The shooting was not in respose to the texting but in response to or part of, the escalation of the incident. Certainly, shooting someone for rudely texting is un acceptable and it seems the shooter did not do that. He may well have fired the shot in defence when Mr Texter decided to attack Mr Retired Cop. I should probably view this as a tragic chain of events but I suspect it was just a prime example of what happens when two people, both of whom are jerks, collide. Leeper
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