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russ1943

(618 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:22 AM Feb 2015

This is just wrong on so many levels!

Man who shot dead his friend's pregnant wife while playing with a revolver 'gunslinger-style' will not face charges. Katherine Lynn Hoover was 'accidentally' shot in the head by her friend William DeHayes who was showing off a revolver 'gunslinger-style' at the time DeHayes shot Mrs Hoover once in the head. Prosecutors have decided DeHayes would not face any criminal charges. Mrs Hoover's baby son Rehlin Lee was delivered but died 30 minutes later. …… The decision has been strongly criticised by Mrs Hoover's mother Donna Bryan, who has written to the Governor Rick Scott, State Attorney General Pam Bondi as well as the state attorney in Hernando County, Brad King. Mr King wrote back to Mrs Bryan and claimed that he COULD NOT prosecute DeHayes because, even though he was grossly negligent, his behaviour did not constitute a crime.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2956770/Family-s-fury-investigators-decide-man-shot-dead-friend-s-pregnant-wife-playing-revolver-gunslinger-style-not-face-charges.html#ixzz3SvRmvOxZ
Published: February 15, 2015 NEW PORT RICHEY — William DeHayes was showing off his gun collection to friends Carson Hoover and his pregnant wife, Katherine, on July 26 when tragedy struck at his Brooksville home. For the family, devastation merged with frustrated anger in December, when the State Attorney’s Office in Hernando County decided not to pursue charges against DeHayes, as the shooting was deemed accidental. http://tbo.com/pasco-county/ruling-in-hernando-shooting-angers-victims-family-20150215/
Discussed in the dungeon back in July when it occurred. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172149860

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This is just wrong on so many levels! (Original Post) russ1943 Feb 2015 OP
"Grossly negligent" means they can sue him... TreasonousBastard Feb 2015 #1
Unfortunately, similar incidents occur billh58 Feb 2015 #2

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. "Grossly negligent" means they can sue him...
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:36 AM
Feb 2015

for everything he's got and everything he will get.

Might be better justice than just seeing his sorry ass in some jail.

billh58

(6,635 posts)
2. Unfortunately, similar incidents occur
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 11:59 AM
Feb 2015

on a daly basis all across this nation, and the "responsible gun owners" are seldom prosecuted. Phrases like "reckless endangerment," negligence resulting in death," "manslaughter," and other similar terms come to mind, but because a gun was involved the guilty are not charged most of the time because "they have suffered enough." Really?

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