Mo. man gets mad in barber shop, shoots toward patron

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is jailed after allegedly becoming agitated during a barber shop discussion of the Newtown, Conn., shooting and allegedly shooting in the direction of a patron.

Assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a weapon charges were filed against 57-year-old Lester Davis of Wentzville following the shooting Tuesday at All Cuts Barber Shop in Wentzville.

A patron made the comment that the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School made him want to kill the suspect. For unknown reasons, police say Davis took the comment as a threat and asked, “You want to murder me?”

Davis then allegedly went to his car, retrieved a pistol and fired three times in the customer’s direction. No one was hurt.

Davis turned himself in and is jailed on $400,000 bond.

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shonipooh 5 months ago

LUDACRIS!!!

JMO 5 months ago

Yep. Everyone who wants to own a gun should be able to all right.

Hugs 5 months ago

Well at least he missed !

MO4LIFE 5 months ago

Yeah lets give teachers guns!!!!

RobHunterJohnson 5 months ago

If someone with a CCW was present it could have been alot worse than a $400,000 bond, Moe the secret is no one knows who a CCW person is! Rob

Frankenstein27 5 months ago

I don't have a problem in the abstract with people carrying weapons. I think probably 75% of the population could carry and it wouldn't bother me. But it seems like the actual people who choose to carry a weapon are the exact people that probably shouldn't have access to anything resembling a firearm. Sort of like how you might have a group of people, the ones who can actually sing will politely decline an opportunity to karaoke, while the one who couldn't carry a tune in a five-gallon bucket will grab the mike every time.

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