HankT
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What a mess.
One thing for sure, though. We do know that HankT's Postulate of Civilian Self-Defense[suP]©[/suP] (HPCSD) applies. It always does...
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Police: Pastor Shot Teen Outside Church
September 17, 2009 2:02 PM
Updated: Friday, September 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police said a pastor opened fire outside of a northeast side church on Thursday, hitting a teenager in the shoulder.
La'queven Cook, 17, said he and his girlfriend were arguing Thursday outside the New Jerusalem Baptist Church, located on Joyce Avenue. That argument led to an altercation involving several people at the church.
The pastor went inside and returned with a gun, 10TV's Brittany Westbrook reported.
"I took off as soon as I seen the gun," Cook said. "My mom was in front of him as soon as he started shooting. He shot right over her and he shot me in my back."
Some witnesses told a different story. They said Cook and the people he was with charged at the pastor. They said the pastor was trying to protect the girl, Westbrook reported.
"A couple young men was beating up on a young girl," Bishop Donald Washington said. "Tried to stop the altercation and they turned on him."
Witnesses said several people attempted to intervene.
Cook maintains that he was not hurting his girlfriend and did not attack the pastor.
"The only thing I kept hearing him say is, 'I'm a pastor, I'm a pastor,'" Cook said. "I never thought a pastor would do something like that."
Cook was treated for a gunshot wound and a broken arm. He was released from a hospital on Thursday afternoon.
Charges against the pastor were not immediately filed.
Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for additional information.
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/09/17/story_joyce_ave_shooting.html?sid=102
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Pastor shoots 17-year-old at his church
It started as boy-girl fight at bus stop, grew wild after reverend intervened
Friday, September 18, 2009 3:15 AM
By Theodore Decker
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
A pastor who tried to break up a fight between a 17-year-old boy and a girl ended up shooting the boy outside his North Side church after the confrontation escalated, police said.
The Rev. Marcus Martin, pastor of the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, was being interviewed yesterday by Columbus police detectives who are working to determine whether the 12:17 p.m. shooting was justified.
No charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the incident.
The youth, La'queven Cook, was shot in the shoulder. Detective Pat Dorn of the homicide squad said he was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center for a minor gunshot wound. Cook later was released.
Police gave the following account:
Cook and a girl were across from the church at 2121 Joyce Ave. at a bus stop when they began to fight. The fight was volatile enough that police received four separate calls about it.
Martin and another church member saw the fight from the front doors of the church and decided to stop it.
Cook was argumentative, leveling threats and sucker-punching the pastor, police said. At that point, Martin and the other church member grabbed the youth and hauled him back to the church to hold for police.
Cook lives only a few doors from the church and hollered for help when a car passed with his brother and several other friends inside. The group came to his aid, and a larger confrontation occurred, police said.
"The reverend was struck about the head by one of the individuals," Dorn said.
At that point, Martin went into the church and retrieved his 9 mm handgun, Dorn said. He was standing at the side door to the church when he thought someone in the rowdy crowd was reaching for a weapon.
"He did not see a weapon, but he thought one of the individuals was drawing a weapon," Dorn said. "He fired."
Police found the gun in the church. Dorn said police have been told that the gun was legally owned, although the investigation is continuing.
"It's a case that might go to a grand jury," Dorn said. "He felt that they were going to rush into the church."
The pastor and the girl involved in the initial fight did not require treatment.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/18/church_shoot.ART_ART_09-18-09_B3_NLF456F.html?sid=101
What a mess.
One thing for sure, though. We do know that HankT's Postulate of Civilian Self-Defense[suP]©[/suP] (HPCSD) applies. It always does...
Developing...
Police: Pastor Shot Teen Outside Church
September 17, 2009 2:02 PM
Updated: Friday, September 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police said a pastor opened fire outside of a northeast side church on Thursday, hitting a teenager in the shoulder.
La'queven Cook, 17, said he and his girlfriend were arguing Thursday outside the New Jerusalem Baptist Church, located on Joyce Avenue. That argument led to an altercation involving several people at the church.
The pastor went inside and returned with a gun, 10TV's Brittany Westbrook reported.
"I took off as soon as I seen the gun," Cook said. "My mom was in front of him as soon as he started shooting. He shot right over her and he shot me in my back."
Some witnesses told a different story. They said Cook and the people he was with charged at the pastor. They said the pastor was trying to protect the girl, Westbrook reported.
"A couple young men was beating up on a young girl," Bishop Donald Washington said. "Tried to stop the altercation and they turned on him."
Witnesses said several people attempted to intervene.
Cook maintains that he was not hurting his girlfriend and did not attack the pastor.
"The only thing I kept hearing him say is, 'I'm a pastor, I'm a pastor,'" Cook said. "I never thought a pastor would do something like that."
Cook was treated for a gunshot wound and a broken arm. He was released from a hospital on Thursday afternoon.
Charges against the pastor were not immediately filed.
Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com for additional information.
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/09/17/story_joyce_ave_shooting.html?sid=102
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Pastor shoots 17-year-old at his church
It started as boy-girl fight at bus stop, grew wild after reverend intervened
Friday, September 18, 2009 3:15 AM
By Theodore Decker
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
A pastor who tried to break up a fight between a 17-year-old boy and a girl ended up shooting the boy outside his North Side church after the confrontation escalated, police said.
The Rev. Marcus Martin, pastor of the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, was being interviewed yesterday by Columbus police detectives who are working to determine whether the 12:17 p.m. shooting was justified.
No charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the incident.
The youth, La'queven Cook, was shot in the shoulder. Detective Pat Dorn of the homicide squad said he was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center for a minor gunshot wound. Cook later was released.
Police gave the following account:
Cook and a girl were across from the church at 2121 Joyce Ave. at a bus stop when they began to fight. The fight was volatile enough that police received four separate calls about it.
Martin and another church member saw the fight from the front doors of the church and decided to stop it.
Cook was argumentative, leveling threats and sucker-punching the pastor, police said. At that point, Martin and the other church member grabbed the youth and hauled him back to the church to hold for police.
Cook lives only a few doors from the church and hollered for help when a car passed with his brother and several other friends inside. The group came to his aid, and a larger confrontation occurred, police said.
"The reverend was struck about the head by one of the individuals," Dorn said.
At that point, Martin went into the church and retrieved his 9 mm handgun, Dorn said. He was standing at the side door to the church when he thought someone in the rowdy crowd was reaching for a weapon.
"He did not see a weapon, but he thought one of the individuals was drawing a weapon," Dorn said. "He fired."
Police found the gun in the church. Dorn said police have been told that the gun was legally owned, although the investigation is continuing.
"It's a case that might go to a grand jury," Dorn said. "He felt that they were going to rush into the church."
The pastor and the girl involved in the initial fight did not require treatment.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/18/church_shoot.ART_ART_09-18-09_B3_NLF456F.html?sid=101