Video: Man Tries To Pick Up His Son From
His Exes House And Gets Shot Twice By
His Sons Stepfather – The Lawyer Claims
That This Is Justified Homicide
Defiant America,
by
Mack Cogburn
Original Article
Posted By: Black Conservative Voice,
11/26/2021 7:47:10 AM
Court records show that the suspect in a fatal shooting early this month in South Lubbock is William Kyle Carruth, a land developer and the ex-husband of the judge for the 72nd District Court in Lubbock and Crosby counties.
Carruth’s lawyers who shot and killed a woman’s ex-husband after a heated confrontation outside their home say the killing was a “justifiable homicide” under the state’s self-defence laws.
Police have not laid any charges against William “Kyle” Carruth, who shot and killed Chad Read, 54, in the north-western city of Lubbock on November 5, local media reported.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Birddog 11/26/2021 8:15:48 AM (No. 989212)
There is NEVER a wrong time to simply be polite...
Blue shirt dude was 'done' the moment he called the woman an "f'n biotch", and then called new hubby a "p*ssy".
On their own front porch.
"Fight'n Words"
Karen in the car hardly seemed upset about losing her man, it was more like "Ooooh, yer in trouble now"
I grew up in Texas, and learned early on there is a type of woman whose favorite game is "Lets you and him fight"
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BarryNo 11/26/2021 8:21:54 AM (No. 989218)
I have a friend who's dealing with a hostile child custody situation. It's enraging that the other party can simply ignore the court agreements, practically with impunity. I dont know the circumstances here, but i imagine, they could arrange to enrage the victim, perhaps over similar visits.
It could be a very sly way to create the alibi for murder.
And it should be investigated.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Cyaindasun 11/26/2021 8:37:41 AM (No. 989236)
This is the very reason why in hostile child custody situations, the child(ren) should be picked up at the local police precinct.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Highlander 11/26/2021 8:38:09 AM (No. 989237)
As much as I support gun ownership, and being pro Second Amendment; shooting an unarmed man is going too far. The ex-husband did not attempt to strike the guy. I call that involuntary manslaughter. The big man chose to grab and shove, not to cause bodily harm. Notice how the ex kept his distance from the woman. Carruth’s lawyer would not want me on the jury. I had been in plenty of fights in my younger days. Believe me, ex-hubby’s actions didn’t call for being shot.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Edgelady 11/26/2021 8:42:45 AM (No. 989241)
They wanted to get rid of the ex - police could’ve been called. Lawyers are full of bs in these situations.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
czechlist 11/26/2021 8:46:33 AM (No. 989243)
there is obviously history here. Speculating that since both sides were recording, and the reason the child wasn't there, was trouble was expected - or planned.
Enticing the victim could be premeditated murder.
Oh, - "Carruths lawyers who shot and killed...?"
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Flagstone 11/26/2021 8:46:58 AM (No. 989245)
There were a lot of wrongs on both sides. Victim was there to get his son, the mother didn’t have the son. The only threat was from father suing, shooter leaves and returns with a gun and escalates via warning shot.
What makes this even weirder is his sister inlaw is claiming the shooter was having an affair with a law clerk and vic was going to expose him. Whattamess.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LeeBertie 11/26/2021 8:50:40 AM (No. 989249)
"Carruth’s lawyers who shot and killed a woman’s ex-husband..."
Proof positive that reporter Mack Cogburn was taught English composition by English teachers employed in the American public school system.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Socio 11/26/2021 8:53:09 AM (No. 989257)
I agree with Reply #1 there is about a 100% chance the ex wife instigated it, but sounds like the only justice that may ever be served is her son realizing it and tormenting her over it until the day she dies.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/26/2021 9:18:35 AM (No. 989287)
This is pretty crazy. The Judge's new male decides to shoot her ex-husband.
This is really a senseless murder in my mind and it was instigated by the Judge who decided not to abide by the custody agreement.
Had she had the boy ready to be picked up by the father like the custody agreement called for none of this would have happened.
IMO the Stepfather did the shooting, but the causal factor was the mother who thought her position as Judge put her above the law.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LadyVet 11/26/2021 9:25:38 AM (No. 989293)
Confusing report.
Mother should at least be charged for contempt for not being in compliance with a court order, instigating the confrontation.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
earlybird 11/26/2021 9:35:35 AM (No. 989306)
Re #1, try keeping your cool when you have effectively lost a child to divorce and the child’s mother plays nasty games about having them available for court-ordered visitation. Tends to make one angry when he shows up and has to deal with her new husband, and the child isn’t there.
This was not justifiable homicide.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 11/26/2021 9:42:11 AM (No. 989311)
Thank you #12. You are 100% correct. This was provoked by the ex wife and her new husband. There was a court order that the ex was complying.
This was not justifiable homicide.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Birddog 11/26/2021 9:46:42 AM (No. 989317)
#10...Judge wasn't there, She is the shooters EX wife.
(Whoever wrote this story botched a lot of it, as did whoever was supposed to be editor)
I wonder how old the missing kid is..he may have been tardy getting home because he didn't want to go with "Dad".
