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jpak

(41,758 posts) Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:22 AM Dec 2019

Texas barber shot over 13-year-old's haircut, sheriff's office says

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/22/us/texas-barber-shot-trnd/index.html

(CNN)Texas law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect accused of shooting a barber over his 13-year-old son's haircut, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded Saturday to the barber shop on Franz Road in Katy, near Houston, the sheriff's office said on Twitter, where a male employee was apparently shot around 5 p.m. by a customer. The customer fled the scene, the sheriff's office said.

Harris County Det. Wallace Wyatt told CNN affiliate KPRC that the argument was over the haircut given to the suspect's 13-year-old son.

"He went home, came back. They fixed the haircut for free and then that's when the altercation occurred," Wyatt told KPRC.

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Texas barber shot over 13-year-old's haircut, sheriff's office says (Original Post) jpak Dec 2019 OP

Good heavens, what is this country coming to. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #1

Towns in the Wild West had tighter gun control. Aristus Dec 2019 #15

Weird. But useless without photos of the before and after haircuts. MineralMan Dec 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2019 #3

Is that a joke? cwydro Dec 2019 #4

Who is that photo of? The Barber? The Father? MineralMan Dec 2019 #5

Don King is known for having a really bad hairstyle Clash City Rocker Dec 2019 #8

Doesn't seem like the place for a "joke," somehow. MineralMan Dec 2019 #11

Don King used to be known for his outrageous hair cut Merlot Dec 2019 #9

Yeah, I remember Don King, but it's completely irrelevant to MineralMan Dec 2019 #10

Right. Bad time for joking. Removed. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2019 #14

Never fall asleep in a barber's chair. That's all I got to say. marble falls Dec 2019 #6

And never insult your barber until after you get out of the chair. MineralMan Dec 2019 #7

My general rule is no closer than two times his reach with a straight razor ... marble falls Dec 2019 #21

So who is the good guy with the gun? Crowman2009 Dec 2019 #12

Did someone say there was a good guy with a gun? MineralMan Dec 2019 #13

That's the standard message from the NRA RainCaster Dec 2019 #16

Good thing he had the liberty to obtain a gun. Crunchy Frog Dec 2019 #17

It's a good thing Dad had a gun gratuitous Dec 2019 #18

Testosterone is a hell of a drug. maxsolomon Dec 2019 #19

Some guy burned down a barbershop I used to go to because he didn't like the cut he got. Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2019 #20

The only thing between a good hair cut and a bad hair cut, yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2019 #22

Note to Texans: Hair grows back. TeamPooka Dec 2019 #23

Exactly. MineralMan Dec 2019 #24

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)

1. Good heavens, what is this country coming to.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:24 AM

Dec 2019

It feels like the wild west.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

15. Towns in the Wild West had tighter gun control.

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:53 AM

Dec 2019

Seriously.

Sheriffs in towns in the Old West would tell potential gunslingers "Unbuckle yer guns, or git!" Anyone who bleated about their 'rights' got cracked across the head and run out of town.

So we're living in a time worse than the Wild West!

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

2. Weird. But useless without photos of the before and after haircuts.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:26 AM

Dec 2019

Response to MineralMan (Reply #2)

JustABozoOnThisBus This message was self-deleted by its author.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

4. Is that a joke?

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:34 AM

Dec 2019

The haircut was for a 13 year old.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

5. Who is that photo of? The Barber? The Father?

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:36 AM

Dec 2019

It's not the 13-year-old, for sure.

ETA: OK, I looked it up. That's a photo of boxing promoter Don King. So, what was your point in posting that photo in this thread? Please explain.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)

8. Don King is known for having a really bad hairstyle

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:41 AM

Dec 2019

It’s obviously a joke.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

11. Doesn't seem like the place for a "joke," somehow.

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:44 AM

Dec 2019

A barber got shot over a kid's haircut. I don't see any humor opportunities in that, frankly. Maybe you can explain what's funny about it.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

9. Don King used to be known for his outrageous hair cut

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:42 AM

Dec 2019

That picture doesn't show how it used to look, it was crazy.

I am also mystified as to why it was shown in this post.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

10. Yeah, I remember Don King, but it's completely irrelevant to

Reply to Merlot (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:44 AM

Dec 2019

this story. I'm still trying to figure out why it was posted.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)

14. Right. Bad time for joking. Removed.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:51 AM

Dec 2019

marble falls

(57,106 posts)

6. Never fall asleep in a barber's chair. That's all I got to say.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:37 AM

Dec 2019

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

7. And never insult your barber until after you get out of the chair.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:38 AM

Dec 2019

Truly. It's a really bad idea.

marble falls

(57,106 posts)

21. My general rule is no closer than two times his reach with a straight razor ...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 04:17 PM

Dec 2019

I like my ear just fine where it is.

Crowman2009

(2,497 posts)

12. So who is the good guy with the gun?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:45 AM

Dec 2019

Maybe these pricks should have their guns taken away.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

13. Did someone say there was a good guy with a gun?

Reply to Crowman2009 (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 11:47 AM

Dec 2019

I don't think so. Some moron shot a barber over a kid's haircut. It's not really about guns, exactly.

RainCaster

(10,884 posts)

16. That's the standard message from the NRA

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 12:14 PM

Dec 2019

Obviously, it doesn't apply in this case, and that's the irony of it.

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)

17. Good thing he had the liberty to obtain a gun.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 12:22 PM

Dec 2019

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

18. It's a good thing Dad had a gun

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2019, 12:23 PM

Dec 2019

Otherwise, this could have been a total non-event over a kid's haircut. Now it's a national story on CNN, a man has been shot, and another man gets to spend Christmas in jail while the DA tries to decide between aggravated assault and attempted murder. Thanks be to gun!