Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, allegedly shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, in incident in Orange county
A California jogger was charged this week in the killing of a homeless man who was blocking the sidewalk.
Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, was jogging with his two dogs and pushing a cart on 28 September when he came across Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, who was sleeping in the middle of the sidewalk, prosecutors in Orange county, California, said.
Elliott allegedly tried to wake Avalos by nudging him with the pushcart, whereupon Avalos started yelling at Elliott to leave him alone.
Elliott, who allegedly filmed their encounter, then brought a handgun out of his cart, prosecutors charged, adding that when Avalos stood and threw a shoe at Elliott, he ducked and responded by shooting Avalos three times.
Avalos subsequently died from his injuries. Elliott, who does have an active concealed carry permit issued by the local sheriff’s office, was arrested on 17 November in the incident.
Before anyone says he deserved it for throwing a shoe…
Someone did that to George W. Bush, WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT, and he was simply arrested.
I believe they threw both shoes even!
And this happened in Iraq.
… is anyone arguing that it was justified?
No, which is why they said “before”. Which is probably fair, cos some gronk is gonna say something heinous along those lines. It’s 2023, welcome to hell.
Omg someone has a stupid opinion! This is both a modern thing and literally hell!