Man Shot 6-Year-Old; Attacked Him With A Sledgehammer For Leaving His Bike On Front Lawn, Family Say

[Dial H For Hero]

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/ryan-le-nguyen-allegedly-shot-6-year-old-over-bicycle

A Michigan man is accused of opening fire on a 6-year-old boy who left his bicycle in front of the man’s home.

Ryan Le-Nguyen, 29, faces charges of assault and intent to murder in Ypsilanti Township.

Coby Daniel, 6, suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and was rushed to hospital following the Saturday incident. He’s expected to make a full recovery.

Arnold Daniel, the boy’s father, told Detroit television station WJBK that Le-Nguyen first attacked the young boy with a sledgehammer when he left his bike on the man's front lawn. When the boy went to retrieve the bike, his father say Le-Nguyen opened fire, shooting the child in the arm.

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Later in the story it says he was released on bail of $10K. Just ten thousand bucks after trying to murder a child? Really?

[Jim__]

1. I agree that this guy should not be out on bail.

It sounds like Michigan is trying to reform its policies regarding bail:

"I've been consistent since day one that I agree with the premise on reform around bail, that your ability to pay or not to pay a dollar amount shouldn't be the determining factor on whether you stay incarcerated through the adjudication process," Sheriff Jerry Clayton also told WJBK. "We owe it to the system and the community we serve, to evaluate whether we are getting those outcomes. And if we are not we need to be smart enough and courageous enough to say this is not what we intended, let's make our adjustments."

I agree with efforts toward bail reform. Those efforts should probably include some provision for holding people who, though they have not yet been convicted, have, with an extremely high probability, committed a violent crime and pose a serious threat to the community. We might try to place people who have not yet been convicted in some non-punitive environment. But people like Le-Nguyen should not be released into the community.

[PatSeg]

8. The bail system definitely

needs major reform, but anyone who is a clear danger to others needs to be kept in custody. Anyone who shoots a six year old child has something seriously wrong with them.

[MineralMan]

2. It is shockingly bizarre that the shooter was released on bail.

Someone who would react in such a violent way over a child's bicycle should remain in custody until his trial.

Period. He is a danger to everyone around him.

[Aristus]

3. The $10,000 bail was for the sledgehammer.

If he had only used the gun, bail would have been $500. Can't infringe on the rights of gun-owners, after all...

[Wounded Bear]

4. I'm sure he was just standing his ground from an assault...

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. Those 6 year olds nowadays are some scary hombres.

$10K bail means $1000 cash correct? Wow, human life sin't worth shit anymore to some Judges.

[lagomorph777]

6. Good thing he didn't attempt a coup. You can get a ticket for that!

[getagrip_already]

7. really now, who hasn't shot a 6 y.o. for being in your yard?

Sledgehammers are heavy and it's a lot of work. Just shoot em through the window.

Really, why is everyone so upset. There are lots of kids. Not like we need all of them.

{sarcasm}

But back in the real world, how many of us grew up hearing about the farmer who would load rock salt in a shotgun and shoot kids who were trespassing. It was even in huck finn I think. It is an unfortunate part of our culture. It's somehow ok to mame kids who are doing something that annoys you.

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Obviously, the bail is much too low, as was pointed out.

But why wasn't he held for a psych eval? He cannot be of sound mind.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. An armed society is a polite society

[moondust]

11. NRAGQP: Arm the kids!

So they can fight back!




(and so gun manufacturers can make more money to donate to NRAGQP)