of the day, Sampsell said.

"His life was not in immediate danger so he was not in fear for his life nor was he trying to defend someone else whose life is being threatened," Sampsell said. "There was no justification for the shooting."
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Wow. What an idiot.
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He watched too much TV and played too many video games.

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Too much bad press for CHLers at a very important time while fighting to keep our rights.
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Definitely a Fark Florida tag
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He's got a future in Obama's civilian army.
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