Murder charges in revenge killing by father of children slain by drunk driver
 

I know how I would vote if I was on that jury...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...er-4270089.php

This is murder, plain and simple. The circumstances don't change that.

And I would vote not-guilty 1,000 times out of 1,000.

I don't see a problem with what he did.

Justified.


**** that piece of shit. If there is a Hell I hope he is rotting in it right now.

What a terrible story. I'd probably do the same thing in the same position if some **** head drunk killed my kid.

But then again...how the **** do you allow yourself to run out of gas with your entire family in the car. This could have all been avoided with a trip to Shell.

Horrible story man, but he did what he thought he had to do.

Now his other two kids get to grow up without their father. Bad situation that he didn't make any better.

I'd never vote to convict.

wow, very sad. A little surpirsed by the jury. I can only imagine I would do the same exact thing as I don't know how I would be able to keep myself from killing the person that killed my boys. There's alot of ruined lives from this.

Probably a manslaughter charge with minimal jail time and probation

Sad story all around.....i want to applaud the Dad for doing the right thing.....but on the other hand, he made a horrible situation even worse.

The right thing would have probably been to raise your other two children. Old west style justice doesn't help his wife and other kids.

Doubt he does much if any jail time.

We are all level headed when we watch two of our own children get slaughtered by a car driven by a drunk that didn't even touch the brakes.


:facepalm:

Hes not guilty in my book... No way he should do a minute of jail time...

so he did the right thing.

This.

Its more than easy to understand his anger, but now things are twice as bad.

I'd think one could claim temporary insanity, which is a viable plea in many states.

After watching your children crushed to death, it's pretty easy to see red and lose all sense of reason.

It sounds like they won't have enough evidence to prove much of anything against the dad. And that's a beautiful thing.

I don't think "anger" would be the exact term I would use.

They probably didn't look too hard.

Ok, lets go with "molten fury"

Props to them for not looking hard...

This might be the first time in my life where I've heard that term and haven't thought what a crock of shit.

The one in a million case IMO where it could be legitimate.

Sad story.

I hope he goes free, but I wouldn't have my 11 and 12 year old pushing a truck on an unlit country road at night.

Anyone who sticks up for that asshole drunk driver is an asshole! **** all those supporters on facebook

I'd be more than happy to let him out on $1's bail and set the initial court date for 2092... Then play back my not-guilty recording from 2013...

**** it, I partake, but I think a healthy fear for your life when making stupid decisions is always good too...

Sorry but I wouldn't have gone back to get my gun. I would've pulled a Vinnie Jones in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and just car doored that mother.

This guy needs to hire Matthew McCaonaughey.

If I'm on that jury...no. I don't vote to convict him of anything.

Yeah, but that's severely compromised by his walking 300+ yds to get a gun.

We have a winner. The gun was a bad call.

I know a guy who lost his 6 year old son and his two other kids were seriously hurt in a traffic accident back in 2006. A 19 y/o street racer crashed into them while they sat at a traffic light. Kid bragged about how it was "no big thing" on his social media page for a few years before he finally got sentenced to jail. To this day, i have no idea how my friend kept it together or still does. If he would have taken that kid out, i would have applauded. This country could use a little more "old school" justice in certain situations.

I can't say that I really know what I would have done. In all probability I would have beaten the guy to death with my bare hands.

I wonder how long after seeing your kids getting ran over by a drunk until you are cosidered in your right mind? I'm pretty sure for me it would be longer then would I would walk a 1/2 mile in.

I completely agree. I wonder what the speed limit was. Would anyone have been able to avoid hitting them?

Oh, and drunk drivers are some of the worst scumbags there are. Especially when they go out and know they plan on drinking a lot.

I wouldn't think a man under those circumstances would be expected to be in his right mind. Temporary insanity should be a very sound defense.

Put yourself in his place for a minute.

You're pushing a truck within sight of your home. Some drunken asshole smashes the bodies of your sons between his car and the bumper of your truck. Injuries are grotesque. Your sons are dying, your wife and living children are screaming.....and the asshole who is responsible is 8' away from you.

I'd wager more than 1 normally sane person could snap.

He should get manslaughter and minimal time in the pen.

alcohol=helluva drug

Guy had kids at 18?

Hooray for shooting a guy to death in front of his wife and young children.

You run out of gas on an unlit county road in the middle of the night and decide to have your young children help push the truck home?

WTF? Go home and come back in the morning with a can of gas, you ****ing stooge. Even a sober driver would have been a serious threat to everyone's safety. That isn't to excuse the drunk driver, but you don't get to go around shooting people to death in front of their families after you both did something incredibly negligent.

This is Trayvon vs Zimmerman all over again.

I don't mean to sound sarcastic but, you haven't heard of the epidemic that is teen pregnancy in this country?

