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18 years old and gets shot 7 times trying to deliver a pizza. Luckily he survived.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/02/pizza-delivery-driver-shot-wrong-driveway/73526036007/

A teenage pizza delivery driver who parked in the wrong driveway of a Middle Tennessee home is recovering from a scare after police said a homeowner shot at him multiple times.

The shooting took place Monday night on a residential street in Ashland City, about 20 miles northwest of Nashville.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by USA TODAY, Ashland City Police Department officers responded to a home for a report of a teenage Domino's pizza driver who had been shot at at least seven times.

Arriving officers located the shooting suspect who told them he and his wife saw a truck parked in their driveway on the Ring camera and thought someone was breaking into his truck, police wrote in the complaint.

The suspect said he got his 9mm handgun, went outside, and began shooting at the truck to "try to disable" it.

Police said they recovered seven shell casings from the scene.

The victim told police he was delivering a pizza and thought he parked in the correct driveway and after he dropped the order off, "he saw a man running at him and shooting at him" court papers continued.

Three bullets struck the victim's truck, police reported, and the shooting was captured on Ring camera footage police said they reviewed.

Nothing close to what I thought would happen on a delivery, Ill say that, the victim, an 18-year-old high school student, told WTVF-TV. "I was literally about to get killed right there, so its attempted murder in my opinion.

The victim said most of the houses on the street are "only a few feet from each other" and told the outlet he accidentally parked just next door to the correct home where someone ordered the food.

This is why you don't pre-tip /s

What an unhinged homeowner.

And where are the charges for the shooter? Events like that should exempt you from owning guns ever again.

Guns are for being a badass more than for self defense

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

And where are the charges for the shooter? Events like that should exempt you from owning guns ever again.

Police said they arrested 32-year-old Ryan Babcock in the shooting and prosecutors charged him with felony aggravated assault in the case.

Also missing the word "at" before "7". I was goddam surprised when I first read that he got shot 7 times and survived, until I read the actual article.

Another responsible gun owner that turned out to be irresponsible as fuck

Shot at 7 times.

Stormtroopers living in Tennessee apparently

Trying to disable the truck, my ass.

began shooting at the truck to "try to disable" it.

Bullshit.

Sry4PartyRockin posted...

"I was literally about to get killed right there, so its attempted murder in my opinion.

Hopefully it's treated as such and the dick head shooter doesn't get off because he lives in a red state that allows unhinged gun owners to just start blasting.

right GTA isnt real life

Heineken14 posted...

Hopefully it's treated as such and the dick head shooter doesn't get off because he lives in a red state that allows unhinged gun owners to just start blasting.

I don't think they're taking it too seriously, since the nutcase posted bond already

bluezero posted...

This is why you don't pre-tip /s

What an unhinged homeowner.

Just wonder what's going through people's heads sometimes

Pretipping is so dumb.

Also the pizza place I used to work with didn't make it easy to unless you did it while you're replacing your order on the phone so during COVID sometimes I just didn't get a tip if they told me to just leave it there

Aloc posted...

Another responsible gun owner that turned out to be irresponsible as f***

Good guys with guns, right until the second they're not.

Going to need some slugs from a shotgun to the engine block if he wants to disable anything, amateur. At least he won't be able to legally own a gun after the conviction.

pikachupwnage posted...

began shooting at the truck to "try to disable" it.

Bullshit.

they must really hate trucks

There is honestly a shitload of people that really, really are looking for any chance to pretend that they're Rambo.

deoxxys posted...

Just wonder what's going through people's heads sometimes

Pretipping is so dumb.

Also the pizza place I used to work with didn't make it easy to unless you did it while you're replacing your order on the phone so during COVID sometimes I just didn't get a tip if they told me to just leave it there

you pretty much have to pretip with stuff like doordash or no one will take your order

Man people are so afraid of everything cuz they eat up fear propaganda from foxnews and others daily

Looks like somebodys going to lose their ability to own and use a firearm in addition to some possible jail time. They absolutely deserve it by the way, the irresponsible clods.

