Vancouver man shot in fight over mall parking spot

[satinwood]

Interesting media SPIN on the title. Looks like an A.D. but the reporter makes it sound as if some crazy gun owner pulled out a gun and shot a guy over a parking spot.

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by David Krough

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM

Updated today at 5:13 PM

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VANCOUVER, Wash. -- One man was hurt in a shooting in a fight over a parking spot at Vancouver Mall Monday, according to police.

Vancouver Police said it happened after noon near the Outback restaurant when two men got into an altercation over a parking spot and one pulled a gun.

Police said a man parking his motorcycle in a handicapped spot to talk to somebody. He was there only a few minutes

But then another man, who happened to be disabled, took offense to this and started to hit the man with a cane. That's when things got even crazier. The disabled man then accidentally shot himself in the leg.

"It's unknown at this time whether the gun was used or if it was on the person," Vancouver Police Commander George Delgado said. "We tend to believe the latter, the gun was on the person and when they hit the ground, the gun went off."

The injured man was taken to Southwest Washington medical Center for a non-life threatning would. No other details were released.

(KGW Reporter Mike Benner contributed to this story)

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[torpedoman]

being one who needs those handicapped spaces, "I'm only going to be here a minute" is a real pisser offer. BE A MINUTE SOMEWHERE ELSE. and quit leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the handicapped space.

 

[raftman]

Is it me, or is the headline a bit misleading? I mean, yes, it's technically true in that one man was shot during a fight over a parking spot. But it is phrased in a way that suggests one man shot the other, as opposed to one man accidentally shot HIMSELF in the leg.

 

[satinwood]

Is it me, or is the headline a bit misleading? I mean, yes, it's technically true in that one man was shot during a fight over a parking spot. But it is phrased in a way that suggests one man shot the other, as opposed to one man accidentally shot HIMSELF in the leg.

That was exactly my point.

 

[Rapid1]

they just took a cluster**** and put their twist on it.

I don't know if you can call that news...

 

[Riot]

Sounds like now...he might really need that handicaped space.

 

[soberups]

I really hope the guy who shot himself wasnt a concealed-carry permit holder...the last thing we need is a loose cannon making the rest of us look bad.

 

[spectra]

Only have seen this on the news 3 times today The guy was not even parked in the actual spot his bike was in the striped area along the side of the parking spot. Old guy could have still parked in the spot and been fine. Moral of the story guy maybe should not have had a gun or maybe should learn when to take it out.

Next thing you know we will have armed seniors patroling the mall looking for people violating the parking laws

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

Am I supposed to believe the gun just went off when he fell? That it was holstered and simply discharged from impact? I have trouble buying that.

 

[mattg521]

Am I supposed to believe the gun just went off when he fell? That it was holstered and simply discharged from impact? I have trouble buying that.

What he said.

 

[Member 5605]

News should have read:

"Vantuckey man shoots himself in leg after parking spot altercation."

That would have been more accurate and truthful if you were just browsing headlines.

 

[xstayfrostyx]

Sounds like now...he might really need that handicaped space.

Badum-ching!

If it bleeds, it leads... most people only glance at the headlines anyway these days. Shameless slanting of the information to sell a couple extra papers, or get a tiny bump in web traffic for a day, imo.

 

[Bill Siegle]

never know the whole story but last night on the 10 oclock news they said the handicapped guy actually pulled the gun on the biker and it went off when they were struggling over the gun. Supposedly it just happened to be pointed at the handicapped guy when the trigger was activated. I am all for enforcing the laws but shooting someone over a parking space is truly stupid. Some folks, even the handicapped, just take stuff way too far. I sure hope the guy losses the gun and permit if he had one cause it doesn't sound like he makes good decisions for carrying.

 

[greydog111]

Health dose of dumb edit here! They both should lose some free time to the state.!!! What part of no parking here is cloudy? Probably a Harly rider thinking he's a badedit. Most are lawyers, accountants, or Some Jr. executive thinking he's an outlaw. Greydog.

 

[Cougfan2]

Health dose of dumb edit here! They both should lose some free time to the state.!!! What part of no parking here is cloudy? Probably a Harly rider thinking he's a badedit. Most are lawyers, accountants, or Some Jr. executive thinking he's an outlaw. Greydog.

Nice stereotyping of Harley riders (of which I am not one). And we complain as a firearms community when people stereotype gun owners as careless rednecks.

 

[Trlsmn]

The handicapped guy should have moved on and called the police. Never escalate a situation, an adult that has the option to move on should, the bullet in his leg proves this.

 

[greydog111]

Sorry about the last post. Language is inexcuseable. Reguarding the profiling, having been a rider for 45 years, and having known several outlaw bikers, and knowing several current v twin riders, (pardon the run on sentence) the attitude in general is valid. Greydog.

 

[Gunner3456]

Health dose of dumb edit here! They both should lose some free time to the state.!!! What part of no parking here is cloudy? Probably a Harly rider thinking he's a badedit. Most are lawyers, accountants, or Some Jr. executive thinking he's an outlaw. Greydog.

Nice. My wife rides her own Harley. So do I.

We need to all learn to stay out of fights. Just walk away unless life or limb is in immediate danger and self defense is absolutely required. There are armed idiots out there. Also, if we're packing, we have a far greater responsibility. If we have a temper problem, we should reconsider carrying.

$.02

 

[cyclesarge]

There are definitely better ways to handle someone stopping next to a handicap spot. If the guy started the altercation by hitting the biker with his cane, he's obviously got a chip on his shoulder that goes beyond a parking spot.

 

[cyclesarge]

Health dose of dumb edit here! They both should lose some free time to the state.!!! What part of no parking here is cloudy? Probably a Harly rider thinking he's a badedit. Most are lawyers, accountants, or Some Jr. executive thinking he's an outlaw. Greydog.

Wow, coming from a guy that lives in "peoples repubilik of Oregon", parking in a handicap spot deserves jail time?