Flagstaff, AZ—Overnight on
the campus grounds there was an altercation between several male students. The details of the altercation remain very elusive.
We know four young men were shot, and one lad is being held right now by police
for investigation.
Right now, the dead lad and
his pals are being spoken about through tears and a way too early eulogy. Can’t we simply wait for a fact or two
before the Left Wing folks using this to promote their anti-gun political agendas?
Just who was or were the bad
guy/s here?
What we know is right now is there
was a winner of the altercation, 18 year-old Steven Jones and four losers. Colin Brough was killed. Additionally the other three that were
wounded by gunfire included, Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas
Piring. They are receiving medical
treatment at the Flagstaff Medical Center.
When police arrive to mop up
these kinds of things they are very quick to arrest any winners and put the
losers in the meat wagons.
Cops rarely witness these
altercations and must rely on their psychic abilities and wade through the
wildly conflicting statements of survivors. Hopefully at some point thereafter
they do a comprehensive and unbiased investigation.
The media is treating this like
recent campus shootings like some we’ve had where mentally disturbed armed
miscreants randomly attack people for no particular reason. In this case reporters aren’t asking the
right questions!
Here we had students out at
1:20 AM. Were they drinking and more
importantly were the four lads shot because they were attacking Steven
Jones? There is absolutely nothing wrong
with using deadly force to fend off multiple attackers. That would be justifiable in all 50
states.
If Jones violated the Gun
Free Zone ban at NAU that does not change his right to use justified deadly
force in any way.
The police have not disclosed
whether any self-defense claims were made by anyone. I don’t buy the story that the four shot by
Jones are innocent bystanders for a second!
Jones had and still has an
absolute right to remain silent. Like most
people under police investigation I doubt that Jones was savvy enough to
exercise that right. I'd make an educated
guess that he actually told police he was using self-defense to terminate the
attack. I doubt any university or
police officials want those two words (self-defense) used in connection with
this incident.
Instead they will pull out
all the stops and make victims out of the dead lad and his three shot up
pals.
Soon a lawyer will answer up
in court for Jones. Prosecutors may
still beg off from filing charges unless there is sufficient evidence of a
crime on the part of Steven Jones.
He may never be charged with a crime. However some prosecutor may want to bankrupt
Jones’ parents by forcing a criminal trial so a jury can decide who was right.
Perhaps there may be enough
evidence to charge the wounded fellows in connection with an assault on Junes.
In any event my investigative
services are available for Steven Jones if his defense is indeed self-Defense!
Comments
"Here we had students out at 1:20 AM. Were they drinking and more importantly were the four lads shot because they were attacking Steven Jones? There is absolutely nothing wrong with using deadly force to fend off multiple attackers. That would be justifiable in all 50 states."
I had a situation where I was assaulted in a basketball game with the basketball. It was a kind of public mugging done with the cooperation and consent of several other players. The perp had set the other guys against me. It was awful. I am still reeling from the injuries. It occured in a publically-funded gym where 50 year-olds play. Had I retaliated, I would have gotten jumped. The perp was acting on behalf of people from my previous place of employment.
I went to file a police report and the female officer told me that it would be your story against his. I thought, "Well, isn't that the job of the detective to sort through the stories to find out if a crime or an intention was malicious?" I have never had any confidence in the police. And given all of the prohibitions about not talking to the police, who knows how your rights might be further trampled upon? Don't mean to be too down on law enforcement. A few law enforcement in my family. It would just be nice to have some clue as to how to proceed when a person finds himself to bring perps to account.