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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Sep 19, 2021, 10:43 AM Sep 2021

Arnold, Pa, man charged in shooting 3 at baby shower for his unborn child

An Arnold man at a baby shower for his expected child is accused of shooting three people with a .9 mm handgun Saturday night
during an argument over whether he would transport gifts, authorities said. The suspect, Isiah J. Hampton, 25, of Victoria Avenue, Arnold, was arrested as the fire hall and was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of recklessly endangering another person. Hampton was arraigned Sunday morning and remains in Westmoreland County Prison in lieu of $250,000 bond.

Police found the suspect within minutes and he surrendered without incident, Lower Burrell Police Chief John Marhefka said. He had left the fire hall with the mother of his unborn child, police said.

The victims are a 23-year-old man, a 19-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy, he said. One victim was shot in his torso, a woman was shot in her leg and the boy had been shot in the buttocks, according to the criminal complaint filed in the case against Hampton. None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.

Police said the shooting occurred after Hampton got into an argument with a woman who wanted him to transport the gifts from the baby shower, according to the criminal complaint. Hampton allegedly became abusive toward the woman and she slapped his face, prompting the suspect to shove her backwards. Three men intervened to stop Hampton, who had fallen to the ground, when he allegedly pulled his gun and shot one man in the torso and then the teenager. Police said that a woman, not the one Hampton was arguing with, was grazed in her leg by a bullet.

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/3-shot-at-lower-burrell-fire-hall/

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Arnold, Pa, man charged in shooting 3 at baby shower for his unborn child (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
Terminate his parental rights... 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #1
Where was the "good guy with a gun" through all this? Diamond_Dog Sep 2021 #2
"I ain't carrying my baby's gifts home !" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #3
Big macho man.Shoots at a woman because she pushes him down.Oh and he's going to be a father! Walleye Sep 2021 #4
Because he doesn't want to bring the presents home. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #7
Well he has to carry all those guns.He has no space for presents Walleye Sep 2021 #8
Honest to God. People, man. SMDH, Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #9
Hopefully... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2021 #5
Hopefully the mom-to-be will do it for her own self. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #10
This soon to be mom would do well to disavow future intentions of even considering... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2021 #11
Wow. I wonder how the gender reveal went? Midnight Writer Sep 2021 #6

Walleye

(35,998 posts)
8. Well he has to carry all those guns.He has no space for presents
Mon Sep 20, 2021, 07:07 AM
Sep 2021

She better dump him before she cooks his eggs wrong and gets killed some morning

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,593 posts)
5. Hopefully...
Sun Sep 19, 2021, 12:10 PM
Sep 2021

...the courts will rid the mom-to-be of this sack of crap poor excuse for rat vomit and lock him up for eternity.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,593 posts)
11. This soon to be mom would do well to disavow future intentions of even considering...
Mon Sep 20, 2021, 03:25 PM
Sep 2021

...her loser baby daddy in any sense.

But so often restraining orders and separation papers have the endurance and protective abilities of wet tissues. I'd rather the courts do their job and lock up the loser until such time as he or the rest of us live on a different planet.

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