Ayep.

Two things I'm interested to see here:

1) Does the father's hand test positive for gunshot residue?
2) Is the gun ever found?

If the answer to both of those is "no," it's hard to imagine there being enough evidence to convict him.

Also, I wonder how the 911 call was placed. Was it by cell? Or from the house? That would be a possible explanation for the dad running to the house like he did.

It seems like he did it back to back. Ie dumped a wad when he was 17, and again within months of having the first. Sounds like a dumbass to begin with. Once is an accident, but two is a trend.

I have faith in a jury to handle this properly.

Good point. Oh wait, no it isn't. It has nothing to do with the story.

Well one thing the mom and other kids were too stunned to notice the dad do anything. Plus no real good eyewitness. He will be free. Also i hate people that drive while their drunk you give people who drink a bad name.

temporary insanity. Not guilty.

Hard to argue with this.

What would everyone thoughts be if the driver wasn't drunk? It's an unlit road so it could have just as easily been anyone (probably a lot less likely though).

Something like this happened in Spfld. a couple years back.

Some see it as justifiable homicide.

Probably do some time in a psychiatric hospital.

You're a ****ing moron?

I'm sorry but if you have 2 more kids then you don't do that shit. Especially a daughter. The odds of her being somewhat unstable just increased.

The sage voice of experience weighing in again.

Justifiable homicide?

We can't allow our society to devolve into vigilante justice. No one profits from that scenario.

His anger about the death of 2 of his kids results in his other 2 kids losing their father. No one wins here.

He may be indicted, but it probably won't go to trial. No witness to the actual shooting. No gun. Sympathetic circumstances. No prosecutor wants that loss on his record.

JFC, miss the point much?

Who ****ing cares how old he was when he had kids.

And you ****ing add on with this. Die in a ****ing fire you mouth breathing piece of shit.

What's with the question mark?

Anyone involved in this here legally?

The man is guilty!

Illegal discharge of a firearm within city limits. $150 fine. Next case...

I'm not sure if I'm reading this right, but it sounds like the guy slammed into the back of the truck... with the kids in between the two?

****. That's terrible.

Sounds like a Coors Commercial

My god.LMAO

Tragic story. If there was ever a case to be made for temporary insanity, I think this would certainly qualify.

Jesus Christ you people are demented....and you condone this sort of thing. Unbelievable.

If this guy doesnt get the worst worst possible manslaughter charge then it is bullshit. Guy should get murder charge IMO. He knew what he was doing all along.

"The right" thing? Get real. That is the absolute wrong thing. Kick his ass. Fine shoot him. fuck no.

Like it or not this was an accident. A grossly negligent one, but that doesnt make it right.

I can see all the lunatic dads on this thread. These are the type of guys that if your kid gets his ass kicked at school you go run over to the parents house with a bat. Idiots.

The ****?

Yeah, because it's totally cool if the SON is unstable. :spock:

This.

disgusting and sad :| We don't have all the details obviously but what were given I'd have to convict him. I'd hope for a lenient sentence though.

I wonder if the driver of the car was already dying before the father came back and shot him? He was still seated in the front seat of the car minutes later so I'd assume he was either unconscious, immobilized somehow, or badly badly injured. I wonder if that would change the fathers case for better or worse

I could see almost any father would go full on Martin Riggs at that moment: http://youtu.be/mp9YWsV0W8I?t=1m15s

You witness two of your kids smashed to death by a drunk driver and you wouldn't act irrationally or possibly want to end this douche bags life?? I think he just followed through with what every normal father would think about doing. Good luck though re-living the tragedy over and over again in court while the drunk douche sits alive and well because he was negligent.

He was drunk, so I'm sure he was perfectly unharmed.

I don't like the idea of letting anyone think it's OK to take the law into his/her own hands.

That said, I can't even imagine what I'd do if this happened to me, but I think it'd be more along these lines. It makes me sick to even think about this.

The only problem with this entire story is whether the dad knew the guy was drunk. Horrible accidents happen when people are completely sober, he could have been shooting someone completely sober. I still probably don't want him convicted of murder.

Should have just beat him to death, as a father that's what I would have done..

We've got one of those in here doing life.

Saw a man raping his daughter and beat him to death.

Yes, despite that, despite the fact any father would clearly go temporarily insane, he got life...

Umm your kid getting beat up at school by another kid is world's away from watching your kid get slaughtered by a speeding vehicle drove by a drunk worthless ass****. I'm guessing you're not a father???

That's crazy man, I could seem him doing a simple manslaughter charge but life?? Damn

Not guility for me as well. The longer we tolerate these drunk assholes the worse off we'll be.

Texas Dad Acquitted in Shooting Death of Drunken Driver Who Killed 2 Sons
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/27...-killed-2-sons