Jason was Right and I was Wrong
I Hate Being Wrong
In the reports Jason is correct in that NO officer could say without a doubt that Jason actually fired the weapon in their direction; they saw the weapon and he fled into the building and they heard the shot and ASSUMED Jason had shot at them; I would have assumed the same thing to be honest. There seems to be a conflict between Jason's version and Officer Smith's version as to whether Jason aimed the vehicle in his direction or not, Jason say no and Officer Smith says yes, but the fact Jason attempted to flee in the vehicle I am leaning towards the officer's version; now did Jason intend to aim the vehicle at the officer I can't say but clearly the officer felt he did.
Jason is correct in the fact that they found 2 unfired shotgun shells at different locations at the scene and no fired shells were found other then in the actual weapon its self so I will accept Jason's version that he fired once to break the window.
Now whether Jason was shot by a shotgun or a handgun Jason is wrong because the bullets in the vehicle and the injuries he received were consistent with .38 caliber bullets the type found in 00 buck shells and the officers were firing 9mm which is a different size bullet, but some of Jason's injuries they could not determine which size he was shot with, so we'll call that one a draw.
Now as far as a pellet hole in one of the cruisers that appears to have been a fabrication that the police thought had occurred but it could not be determined so based upon the fact that only one shell was fired and still in the gun I will give Jason that one too.
So I will accept somewhat Jason's version of events and I will say that there was so much lead flying and the officers hearing a shot probably did assume a shoot out was occurring; I know I would have as I said before.
So on a lot I was wrong and on some I disagree with Jason, but Jason made the cardinal mistake of attempting to flee so he left himself wide open to being accused of this crime, and I won't even touch on the fact he armed himself, but I will say to Jason your lucky you didn't get yourself killed and that was a damn sure stupid thing to do.
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Post a Commentthats it he did admit to it and is paying for that, dont mind me KD I just look at differnet angles I knew you wouldnt agree on that but its just a theory I dont think anyone will really ever know why he did that.
Your right Taz, he is paying for it.
I do see your point when it comes to teenagers and yes,maybe that is was happened but I seriously doubt it. This is just my opinion but Jason and Michael both are wise beyond their years. maybe I'm giving them too much credit here but i think they both knew what was at stake if they got caught.
No JD, I respectfully don't agree. This guy had to of had brass balls to do that. I will give you the age thing but I don't believe it was impulse. He thought at the time the only way to get out of there alive was to make sure he had protection and that's why he grabbed the shotgun. There is no way in hell anyone who was thinking clearly would have grabbed that gun unless they knew that their life was pretty much over and either they were going to get the needle or life in prison. That, to me at least, is a huge red flag.
bad judgement, I know you may not agree here KD but I can see it. I can see it as an impulsive action and I say that based on his age, his brain development. the last part of the brain to develop is the part that controls impulse, in males it doesnt develop until around age 25 . so to grab the gun because he was "fond of it" and run really is more plausable then you would think if you look at it from a neurological point of view. its like when you have a teenager who has done something really stupid and you say to them "why did you do that" and they shrug the shoulders and say I dont know.....chances are they really dont.
My personal opinion is I don't care if he was shooting at a rouge unicorn. He never should have taken the shotgun with him and he never should have fired the thing while the police were shooting at him. He took that damn gun to protect himself plain and simple. Whether he shot at police, I don't know either and I'm not going to speculate. Your right though about the fact he is lucky to be alive. If, by some small chance, his version of what happened is correct, than he shouldn't be in prison, he should be in a mental institution because either he's crazy or just retarded. Having read his letters, he's not at all retarded so what does that leave? You can't blame this big of a mistake on poor judgement.