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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 09:26 PM Sep 2017

Homeless man asked woman to move Porsche so he could sleep. Then she shot him, police say.

Source: MSN/Washington Post

Around 3 a.m. one Saturday morning last month, Gerald Melton was trying to sleep — as he often did — on a sidewalk near Nashville’s Music Row, known as the heart of the city’s entertainment industry.

But the 54-year-old homeless man was “disturbed” by the smell of exhaust fumes and the sound of loud music emanating from a white Porsche SUV nearby, Nashville metro police said in a news release. He asked the driver to move the Porsche, prompting a shouting match between the two. At some point, Melton walked back to the area where he had been trying to sleep, he told police.

Then, the driver, a 26-year-old woman named Katie Quackenbush, allegedly stepped out of the Porsche and fired two gunshots at Melton, hitting him in the stomach, police said. She then got back in her SUV and fled the area.

On Monday, Quackenbush, an aspiring singer and songwriter, was charged with attempted murder in connection with the Aug. 26 shooting. She was booked into jail and released after posting a $25,000 bond. Melton was critically wounded and remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, police said.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/homeless-man-asked-woman-to-move-porsche-so-he-could-sleep-then-she-shot-him-police-say/ar-AArRlsa?li=BBnbfcL

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Homeless man asked woman to move Porsche so he could sleep. Then she shot him, police say. (Original Post) TomCADem Sep 2017 OP
This woman is a POS R Merm Sep 2017 #1
When country star Garth Brooks was a guest on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell me, he said, Tanuki Sep 2017 #4
Wouldn't it be ironic ... cannabis_flower Sep 2017 #8
Katie should never see the outside of a prison again. Warpy Sep 2017 #2
Quackenbush's singing and song writing career is in the toilet. democratisphere Sep 2017 #3
Charged with attempted murder and she gets out on bail? Merlot Sep 2017 #5
well heaven05 Sep 2017 #10
Bail? She's a danger to the public. williesgirl Sep 2017 #6
Here's daddy's little cutie. She's not strung out, so don't you go saying she is. hedda_foil Sep 2017 #7
Daddy's going to be doing some fancy singing and dancing of his own. NBachers Sep 2017 #9

R Merm

(405 posts)
1. This woman is a POS
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 09:46 PM
Sep 2017

But what is really interesting is when you look at the Washington Post Article there are links to her music video and a you tube of him singing and playing the guitar. The homeless guy she shot is so much more talented then her auto-tuned ass can ever hope to be.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/13/homeless-man-asked-woman-to-move-porsche-so-he-could-sleep-then-she-shot-him-police-say/?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.b60ad1a82cee

She just has a rich daddy who can spend money on her.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
4. When country star Garth Brooks was a guest on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell me, he said,
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 10:06 PM
Sep 2017
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/19/502572730/not-my-job-garth-brooks-gets-quizzed-on-other-garths

,,,,"here in Nashville - this isn't a statement of humbleness, it's a statement of honesty - your waiter can out-sing you, out-write you, out-play you. I mean, everyone here is talented.,,,"
Xxx xxx
So (at least for Katie Quackenbush) could the homeless gentleman she shot in the gut,

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
8. Wouldn't it be ironic ...
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:07 PM
Sep 2017

if he recovers, she goes to jail and he becomes a star? It reminds me of the story of the Chinese Farmer

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
10. well
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 01:37 AM
Sep 2017

after looking at her photo, understood why she can attempt to kill someone and then walk on bail....trumps ameriKKKa now. Not decent america anymore.....trash led by trash.

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