Teenager charged with knife murder of gunman in Dublin restaurant
Teenager charged with knife murder of gunman in Dublin restaurant
The 18-year-old man is the third person to be charged over the death of Tristan Sherry on Christmas Eve
Christmas eve at a pub, random bloke comes in and starts shooting at people. Pub goers react to stop the assault, gunman is killed of injuries sustained in the beating from the crowd.
Man, if someones shooting into a crowd of people, using deadly force to stop them does not sound like whatever vigilante justice narrative these prosecutors are trying for. Sounds more like what the world needs, a healthy dose of FAFO.
They have to be charged, a man was violently killed, that's the Prosecutor's job. Now whether they are found guilty, or jailed is another thing entirely.
Also, we don't know the circumstances. Is this gang related? If so then the charges are probably warranted. The article says "after the shooting" the gunman was killed. In which case subduing the attacker and letting the authorities deal with the situation, is what a reasonable society expects. But if he's actively shooting and that's the way you need to end it, then by all means.
A reasonable societies only recourse to a nutjob, gang member or not is to hold the person down and wait for the police to show up?
And your reference to "after the shooting" implies that the shooter just blasted a few people stopped and put his gun away and started playing cards or some shit. Not that the patrons that stopped the idiot could be the reason that "after the shooting" happened at all!? I will never understand the mindset of this bubble you live in.
From the articles description, this doesn’t seem like it’s the best case for the government to take a stand on vigilantism.
Very strange sounding from that article, are there any long form breakdown of the how and why they're charged with murder?
That's likely to come out as the court case progresses - the government will have to argue their case.
If the gunman was already on the ground when he was stabbed, that's not good for the accused young man's case as it's gonna be hard to argue imminent danger from someone pinned to the floor.
Personally I'm withholding judgement, for now.
Yeah, from reading other places' articles, it is this. The crowd had the guy on the ground and, for all practical concerns, neutralized. It appears the issue is determining if the beating and stabbing happened after this point, thus they took it farther than needed for reasonable force.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A teenager has been charged with the knife murder of a 26-year-old man who was killed after opening fire in a Dublin restaurant on Christmas Eve.
David Amah, 18, appeared at a Dublin district court on Friday, along with 26-year-old Wayne Deegan, who has been charged with assault causing harm during the same incident.
Gardaí believe Sherry entered Browne’s Steakhouse restaurant in the Dublin suburb of Blanchardstown and opened fire on a group of people on Christmas Eve, according to the Irish Times.
A 48-year-old man, Jason Hennessy Sr, was hit in the neck and died of his injuries on Thursday.
After the shooting, Sherry was tackled by a group of restaurant customers and allegedly assaulted.
Judge Máire Conneely remanded Amah and Deegan in custody until 9 January.
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