I did that when my folks were divorced, I stayed "Mad at Dad" for decades.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
idahoskook 11/26/2021 10:00:50 AM (No. 989337)
This was murder. Dude needs to go to jail and maybe the mother as well. This was not self defense. No way! How anyone could think otherwise is beyond me.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Stencil 11/26/2021 10:11:21 AM (No. 989363)
I appreciate the contribution but this website is generally unreadable.
Paraphrasing an old joke: “Judge, a good lawyer will do that”.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 11/26/2021 10:18:57 AM (No. 989379)
It is never a good idea to pick a fight with someone holding a gun. Once someone brandishes a gun, the best approach is to retreat to safety and call the police.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
BluesClues 11/26/2021 10:23:31 AM (No. 989386)
This is not self defense. To me, this is aggravated man slaughter. The victim, although a big man, and verbal, had a right to be there. He was picking up his son. It is the ex-wife and boyfriend who were the instigators in many ways. First, they violated the visitation agreement. Two, the victim never physically threatened either the ex wife or her boyfriend. Third, the shooter clearly took two steps back, pointed the shotgun at the victim, assumed an attack position, and fired two shots at the victim. Neither the shooter, nor the ex-wife and shooter's girlfriend attempted to offer any aid what-so-ever to the victim as he lay dying on their porch.
There's an article on a local news site in Lubbock today where the wife of the victim is now suing for custody of the shooter's kids claiming that subjecting the kids to live with the "murderer" of their father is detrimental. The victim's now wife initially didn't think her husband was killed because the sound of the shotgun appeared to be muzzled. She did not initially think that the shooter had killed her husband.
This may be Texas, but that doesn't give you the right to shoot someone who had a right to be someplace, who's not threatening you, and when it's not even at your house (it's the girlfriend's/victim's ex-wife's house). This is, by no means, justifiable.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
msts 11/26/2021 10:33:06 AM (No. 989399)
I have a friend in Texas whose wife had an affair and taunted him about it. He is a fighter and she knew he would want to fight the lover. So she told my friend where the lover lived, added lots of juicy details and taunts and dared my friend to do anything.
I begged him not to do anything and expalined that they were setting him up. Knowing he was a strong, violent man, they tell him to show up at the lovers house where the lover could only assume his life in danger. They were looking to shoot my friend.
This case echoes my friend's. He didnt go!!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 11/26/2021 10:48:15 AM (No. 989419)
I much sympathize with the angry father, but the shooter may have a valid self-defense claim. You can generally shoot someone in self defense if you can prove they had all three of the following: means, opportunity and intent to do you potentially lethal physical harm. In this case it's the "intent" that might be questioned. Although he apparently threatened to take the gun away and use it on the shooter, a prosecutor might try to show this was just bravado and there was no real threat. Generally, though, it's not a good idea to taunt and threaten someone with a gun to shoot you.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
mifla 11/26/2021 10:48:36 AM (No. 989421)
Mack, you may want to consider a night course in English Composition.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
columba 11/26/2021 10:53:36 AM (No. 989427)
This is a continuation of the ongoing war against men and boys.
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The fact that there is a judge mixed up in this is going to make for a very interesting investigation. If authorities in the court system know this is hostile, they need to order a neutral spot for transferring custody of the kids. I have watched too many women manipulate men into doing exactly what they want, in this case getting rid of the kid's father. Could be part of the problem is that Dad was going to court to challenge custody. That tends to send some women up the wall of crazy town. They will do anything to get rid of the troublesome ex.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 11/26/2021 12:03:55 PM (No. 989513)
Initial news reports are ALWAYS wrong. I'll wait for a while to see what turns up before even bothering to read. No point in even trying to form an opinion at this point.
It all hinges on who threatened or attacked and who legally defended. Small details are critical, and often lost, twisted or just lied about in early reporting.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Faithfully 11/26/2021 9:39:50 PM (No. 989928)
3:15 Now the Mother has to explain why Daddy has gone.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Winnie SC 11/28/2021 1:09:44 PM (No. 991100)
This was a murder, pure and simple. Probably a set-up.
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Similar thing happened to me and ms squirrel regarding her ex shortly after we were married. He blew into town and they got into a shouting match that ended up on the front yard. He was a reporter in the vein of a Jim Acosta arrogant bastid who was stationed in Switzerland reporting on the World Health Org. Anyway, when the wife gets a laser on a target in argumentative discourse, it's better to stay out of range. After a few minutes of this bs, I put my 9mm in my jeans back pocket and went out to calm the situation down, but secretly I wanted to aerate that jerk. The discussion eventually ended and ex took off without knowing I was fully prepared to neutralize the situation should it had gone beyond words and opinions.
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Does the guy have a self-defense claim? If you ask me it depends on a few circumstances. If that's my house, and he is threatening me, and then tries taking my weapon.. He is attempting to possess it. Throw in his state of mind.. his prior threat.. yes this is justified. Regardless of if it was murder or self-defense, there are children growing up without their father all because of miscommunication.