Luckily he was a shitty shot. Also funny to say "ahh yeah,I was shooting at the truck".

I often wonder what it's like to be so afraid of everything and the world around me that I'd just start shooting blindly into the darkness. I mean holy shit.

If your first thought if you see a car at your address is "they're trying to break in, I should grab my pistol and shoot them" then you're a fantastic argument for gun control and you should absolutely not be armed.

Jeez another one of these? There were like 3 or 4 incidents last year of people being shot for being at the wrong address. Too many trigger happy gun owners out there.

YugiNoob posted...

Police said they arrested 32-year-old Ryan Babcock in the shooting and prosecutors charged him with felony aggravated assault in the case.

Also missing the word "at" before "7". I was goddam surprised when I first read that he got shot 7 times and survived, until I read the actual article.

Should have been an attempted murder charge.

the guy was charged with aggravated assault, so at least the cops did something.

I live in Nashville and stories like this are why I don't spend time around town outside of working in the office.

YugiNoob posted...

Police said they arrested 32-year-old Ryan Babcock in the shooting and prosecutors charged him with felony aggravated assault in the case.

Also missing the word "at" before "7". I was goddam surprised when I first read that he got shot 7 times and survived, until I read the actual article.

This. Holy shit that changes the context so much.

Agent_Stroud posted...

Looks like somebodys going to lose their ability to own and use a firearm in addition to some possible jail time.

In Tennessee? Lol.

Rowdy54 posted...

I often wonder what it's like to be so afraid of everything and the world around me that I'd just start shooting blindly into the darkness. I mean holy shit.

The republican party is all about hate and fear. That's why it's all Faux News pumps into their faces 24 hours a day.

Gun nut does gun nut things.

Damn 45 cent

TimeForAction posted...

Stormtroopers living in Tennessee apparently

Yeah, not the Star Wars kind though.

pazzy posted...

This. Holy shit that changes the context so much.

Not really.

My grandfather was shot 8 billion times by the Germans in WW2, luckily he survived
TC probably

Management be like youre still coming in tomorrow right?

I hope the shooter was arrested and gets convicted

Sry4PartyRockin posted...

The suspect said he got his 9mm handgun, went outside, and began shooting at the truck to "try to disable" it.

Yeah, bull fucking shit. This isn't an action movie, and that's not a lawful use of a firearm.

And even if it WAS the truth (it's not), why would you WANT to "disable" the vehicle of a home invader and strand them at your house? Especially one you already clearly fear is violent enough to warrant you unloading a clip on them on sight?

Arrest this asshole.

mybbqrules posted...

In Tennessee? Lol.

You actually aren't allowed to own a firearm if you're a convicted felon in Tennessee

Edit:
Not that that stops a lot of people, it's still stupidly easy to get your hands on a gun here because this state is shit

SAlYAN posted...

Arrest this asshole.

agreed.

Revelation34 posted...

Not really.

Yeah. It does. Because in one situation, the person is barely hanging on by a thread, and in the other one, they are alive and unhsrm physically. If that is a context change, I don't know what is.

It doesn't make the guy not a psychopath, but it does change the state of the victim.

EDF-5 posted...

Guns are for being a badass more than for self defense

K181 posted...

There is honestly a shitload of people that really, really are looking for any chance to pretend that they're Rambo.

Yep. One of the most stress-inducing things about living in this country as you usually can't tell who's willing to cross that line.

You don't have to lie about the story TC to make it look worse than it is. It is already bad and the shooter needs to be punished.

Stuff like this is why that guy invented the Kevlar vest. Being a pizza delivery driver is more dangerous than being a beat cop.

Homeowner right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCNUokH0yx0

He was waiting for the opportunity to use his gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori

31 years later, nothing changed.

pazzy posted...

Yeah. It does. Because in one situation, the person is barely hanging on by a thread, and in the other one, they are alive and unhsrm physically. If that is a context change, I don't know what is.

It doesn't make the guy not a psychopath, but it does change the state of the victim.

My point was he should have been charged with attempted murder.