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Anti-Violence activist teen shot

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(resubmitted with additional verification) A High School teenager named Ryan Vigil who was an anti-violence advocate was shot to death by an angry drug addict after the teen pelted the drug addict in the head with golf balls thrown from a moving car. Apparently the teen did not think assaulting someone with a thrown golf ball constituted "violence". The addict went home, retrieved his gun and when he spotted the teens stopped at a stop sign, approached the vehicle and shot Vigil in the head.

Moral of the story: Don't bring a golf ball to a gun fight, and chucking a golf ball from a moving car at someone's head constitutes violent behavior.

Additional links for verification: http://rachellucas.com/?p=351 http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/oct/22/officers-search-vigil-murder-suspect/

Submitted on 10/25/2007

Submitted by: Rorschach
Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-helmke/he-was-a-good-kid-a-re_b_69719.html

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Thanks for the additional links for this story. Now that we have them I'll gladly vote for a DA. It's pretty stupid to assume that strangers won't retaliate in some way if you throw golf balls at them. This guy sure picked the wrong target.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Kids sure can be rascals, can't they? Let's, ha ha, go throw some golf balls at random people, ha ha. No violence in that! Just a harmless prank that could have killed someone and probably did cause quite a bit of pain. But, after all, they weren't using a GUN were they? THAT would be against the oath they signed! Thanks especially for taking the time to track down the additional verification we needed, Rorschach. This young man earned himself a bright, shiny new Darwin Award.


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