Man fires handgun at teens who said they mistakenly pulled in his Va. driveway (arrested and charged

[Demovictory9]

Spotsylvania County man is facing charges after deputies said he fired a gun into a vehicle occupied by three teens who said they wound up in his driveway by accident.

Spotsylvania County deputies were called to the 6300 block of Grace Hill for a dispute. They were met at the address by Brent Alford, 49, of Spotsylvania County, who told deputies he noticed a vehicle was parked in his driveway.

Armed with a handgun, Alford went to investigate, deputies said. Inside the vehicle were three teen siblings, aged 17, 16 and 15, who said they were lost and had driven down Alford's driveway by mistake.

The teens were attempting to find a party near Alford's home, they told deputies, and were attempting to turn around in the driveway when Alford began banging on the vehicle window and yelling at them.


The 17-year-old driver was startled and quickly attempted to drive away, deputies said. According to the report, Alford fired one round from his handgun into the back of the vehicle, hitting the trunk.

The bullet traveled through the taillight and hit items in the trunk before landing in the center of the back passenger area under the seat cushion.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-fires-handgun-at-teens-who-said-they-mistakenly-pulled-in-his-va-driveway-deputies/ar-AAYXE0K

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

1. What is wrong with people ?????

When did GUNS become to answer to everything ?

You suspect ___________, you shoot a gun.
You think _____________, You shoot a gun.
You imagine ___________, you shoot a gun.
You infer ______________, you shoot a gun.
You conjecture _________, you shoot a gun.

WHAT IF YOU'RE WRONG ?????????????????????

[Wounded Bear]

2. You don't watch a lot of television, do you?

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

3. No, Sir, actually I don't.

I'm a reader. I haven't owned a telly in over ten years.

Like Springsteen said, "Fifty seven channels and nothings's on."

It seemed to me that the level of programming kept spiralling down. I realized that more and more, the only thing I ever looked at was the news, which I can see on my laptop. Plus the expense of cable was getting ridiculous and out of control. Even for basic cable, it would have cost me more than I was getting from it.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Yeah, well, it's still spiralling down, and there's plenty of violence on display...

and with our gun culture that's a lot of reinforcement for people's proclivities for violence.

[PTWB]

5. If you're wrong you get arrested like the guy in this case.

And potentially you end the life of an innocent person. Better not be wrong when you pull that trigger.

[mbusby]

6. We have had a car...

...end up in the wrong drive way to try to turn around. We would help them turn around, not try to shoot them.