Texting argument leaves one dead, another hurt in movie theater shooting [View all]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

WESLEY CHAPEL — An argument between patrons over texting sparked a shooting that left one person dead and another injured in a Pasco County movie theater Monday, sheriff's officials said.

The moviegoers were sitting in the dark for the 1:20 p.m. show of Lone Survivor at the Cobb Grove 16 theater near Interstate 75.

Sheriff Chris Nocco said a man and his wife got into an argument with another couple, seated in front of them, who were texting and making noise. The man in back asked the other man to stop, then pulled a .380 semi-automatic handgun and shot him and the woman.

The male victim was flown to a Tampa area hospital and later confirmed dead. The woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/two-people-shot-at-wesley-chapel-movie-theater/2160784

Tampa Tribune: One dead, another wounded after Wesley Chapel theater shooting

AP: 2 shot at Fla. movie theater, 1 later dies

Reuters: Man shot dead at Florida theater showing 'Lone Survivor'

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124 replies	Author	Time	Post
Texting argument leaves one dead, another hurt in movie theater shooting [View all]	alp227	Jan 2014	OP
stand your movie ground	uhnope	Jan 2014	#1
I mean it isn't funny but I couldn't help but LOL...	jimlup	Jan 2014	#2
Shooting is wrong...	awoke_in_2003	Jan 2014	#9
The movie hadn't started	secondvariety	Jan 2014	#20
Well, if he is white, an ex-cop	Kelvin Mace	Jan 2014	#25
is that the rule. being an asshole is okay until the movie starts?	olddad56	Jan 2014	#41
The world	secondvariety	Jan 2014	#49
I've run into plenty of a$$holes ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#68
i'm guessing that you're cool with the outcome if that's your takeaway	frylock	Jan 2014	#57
If the movie hadn't started yet,	passiveporcupine	Jan 2014	#60
The previews ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#66
Yeah, I know you are being sarcastic	passiveporcupine	Jan 2014	#72
So true ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#74
Another pro-murder post	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#67
paranoid gun humpers want their weapons with them at all times	Skittles	Jan 2014	#15
Or something might	sulphurdunn	Jan 2014	#19
Wonder what was in the background of the shooter? Mental/anger management issues?	Dustlawyer	Jan 2014	#3
retired Tampa police officer. nt	kelly1mm	Jan 2014	#34
I guess he had at least one other incident with texters	Quixote1818	Jan 2014	#111
A guy carrying a gun legally.	MH1	Jan 2014	#116
While it is unfortunate that someone died,	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#4
Along the same line,	TheCowsCameHome	Jan 2014	#7
Yup.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#10
Maybe....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#38
Right.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#42
Don't take it too personal, because I'm probably the only one that has no idea	A Simple Game	Jan 2014	#44
I'm not the one who used this murder as an opportunity to rant....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#48
Someone annoyed a person with a gun and was shot.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#52
Not be a prick?	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#82
You're the one trying to mitigate this murder.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#69
Oh, bullshit.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#75
Yes, I happen to have a HUGE problem with cold blooded murder.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#76
Next time you get cut off, give someone the bird.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#78
I've given the finger several times while driving without issue	NoGOPZone	Jan 2014	#83
His daughter was 3 years old.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#90
Put me on ignore.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#91
I chose to remember the banality of evil that exists even here.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#92
Keep feigning that outrage.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#93
Keep getting off to people being murdered in front of their families	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#99
Do you get a piece rate for your straw man arguments?	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#101
NEENER NEENER LEAVE IT	NuclearDem	Jan 2014	#96
Civil discourse is dead.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#97
No it's not.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#124
I have a problem with it....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#80
I do have a problem with it.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#84
Nice reply	warrant46	Jan 2014	#87
Do what, text?	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#113
More victim blaming.....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#114
He chose to argue	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#115
I bet you're one of those people who doesn't have the courage to argue with someody	tabasco	Jan 2014	#117
That seems to be the gist....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#121
