Man Surrenders in Little Rock 'Road Rage' Shooting That Killed Boy, 3

[Eugene]

Source: NBC News

An Arkansas man was charged with capital murder late Thursday in the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old boy last weekend — described as a case of "road rage" over a delay at a stop sign.

The suspect — identified as 33-year-old Gary Holmes — surrendered to police Thursday night after he was wanted on a warrant, Little Rock police Lt. Steve McClanahan told NBC News.

McClanahan would not release further information, but the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office confirmed the capital murder charge against Holmes as well as two counts of terroristic acts stemming from Saturday's incident.

Toddler Acen King was shot while his grandmother, Kim King-Macon, was driving during a shopping trip Saturday afternoon. The gunman was apparently angry that King-Macon "wasn't moving fast enough at a stop sign," McClanahan said at the time.

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DEC 23 2016, 8:44 AM ET
by PHIL HELSEL

[shenmue]

1. Glad they found him

[Demit]

2. Weird sentence in the story...

'McClanahan has said investigators believe the grandmother is "completely innocent" in the incident.'

Why on earth would the reporter feel compelled to include that, I wonder.

[Greybnk48]

3. She didn't provoke the attack, i.e.,

say anything provocative, give him the finger, etc. At least that's what I thought.

[lostnfound]

5. She did nothing to antagonize him -- not a case of mutual road rage that escalated

Tough to picture it but I suppose the statement was an attempted answer to the dumbfounded question of why was this guy so angry. Did she slam on her brakes in front of him, engage in solemn kind of drag racing... no, she was completely innocent.

And crap like this just happens, in America.

Too much "angry" energy everywhere.

[JudyM]

6. She hit her horn in response to his, so there may have been some question of incitement. Of course

that shouldn't mean anything but they likely at least inquired whether there was any further exchange between them.

[ailsagirl]

9. Deeply, deeply disturbing

[Demit]

12. Responding to a horn beep with a horn beep is not "incitement."

What is bothering me is the unspoken criticism that a man shooting a gun at her might have somehow been her fault. The police lieutenant apparently thinks the woman has to be "exonerated."

It's not the first time a woman has been tacitly accused of doing something to make a man angry. As if a man's anger is justifiable, by default.

[JudyM]

13. Could've just as easily been a grandfather instead of a grandmother, same analysis. Now, if the

car behind the grandparent was driven by a woman, likely a different reaction, according to statistics.

[Demit]

15. Huh? This isn't a hypothetical. The police knew they were talking to a woman.

It was a woman the lieutenant made sure to say was completely innocent. I love that "completely," by the way. He (and the reporter) wanted us to know that the woman wasn't even A LITTLE BIT at fault.

I'm trying to picture the cop being interviewed saying, about a man, "he was completely innocent," and I can't.

[Skittles]

19. gun humpers are incited by.......horns?

jaysus

[JudyM]

21. And the fact that she didn't instantaneously click her heels to do what he wanted.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. I can't think of the last time...

I used my horn. I am not worried about foreign terrorist- I am worried about fellow Americans.

[Cha]

4. Good. That's what that guy in Louisianna should have

been charged with who shot and killed Joe McKnight in road rage.

[Scruffy1]

7. I am very familiar with this area.

Guns are everywhere. The gun death rate is about five times the national average.

[BigDemVoter]

8. Ugh. I actually lived there for 3 years.

Those were the WORST 3 years of my life.

[EL34x4]

10. Is gun ownership five times the national average?

Or is Little Rock just filled with the types of people who would shoot into a car for taking too long at a stop sign?

I noticed this tragedy comes less than a month after a 2-year old was gunned down in a drive-by in a still unsolved case.

[Dustlawyer]

11. My elderly mom (79) and her best friend for 50 plus

years were driving home the other night in my neighborhood when a middle aged man in a truck laid on his horn and would not stop. My mom's friend who was driving, thought she might have left off her gas cap since she had just filled up. She opened her door to look back and check when he unloaded with expletives at her.

It really scared these two little old ladies to death! Has the RW media, which uses fear and anger to gain viewers who will watch/listen all day, gone so far as to make this seem ok? They have poured gasoline all over the house and are handing out matches!

[Quackers]

14. RIP little angel.

[Skittles]

18. precious child

[Judi Lynn]

22. He was a precious child. Rest in peace, little one. What a cruel tragedy.

[JI7]

25. just so fucking wrong

[Nay]

26. Poor little thing. It's so awful. What the hell is the matter with people??

[NWCorona]

16. "charged with capital murder" all over some stupid shit.

I hope he rots in prison. Inmates don't like crimes against children.

[yagotme]

17. Yes. Hope charge sticks, and

doesn't get plead down.

[christx30]

24. If the DA is feeling VERY charitable,

he might plead down from capital punishment to life without the possibility of parole. This guy is going to die within prison walls. Either from old age, or a needle in his arm.

[yagotme]

28. Stranger things have happened... n/t

[christx30]

30. Then again, the guy is a violent felon with

a (probably) illegal gun, and he killed a kid just because a lady honked at him. There's no way anyone is going to do him any favors.

BTW: I'm not, in anyway, blaming the grandmother in this. Honking at this impatient guy was absolutely the right thing to do. I was using his reasoning. He's a piece of crap that should have been in prison a long time ago.

[yagotme]

31. Depends on the prosecutor,

the guys' lawyer, the judge...

A quick, easy guilty plea to a lesser charge, unless there is a LOT of public outrage, will probably be the rule.

And, since he had an illegal gun, he ought to get 10 years right on top of whatever sentence (if lower) that gets dished out. MANDATORY gun crime sentence.

I don't blame the grandmother anyway. Isn't that a stereotype of NYC drivers anyway, they drive with their horn?

Honking at someone isn't a death penalty.

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. Arrested previously for 2 violent crimes

I wonder if he was convicted of either one and if so, did he buy his gun on the street or did a licensed gun dealer sell it to him without a proper background check.

[Truth321]

27. Aggravated robbery.

Guess this is worse than gentle robbery.

[yagotme]

29. 33 years old, 2 prior violent crime arrests,

so what's he doing out on the street? Our justice system is broken, those convicted of violent crimes shouldn't get a slap on the wrist, couple years in, then out.