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Prosecutors say that 18-year-old William Innes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Annette Pershal, sent the text to a group that includes his co-defendant, 19-year-old Ryan Hopkins, reported KNSD-TV.

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[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Having done a fair amount of homeless outreach in my time, this is the reason why folks who have been on the streets for a while are so vulnerable to paranoia. If you don't have a place to live in America, you're under threats of assault like this all the time, from both everyday citizens and the cops. That constant fear and need to always be looking over your shoulder eats people up from the inside out.

I wish folks would realize this when discussing the homeless problem and the associated behavioral issues. Even if you're not crazy when you hit the streets, a couple of months out there will either make you paranoid or make you dead.

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Judging by the posts I see on nextdoor people with homes are ridiculously paranoid too.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

My neighbor started a thread because she didn’t recognize an AirBnB guests car.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had to delete that app because it made me hate my neighbors.

Might as well change the Next door's tagline to "A Karen's wet dream" for providing a place for crazy people to soapbox and flip their shit over little things

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They think you're expendable when you're homeless; an easy target that nobody will miss. I heard about some farmer jerk who would recruit drifters to buy cows at auctions, then plug them to absolve himself of guilt. After law enforcement found the bodies, they gave the dude the death penalty, but it took a long, long time before he was charged with anything. Can't say the motherfucker is missed.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago

I went looking for more info and found this much more comprehensive article.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/07/san-diego-teens-arrested-killing-woman-pellet-gun

These people are monsters. Imagine knowing that someone is living in absolute misery on the streets and saying to yourself, "I want to target them and degrade them even further while causing them physical pain. Sounds like fun!"

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

He is “a good kid with a warm heart” he lawyer says.

His lawyer needs to be Locked up with him.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lawyers have a job to do, and it's provide the best possible defense, to even the most disgusting of criminals, because our justice system relies on everyone having a right to an adversarial defense.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not a defense. This is pandering to media.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Sorry but managing media is part of defense.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The trigger puller was Innes but that line was about Hopkins. He's being charged because he supposedly drove Innes there.

I'd also argue that at 19 he is no longer a "kid".

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The driver is as guilty as the trigger puller.

[–] 520@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because good kids with good hearts definitely launch unprovoked deadly attacks against the vulnerable /s

But he wasn't meaning to murder, this good kid was just trying to quell their boredom by causing bodily injury to people they they perceive as less than a person. /s I'd bet money that if this kid isn't charged, they'll become a cop.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

a good kid with a warm heart

is a good way to describe a psychopath if you never actually dealt with one.

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Warm like brimstone warm ffs

[–] girthero@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly this is all too common. I recall at my University one the frat houses got in trouble for the very same thing... i. e shooting a local homeless person everyone knew with a pellet gun. He wasnt injured thankfully, but this being the 90s there was far less outrage than you'd expect from the student body.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same, one of the frats allegedly used to do this to keep the homeless from sleeping out on their property. Never witnessed it, but I did hear stories. Could have also just been bs, but it was definitely unsettling to hear.

I didn't even know that you could kill someone with a pellet gun

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don't even know what to say, just completely disgustingly unhinged behavior. The dehumanization of the houseless needs to stop.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's in his client's interest to speak kindly of him in the media before jury selection. He's still doing his job.

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Sure, his job just happens to perfectly match his personality of being a lying asshole.

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my city something similar is going on, three homeless people have already been stabbed while sleeping at night. I honestly don‘t understand the depravity humans get up to.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Look up "brazen bull" and you'll get a better understanding of just how shitty our species really is.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

And now we will spend millions of dollars on this trash while homeless people get jack shit.

Amazing how this system works!