Connie Baggett of the Press-Register reports the shooting death of an Escambia County couple, supposedly provoked by an argument over Saturday’s Alabama/LSU clash. The last sentence of the report, predictably enough, reads, “investigators said alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the killings.”
Investigators said witnesses told them that Dennis Smith, an LSU fan, called Williams, a fan of the Crimson Tide, after the game Saturday evening and an argument ensued.
Officers said Donna Smith was a relative of Michael Williams’ girlfriend.
Soon, the Smiths arrived at Williams’ home and the men wound up in a physical altercation, officers said.
Smith retrieved a pistol from his vehicle, and threatened Williams, who armed himself with a shotgun and fired two blasts, striking and killing Dennis Smith, officers said.
Donna Smith then threatened Williams, who shot and killed the woman, they said.
Not to make light of a tragedy, but perhaps the Ford Motor Co. might reconsider placing the following advertisement right in the middle of the Press-Register’s web edition of this story :
Here in Boise we are very passionate about Bronco football, and maybe, someday, given the high number of guns per capita, and the fact that orange camoflage fits in quite well with the regular garb of the Bronco Nation, I can only hope that the day when a story like this happens in Boise.