Man Arrested For "Parking Rage" Stabbing At Mall Of America

[matcom]

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Seemingly angered after getting beat to two parking spaces at the Mall of America in Bloomington on Monday evening, a 59-year-old man got into a confrontation with one of the other drivers, repeatedly slashing and stabbing him.

The man first tried to pull into a spot in the south surface parking lot about 6:45 p.m. when the space was taken by a 26-year-old driver, who would later be stabbed, said police Cmdr. Kevin Hinrichs. As the suspect was driving away, another man motioned that his spot would be available. But that, too, was taken by another driver, Hinrichs said Tuesday.

"You can imagine the guy gets frustrated," he said.

The suspect parked and then walked back to the first spot, where he might have been laughed at or ridiculed by the driver who took his spot, Hinrichs said. Women with the two drivers had an argument before the men became involved, Hinrichs said.

http://startribune.com/stories/462/4863556.html

[Beaker]

1. sounds like the punk had it coming...

i don't think I would have even moved on to space #2.

[geniph]

2. Jeebus, guy, just park further out and WALK in!

I'll never understand people who get stressed about needing to find a close parking spot at a mall or Costco or such - I mean, you're going to walk about ten damn miles inside the place, what's the big deal with saving yourself forty feet of walking in the parking lot? Just park further out, for pete's sake!

[NashVegas]

3. Aye

i refuse to get caught up in parking space competitions.

in the meantime, I think it would be a lot of fun to disemminate this article far and wide, maybe put a little fear into the hearts of those who do.

[TXlib]

4. Although I hope the stabber is appropriately punished

I feel little pity for his victim, if said victim maliciously took his space, and then taunted him about it.

I find news stories of extreme rude behavior being met with extreme violence viscerally satisfying.