What is this world coming to?

[Mrs Behavin]

Today's THV - KTHV Little Rock News Article

9-Year Old Boy Shot To Death Over Rock Throwing Incident

According to witnesses, it started out as a misunderstanding between 50-year-old Jonathan Watts and three teenagers.


Eyewitness Hosea Levingston says, “Two of the kids was going to ask Mr. Watts why you keep throwing at us, we haven't done anything to ya."

Levingston, who also lives nearby, was outside at the time and says he went back inside and told the children to do the same.

He continues, "I kept looking out the window and three older boys had thrown a brick at Mr. Watts' house and took off running."

Levingston says that's when the shooting happened, “I heard three gunshots. Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Demontric Moore, 9, was shot.

According to police, it was Watts who pulled the trigger three to four times. He then told police that he threw the shotgun away.

Police say he told them after his arrest, "I have had it with these kids and rock throwing."

Now, authorities are piecing together clues as to what happened to the gun.

El Dorado Police Capt. David Smith says, “It's early on in the investigation. We're processing the evidence."

According to eyewitnesses, Moore, who lived several blocks away, was there to retrieve the bicycle of another little girl in the area, when he was shot.

As for Watts, neighbors say this wasn't the first time he's fired a gun and gotten into it with the neighborhood children. Still, no one expected this.

Levingston says, “It was getting to be escalated. Mr. Watts was not like that many years ago. We were raised together, played ball together. He was quiet but always had common sense. But a few years later, something happened."

Smith says, “During the course of our investigation, we did find out there had been some rock throwing and he had shot a gun; only this time, it wasn't a BB gun."

The shooting of Demontric Moore is something neighbors call senseless.

Levingston says, “It was just a tragic death for a little baby, 9 years old."

Those I talked with also describe Demontric Moore as your typical 9-year old.

El Dorado police recovered several weapons from Watts' residence. Those have been sent to the state crime lab.

Under Arkansas law, Watts could get capital murder if convicted for killing a child under the age of 14.

 

[Maritxu]

What in the world

 

[pavel]

Arkansas. 'nough said.

 

[sexy.time]

9 yea old shot dead!? and its over fuckin rock throwing??? this is nuts

 

[GraceAbounds]

Totally ridiculous.

I don't let my kids 'run' the neighborhood because of idiots like this. (not even my teenager)

 

[Tim]

I wonder how bad these kids were.

I only say this because of the kids we have running around here. On of my neighbors is an elderly woman in a wheel chair. You always see her tooling around with her Golden retriever. She has got to be one of the nicest old ladies who always says hello with a big smile. Well one day I saw a group of kids between the ages of 5-10 tormenting her, yelling at her "Old lady" "stupid cripple" etc. these kids had zero respect. I've seen how bad these kids get, they aren't scared of anyone and will get right in your face because they know you can't touch them. You can't say anything to their gangster parents even if you could find them.

I'm not saying that this 9 year old deserved to be shot, not at all, but maybe his parents needed a good ass kicking for letting their kids disrespect adults.

 

[GraceAbounds]

I only say this because of the kids we have running around here. On of my neighbors is an elderly woman in a wheel chair. You always see her tooling around with her Golden retriever. She has got to be one of the nicest old ladies who always says hello with a big smile. Well one day I saw a group of kids between the ages of 5-10 tormenting her, yelling at her "Old lady" "stupid cripple" etc. these kids had zero respect. I've seen how bad these kids get, they aren't scared of anyone and will get right in your face because they know you can't touch them. You can't say anything to their gangster parents even if you could find them.

I'm not saying that this 9 year old deserved to be shot, not at all, but maybe his parents needed a good ass kicking for letting their kids disrespect adults.

I know exactly what you are talking about Tim. We have those types of kids around here as well. I guess they are everywhere these days or so it seems like. And unfortunately for my kids, I don't want them being guilty by association like this 9 yr old was. From the article it makes it sound like the 9 yr old was not even with the 3 older kids that were throwing things that ran off. But back to disrespectful kids, I agree with you about what you said about not talking to their parents. My neighbor went over to talk to some parents regarding their child stealing from their backyard and he got jumped and beat up. His eyes were totally black and bloodshot. It is all so shocking to me at times. I don't want to just lock myself up in my house, but sometimes that is exactly what I want to do. There are some really angry, sarcastic, sicko in the heart, type of people out there.

 

[alleycat]

Where the hell are the parents in this picture?? This is obviously a problem that has happened before. Little bastard kids need some damn physical repremanding and no one is giving it. Not saying shooting the kid was called for, but you keep pushing someone and they are going to snap.

 

[sundvlfn88]

That is a bunch of bull. Come on people what is this world coming to?

 

[Mrs Behavin]

Arkansas. 'nough said.

Excuse me?:mad This could happen anywhere?

I heard on the news that the 9 yr old that was shot was not involved in throwing rocks, that he wasnt even with those kids. That he had walked by to get a little girls bike for her and he just happened to walk by at the wrong time

 

[alleycat]

omfg!! thats screwed up!!