Man shoots teen for laughing at him, Indiana residents are shocked by the horrible death.
An Indiana man shoots a teen nine times for laughing at his misadventures and flees the crime scene, a community is now mourning the loss of a young life.
On Friday, an unnamed Gary, Indiana man returned home with his girlfriend to find out that he was burglarized. The individual went to several homes on the 1000 block of Polk Street, asking neighbors if they heard, or saw anything the afternoon the thieves got away with his possessions.
It is claimed that the burglary took place around 12:30. The individual knocked on the Jones’ home where Kobe Jones answered the door.
The man asked the 13-year-old if he had any information about the burglary, and instead of answering, he allegedly laughed at the neighbor’s misfortune.
According to Gary police Lt. Thomas Pawlak, the Indiana man was angered by not getting any information about the thieves, so he stepped on the front porch and started yelling.
The more the man screamed, the more the teenager laughed at his ordeal. Frustrated by Jones’ reaction, the man returned to the home and shot the teen, nine times. Pawlak said the young boy died on the scene. Pawlak revealed:
“The neighbor was yelling in anger about who was burglarizing his house, and the 13-year-old (Kobe) was laughing at him, and he got mad and there was some kind of confrontation.At that point, we don’t know what happened.”
The teen’s mother, Dallarshea Taylor, said she watched her son being shot numerous times, stumbling in the living room and dying.
The man behind the shooting of the teenager and his girlfriend fled the scene, but they were caught about two hours later. According to neighbors, the man and his girlfriend had recently moved to the area from Chicago, and had threatened to “spray the area with bullets.” If witnesses do not come forward, the alleged gunman may go free.
The teen who was killed, attended West Side Leadership Academy in Gary, and loved to play basketball. He was the third-oldest of 12 children and was the comedian of the family.
The story of Indiana man shoots teen for laughing at his bad luck, has sparked a debate on the value of life and the problem with gun violence in America.
