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[In response to a news story about a 12 year old boy who was killed after a resident thought the trick-or-treater was a robber]

Horrible tragedy nonetheless...but it's a "holiday" that implies celebration of evil, why expect anything less?

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old comment by jaconey

To Mortok:

Here is one of the news storys about it:

After hearing the knock on his door, authorities say, a convicted felon fearing a robbery opened fire with an assault rifle from inside the house. At least 29 shots smashed through the front door and window frame, killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw and wounding Grinnell and another son.

“This is by far one of the worst tragedies that I have had to personally experience,” police Chief Patty Patterson said Saturday. “It happened basically because kids were out doing what they would normally do on Halloween.”

Police said 22-year-old Quentin Patrick, a felon with multiple drug convictions, told them he feared the masked visitors were coming to rob him. Two of the boys, including the one who was killed, were wearing ghoulish masks as their Halloween disguises.

Patrick has been charged with murder, three counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, and one count of assault with intent to kill.

Police said they also charged a 19-year-old in his home, Ericka Patrice Pee, with obstruction of justice when she was caught trying to run away after the shooting with $7,500 in cash. Patterson did not give an explanation for the money.

Pee’s 2-year-old daughter was inside during the shooting and is now being cared for by family members.

Patterson said Patrick had multiple drug convictions, but police do not believe he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the shooting. Authorities did not know if Patrick or Pee had attorneys. Both are being held without bond.

Grinnell and 9-year-old son Ahmadre Darrisaw were treated for multiple gunshot wounds and released, police said. Nobody answered the door at the family’s home in Sumter on Saturday afternoon.

A man who identified himself as Patrick’s brother but declined to give his name said in a call to The Associated Press that he believed Patrick was suffering from post-traumatic stress after being shot during a robbery last December. The man’s account matched the information police provided.

“We want to let his family know that this is a total tragic accident,” the man said. “He was trying to protect his family.”

old comment by Philbert McAdamia

Hmm, might have been dressed in traditional robber/burglar garb, you know; 5 O'Clock shadow, striped sweatshirt, Lone Ranger mask, newsboy cap, plastic pistol, Trick'R'Treat bag. You see a guy like that 3 feet tall on your doorstep on Halloween demanding a payoff what else would you think but kill 'em in self defense. Lucky for the princesses, ghosts, and cowboys they weren't showing their evil intentions and got off light with a little collateral damage, but that midget terrorist in the Bill Clinton mask - if that little heathen had been in range . . .

Waitaminnit - the felon's name is Quentin, as in San - and another one's name is Pee? It's getting harder to swallow this pill.

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Oh please. From the sound of it the same fate could've befallen anyone on any night had they made the unfortunate mistake of knocking on his door (which could've happened for a host of reasons - is needing directions evil too?). The guy was a nut who made no claim to having looked out the window to see who it was, made no claim to having asked who it was, and didn't even yell out a warning before blasting away. He just blindly shot at the door when he heard a knock (or so it seems based on the information provided). Which is fishy in and of itself - Who thinks they're in danger of being robbed by someone who took the time to knock? While, sure, there are home robberies where the robbers get the individual to open the door and then force their way in, that type of robber will probably go away if you don't answer and even if they don't, you're not in immediate danger so it's not the time to shoot first and ask questions later. I wouldn't be surprised if he made that whole thing up after going crazy because he hated Halloween and/or was tired of kids ringing his bell. Kids have gotten shot at over things as stupid as walking over a lawn, so that wouldn't surprise me.

Either way, it's a shame it happened to anyone much less a kid, especially in light of how unavoidable and senseless it was. But to imply that you view of the holiday was to blame is insane and no doubt just a way to further your own agenda during the misfortune of others (you are a spineless vulture). However, it very easily could've been a kid singing Christmas Carols instead - One year, I saw this group who had a five or so year old boy with them and the kid would go and run up to a door, ring the bell, and then run back to the group before they started singing.

old comment by CailinBan

Halloween means All Hallows' Eve, i.e. All Saints' Eve, so you're right it's a Christian holiday.

BUT ...

Typical Christian way to put their festivals on top of pagan ones; it was originally a Celtic Pagan festival called Samhain (pronounced Sowen), and it was the night of the dead and they believed the veil between this world and the other world was very thin on that night and ghosts etc could come into this world.

All the things we do such as dresing up, cutting faces into pumpkins (used to be turnips) and knocking on doors for gifts is based on the pagan festival.

I've no idea where the Trick or Treat bit came in - that seems to be an American variation. The original tradition was just to ask for treats, no harm done if you didn't get them (although you usually did).

So, in as much as the festival IS based on a pagan festival of the dead, the Christians are right. That justifying killing a young boy - not so much.

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