Father of Two Shot to Death After His Dog Pees on Neighbor’s Lawn
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A 69-year-old man living in an Illinois suburb is being held on $3 million bail after allegedly shooting and killing his neighbour over the weekend. The reason: the neighbour’s dog peed on his lawn.
Charles J. Clements, a retired truck driver, was obsessed with his well-manicured yard — to the point of threatening anyone who set foot on it, his University Park neighbours told The Chicago Tribune.
So when Clements saw Joshua Funches’ fox terrier, Gucci, relieve itself on his grass during a walk on Sunday night, an argument broke out between the two men. At one point, Clements, who is a former marine, reportedly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Funches, a 23-year-old father of two (with a third on the way).
According to witnesses, Funches said to Clements, “Next time you pull out a pistol, why don’t you use it?” That’s when Clements pulled the trigger and Funches collapsed to the ground.
Clements returned home, changed his clothes and waited for the police in his open garage, said Sondra Denmark, Will County Assistant State’s Attorney. “I knew you were coming for me,” he told officers when they arrived. “That’s why I changed my clothes. I knew you were coming for me.”
He now faces first and second-degree murder charges.
Clements was an accomplished landscaper who had won University Park’s beautification and lawn upkeep award. “It was all over a little wooden plaque,” said Funches’ mother, Patricia, referring to the award. “It was a senseless death.”
Source: National Post
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OCD is a very serious disease and more pervasive than people realize.
That is the problem with hot heads having guns.
“Git off o’ mah lawn!” used to suffice. This story is almost like something out of a Clint Eastwood movie.
I’ve got a better word than senseless, but I’m much too polite.
It’s fucking grass. In 100 years, your lot is going to be covered with fucking grass and gosh, even weeds. Hopefully he’ll get a nice jail sentence and become someone’s wife.
I read about this yesterday and had the absolute misfortune of seeing people stick up for this murderer. He had property rights, he was sassed by the dog owner and so on making me vomit. Then it became a debate about the right to carry guns. Um, he walked into his house, brought out a gun and shot a man in cold blood down the street. That has NOTHING to do with gun rights IMO, this is murder plain and simple.
Have you guys seen the movie Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg, that is what this reminded me of? They go on killing sprees in this tiny little village, so they can keep getting the beautiful neighborhood trophy.
There is my favorite “senseless” term again. I bet they were “good people” too.
A man dies over “grass.” Senseless….and no doubt “good people.”