I'm sure someone will eventually get around to blaming this on San Andreas.
According to an arrest report filed in Clark County District Court, Sepi told investigators he dressed in a black coat, tucked an assault rifle under his arm and left his apartment for a beer run.Posted by j at August 2, 2005 10:31 PMAs the 120-pound Sepi journeyed on foot and passed through a dark alley, a man and woman confronted him and yelled for him to leave the alley, police said in the report.
Sepi said the man, identified by authorities as 26-year-old Kevin Ratcliff, produced an object that he thought to be a gun and opened fire.
"(Sepi) explained that he had been trained in the military that in a situation in which he was ambushed, he was to engage the targets and retreat from the area," police wrote in the report. "He felt that the situation in the alley was an ambush, and he reacted the way he had been trained."
A further quote from the same newstory:
"Some evidence might lend credence to Sepi's self-defense story.
"We do know the victim's boyfriend (Ratcliff) got off a few rounds as well," police Lt. Tom Monahan said.
Police said they recovered a 9 mm pistol and three spent 9 mm casings at the crime scene.
Police are investigating Sepi's story that someone had pulled a knife on him, while he was unarmed, the day before the shooting. "
It's entirely possible that the other guy did pull a gun...which would be a really bad idea around a Vet who's suffering from PTS disorder.
I'm just saying that this may be a bit more complex than the "some crazy vet kills 2 people in a dark alley without provocation" that people will try to make this out to be.
Either way, I WILL say that these 3 unfortunatel people all count as additional casualities of the Iraqi war...a war that plenty of generals, including General Collin Powell, warned the CoC against.
Posted by: Sumyung Guy at August 5, 2005 04:20 PM