She chose to wear a short skirt	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#120
Yet	obxhead	Jan 2014	#53
they just haven't made an app for that yet!	passiveporcupine	Jan 2014	#61
Or better ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2014	#71
Somebody can't alert for 24 hours.	Sissyk	Jan 2014	#43
The result of advocacy becoming zealotry.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#46
Maybe the babysitter had texted him with a question.	MH1	Jan 2014	#118
Only two points to make here	Proud Public Servant	Jan 2014	#5
PPS, you're speaking my language. :)	bigworld	Jan 2014	#13
It sucks when something like this happens and you're forced	mindwalker_i	Jan 2014	#36
Delete this fucking filth.	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#73
I'm with you on this one.	MH1	Jan 2014	#119
I smell a "Stand your Ground" defense!	atreides1	Jan 2014	#6
There would need to be important details missing	ManiacJoe	Jan 2014	#31
So do I. It happened in Florida and the ex-cop was threatened by popcorn.	sinkingfeeling	Jan 2014	#104
I feel like this thread just got infiltrated with puke and feces.	MyNameGoesHere	Jan 2014	#8
Yes, texters should be shot in the head.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#14
Or those who dismiss the fatal shooting itself, and instead focus a petulant ire on texting...	LanternWaste	Jan 2014	#23
Someone got shot; it must be a day that ends with "y."	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#32
I suppose I'd rationalize it as such too	LanternWaste	Jan 2014	#37
Yawn.	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#39
"...and then accuse others of hyperbole..."	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#85
Thanks for saying this. I got the same impression the gun trolls are dancing all	valerief	Jan 2014	#17
It's everywhere.	Wait Wut	Jan 2014	#22
The thread looks fine to me:	freshwest	Jan 2014	#51
Disgusting.	Dawson Leery	Jan 2014	#77
Florida	LiberalEsto	Jan 2014	#11
All these bullets flying around Florida constantly	Blue_Tires	Jan 2014	#56
I can just see the NRA response	R Merm	Jan 2014	#12
High Ground	bpj62	Jan 2014	#16
See my post #47 below. I think eventually businesses are going to suffer because of customers'	tblue37	Jan 2014	#50
+1000	sinkingfeeling	Jan 2014	#105
Oh Florida, you give and give and I never get you anything. nt	TeamPooka	Jan 2014	#18
The Second Amendment absolutist	billh58	Jan 2014	#21
He was a law abiding gun owner until he shot and killed that man and wounded the man's wife	Kaleva	Jan 2014	#24
Texting Triggers Movie Theater Shooting by Retired Cop	jsr	Jan 2014	#26
I read that they've already charged him with 2nd degree homicide.	Kaleva	Jan 2014	#29
The only way to stop a bad guy with a smartphone is ... oh never mind.... <nt>	oioioi	Jan 2014	#64
Stand Your Ground	blkmusclmachine	Jan 2014	#27
The price gun fanciers require us to pay so they can carry their gunz everywhere.	Hoyt	Jan 2014	#28
another law abiding piece of shit ,	JI7	Jan 2014	#30
Texting Is Not A Constitutional Right	SoCalMusicLover	Jan 2014	#33
I see that the NRA's solution to the Colorado movie theater shooting...	Blanks	Jan 2014	#35
people still go to movie theaters?	olddad56	Jan 2014	#40
I probably would have said something to the texter, and then gone to mgmt.	tofuandbeer	Jan 2014	#45
I am beginning to think that eventually businesses that depend on customers	tblue37	Jan 2014	#47
that is one of the reasons I have no desire to go to a movie theater, but there are others....	olddad56	Jan 2014	#63
You're Not Supposed To Carry Firearms Into Most Businesses (Thankfully)	Bigredhunk	Jan 2014	#54
If I'm not mistaken, in states with concealed carry laws	godevil10	Jan 2014	#108
In most states, those signs carry no legal weight.	ManiacJoe	Jan 2014	#112
Oh, this guy had to protect himself alright.	MH1	Jan 2014	#122
I saw it on CNN	ut oh	Jan 2014	#55
People are pretty much doing that in this thread.....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jan 2014	#81
-	Bigredhunk	Jan 2014	#58
Ha! I remember the Alamo movie theater ad:	alp227	Jan 2014	#59
You pretty much summed up my thinking, as well.	hamsterjill	Jan 2014	#86
You need to edit your post	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#94
Why are people so stressed out today?	passiveporcupine	Jan 2014	#62
You would think a Police Captain	Turbineguy	Jan 2014	#65
He set up the tactical response unit	exboyfil	Jan 2014	#102
Oh, how wonderful.	christx30	Jan 2014	#70
Watch that fucker try to use a SYG defense	gopiscrap	Jan 2014	#79
Guns are the best conflict resolution devices. nt	onehandle	Jan 2014	#88
Oh Florida	Capt. Obvious	Jan 2014	#89
Here we go again...	go west young man	Jan 2014	#95
+100. Thank you so much, Gun Culture.	Paladin	Jan 2014	#98
Wait, did you say that the texter had some responsibility in this?	OnyxCollie	Jan 2014	#100
Wrong again	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2014	#110
These days even grocery shopping can be dangerous. You might bump the wrong person with your	appleannie1	Jan 2014	#103
You and I are on the same page. Because of there is no place safe anymore	sinkingfeeling	Jan 2014	#106
Terrible tragedy	gwheezie	Jan 2014	#107
That is sickening.	Xyzse	Jan 2014	#109
Experiment	hollowdweller	Jan 2014	#123