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Steve Stephens Dead, Committed Suicide in Erie, PA, Reports Say (Original Post) Blue_Adept Apr 2017 OP
Cleveland.com article Blue_Adept Apr 2017 #1
Too bad the scumbag couldn't ... MicaelS Apr 2017 #2
Billy Idol is going to be bummed Animal Chin Apr 2017 #3
LMMFAO! ADX Apr 2017 #4
I don't get it??? n/t Earth Bound Misfit Apr 2017 #8
Billy Idol's guitar player. Dave Starsky Apr 2017 #15
TY! Earth Bound Misfit Apr 2017 #18
I don't get it. liberalnarb Apr 2017 #11
Different Spelling But ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #30
I think..... Yorkist Apr 2017 #32
Could Be ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #33
he spoke about suicidal feelings on one of his facebook rants. So sad he lashed out at innocents. Sunlei Apr 2017 #5
Toxic masculinity is so ugly. RedWedge Apr 2017 #6
So are rage and despair Warpy Apr 2017 #26
Sad Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #7
He killed a father of 10 and a Grandfather of 14 liberalnarb Apr 2017 #10
He was obviously very disturbed. Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #13
Or simply a pissed off guy unwilling to deal with getting dumped. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #14
Thank you nycbos Apr 2017 #19
After seeing that video, I don't think I have the ability to feel sympathy for him liberalnarb Apr 2017 #21
I'll reserve my sympathy to the man he killed, christx30 Apr 2017 #22
He killed himself because he didn't want to be arrested. Your opinion is not well-grounded. Yo_Mama Apr 2017 #28
+1 yardwork Apr 2017 #35
He might have got some...... Yorkist Apr 2017 #31
Did you watch the video? He was just a fucking dick snooper2 Apr 2017 #12
Don't forget gambling addiction and bankruptcy n/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2017 #17
"thrown to curb by gf treated badly " obamanut2012 Apr 2017 #23
The gf appears very nice; the family of the slain man are wonderful human beings. Yo_Mama Apr 2017 #29
His mother was quoted as saying he had a gambling problem. Demit Apr 2017 #24
You're a joke, Codeine Apr 2017 #25
His former girlfriend is lucky to be alive. Thank God she got away from him. yardwork Apr 2017 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author liberalnarb Apr 2017 #9
Did they get the Thug that was Cryptoad Apr 2017 #16
At least no cop was shot or traumatized jeanmarc Apr 2017 #20
What a waste of a life. BigDemVoter Apr 2017 #27

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
33. Could Be
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 07:25 AM
Apr 2017

Not sure if they're still kicking around. Last time i saw anything from Billy Idol, he was in the Wedding Singer.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
26. So are rage and despair
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 05:31 PM
Apr 2017

Yeah, there were better ways to deal with gambling debts and a GF who was sick of his shit because of his gambling. He probably had no idea what they were.

I'm sure someone will mourn him but not most of us.

 

liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
10. He killed a father of 10 and a Grandfather of 14
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 12:40 PM
Apr 2017

Being treated badly is no reason to slaughter a stranger.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
14. Or simply a pissed off guy unwilling to deal with getting dumped.
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 12:46 PM
Apr 2017

" He was obviously very disturbed..."

Or simply a pissed off guy unwilling to deal with getting dumped like an adult.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
22. I'll reserve my sympathy to the man he killed,
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 02:04 PM
Apr 2017

and that man's family. Steve Stephens deserved nothing but a cage for the rest of his life. He'll get a coffin instead. Too bad he couldn't have killed himself on Friday or Saturday instead.
At least he saved the cops the cost of a bullet. And he saved the taxpayers the millions it would cost to try him, as well as the care and feeding for the next 20 years until his lethal injection. Probably the only decent thing he's done.

Screw him. May he rot.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
28. He killed himself because he didn't want to be arrested. Your opinion is not well-grounded.
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 08:03 PM
Apr 2017

Obviously he did have problems, but barring actual significant mental illness, this seems to me to be more along the lines of domestic abuse. Shooting a guy to make your ex look bad is a twisted act. The deflection of blame onto the gf is a characteristic of abusers.

Yorkist

(59 posts)
31. He might have got some......
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 09:04 PM
Apr 2017

......if he wasn't busy shooting people. It's not like there aren't people willing to help, we're not talking about a third world country.

You have built yourself a fabulous nation, but this gun culture and its consequences - it's really difficult for a European to get their head around. I've no idea how you escape it now.

God knows how many thousands of Americans will die by American gunfire this year, but its numbers your worst enemies can only dream of.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
29. The gf appears very nice; the family of the slain man are wonderful human beings.
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 08:05 PM
Apr 2017

I don't think this poster was kidding. Probably something in the poster's life.

Still, it makes me gnash my teeth. This just sounds like the justification for every male domestic abuser I have ever heard of. "She made me do it."

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
24. His mother was quoted as saying he had a gambling problem.
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 02:50 PM
Apr 2017

You should read all the way through a story. Amazing what you can learn.

yardwork

(61,538 posts)
34. His former girlfriend is lucky to be alive. Thank God she got away from him.
Wed Apr 19, 2017, 08:44 AM
Apr 2017

The suggestion that this homicidal maniac behaved as he did because his girlfriend was smart and lucky enough to get away from him is bizarre.

Response to Blue_Adept (Original post)

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
16. Did they get the Thug that was
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 01:03 PM
Apr 2017

driving him around. Every video clip of him I saw, he was in the passenger seat while being driven around.

jeanmarc

(1,685 posts)
20. At least no cop was shot or traumatized
Tue Apr 18, 2017, 01:57 PM
Apr 2017

I was ready for his suicide by cop. Lol, at the end, he realized he messed up bad or something like that. Understatement, you POS.

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