It's got to be Florida
For many years, California was know as the "Land of nuts and fruits" but I'm happy to report Florida now has that distinction. Now, I'm not disparaging Floridians but most of the stories about people doing stupid things come out of Florida. Here are two stories that highlight this point.
Mother shoots son outside a Red Rooster
A woman in Miami, Florida, is accused of shooting her son on Christmas day outside a popular Red Rooster restaurant because he was being "disrespectful."
Roseita Lavette Smith, 50, has been charged with aggravated battery with a weapon — causing bodily harm, jail records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
On the day of the incident, Smith and her son were inside the Red Rooster on Northwest 2nd Avenue in the neighborhood of Overtown for brunch, according to an arrest report obtained by local independent TV station WPLG. At some point, Smith became upset, accusing her son of acting "disrespectful" toward her and other members of their family.
At about 3 p.m., the argument spilled out into the parking lot, continuing as the mother and son entered her vehicle, authorities said.
But then the dispute developed further, and as the son exited the vehicle, his mother followed him, and she allegedly fired a single gunshot, striking him in the thigh, according to law enforcement.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mother-shot-son-outside-red-rooster-restaurant-for-being-disrespectful-on-christmas-police/ar-AA1T7zwO?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6950229b537f42c2bbf162230a5aed55&ei=152
Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter after fight over NFL game
A Florida man killed his wife and shot his stepdaughter in the face following an argument over watching a football game, authorities say.
Jason Kenney, 47, had been drinking and watching Monday Night Football in his shed in Highland City, just east of Tampa, until about 11 p.m. on Dec. 22, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news conference the following day. Kenney then went inside his home and wanted to continue watching the game in the living room, where his wife Crystal was, Judd said.
Crystal Kenney didn't want to watch football and an argument ensued. As the fight escalated, Crystal told her 12-year-old son to run to a neighbor's house and call 911, Judd said.
As the boy ran out of the home, he heard the first gunshot. Responding deputies found Crystal dead inside, her 13-year-old daughter shot in the face and shoulder, and Jason Kenney gone. The infant daughter the couple shared was unharmed, and the 13-year-old survived the gunshot wound after the bullet hit the bridge of her nose and deflected through the top of her head, Judd said.
“The 13-year-old girl begged not to be shot – ‘Please don't shoot me. Please don't shoot me,’” Judd said. “And he shot her twice.”
After shooting his wife and step-daughter, Kenney drove in his truck toward the home of his late father in Lake Wales, and called his sister to tell her he had "done something very, very bad," that he would be in the news and that it was the last time they would talk to each other, Judd said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/florida-man-kills-wife-shoots-stepdaughter-after-fight-over-nfl-game-don-t-shoot-me/ar-AA1T6sso?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6950229b537f42c2bbf162230a5aed55&ei=188
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