America’s largest open-air shooting gallery provides countless stories of violence inflicted upon others on a daily basis. The murder and mayhem in Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s crime-free utopia (thanks to strict gun control laws) provides more than enough violent news for HeyJackass to track.
While some of these incidents are tragedies, others aren’t so much.
CWBChicago, a hometown crime blog, tracks the individual cases including one with a mostly happy ending. In December 2020, a 68-year-old motorist angered a gangbanger named Quincy Cole in America’s murder city. We covered it shortly after Cole’s arrest. When both cars stopped for a light, Cole rolled down his rear passenger window and blasted away at the old man in the next car.
So too did at least two of the other four occupants in Cole’s ride. Police found a total of 24 shell casings from three guns.
In his zeal to kill the old fellow in the next car, Cole managed to blast his rear passenger seat occupant Roderick James, 19, with four rounds. Interestingly, cops from three spent casings from Roderick James’ gun outside the car at the shooting scene. Meaning that instead of ducking, James tried to kill the old man too but got killed instead by his partner in crime, saving taxpayers a bundle in incarceration costs.
Not only that, but Cole killed Mr. James so well that he didn’t even need an ambulance ride to the hospital.
It only took three-plus years, but Cole was convicted of the crime and a judge sentenced him to 12 whole years for murdering his buddy. With credit for time served, Mr. Cole will likely be released in time for Christmas 2026.
CWB Chicago has the story:
CHICAGO — A West Side man has pleaded guilty to unintentionally killing his back seat passenger while trying to shoot another driver in December 2020, according to court records.
Quincy Cole, 29, was on bail for a pending arson case when he unintentionally shot 19-year-old Roderick James in the chest four times, officials said. He was found guilty in the arson case last April and received a six-year sentence. Chicago police records show detectives wanted to charge him with murder in the arson matter, but prosecutors rejected their request.
Prosecutors said Cole was driving a car with four additional passengers when another driver pulled up on their right side at a red light near the intersection of Bloomington and Laramie on December 6, 2020.
The other driver, a 68-year-old man, told police that he saw the passenger window of Cole’s car roll down to reveal a man pointing a gun at his head. He dove and heard bullets striking his car before Cole sped away, officials said.
Props to the old fella for good situational awareness. It might have saved his life!
Twelve years for a felon out on bail on an arson case who gets a gun illegally and then tries to murder an innocent person but kills his buddy instead.
And Chicago residents wonder why they have a violent crime problem.
good shoot!
12 years of wasted tax $$$. The real solution involves, 1 more bullet.
A rope is cheaper and reusable.
I totally agree. The guy, with intent to murder, accidentally murdered his murderous buddy. Put him down like the rabid dog he is. Now more innocents will be at risk in 2027.
“Twelve years for a felon out on bail on an arson case who gets a gun illegally and then tries to murder an innocent person but kills his buddy instead.”
He’ll be released by tomorrow.
There are too many young (black) men incarcerated in our racist system of justice, this is a way to address that situation. Maybe they should have just given him a medal and sent him on his way to choir practice………………………………….if I need it……………/sarc.
Not attempted murder of the other driver? Cashless bail and shortened sentences, yea, that’ll get er done.
SHOCKING: Father of murdered Uvalde 10-year-old arrested for “cussing” at county meeting.
only 4 times? Guess he couldn’t count to 5.
Personally, I’d prefer a bad guy with a gun get stopped by a good guy with a gun, but I guess another bad guy can work in a pinch. Shame he didn’t look down the barrel to try figuring out why he kept shooting his homie.
Did they file off those bumps on the top to draw faster from their loose and floppy pants?
What’s the beef the chilluns have with the old guy?
Upset they probably won’t reach half his age before their demise?
He’s going away after prosecutors agonized for 3 years trying to find a ground for excusing the killing. When they finally found there was no avoiding it, they went for a sentence as close to “time served” as they could get. He’ll be back to his old tricks in time for New Year’s 2027.
Quincy Cole is the backbone of his community, he’s been sorely missed by the little bangers he mentored and of course the baby mommas.
The Darwin Award is for when one takes themself out of the gene pool, this is not that. On the other hand, it is delicious irony!
The victim(?) leaned out of the car for a better shot…directly into the line of fire.
That should count.
Shot 4 times unintentionally?!?!? Can’t help but wonder if the infamous Glock switches were involved in this incident.
Maybe that’s just me giving the gang bangers too much credit.
Mostly they just point the gun close their eyes when they start pulling the trigger and only open them when the slide locks back
Over 20 rounds fired but the intended victim just drives away with a few bullet holes in his car.
4 rounds into the chest of his fellow gangsta’. 3 people shooting with rounds going who knows where. But it’s the conservative right wing people who are the threat? or the cops?
So, tell me again how disarming the law abiding will somehow prevent people like this from committing violent crimes. Or keep these idiots from finding ways to get weapons.
If the disarmament fools could wave their magic wands and make ever firearm in North America disappear the various gangs and criminals would be on the interwebs or on a burner phone figuring out how to ship in guns and ammo from China, Eastern Europe, the Middle Eat, SE Asia or South America, or Sub-Saharan Africa within minutes. But those of us who legally purchase legally manufactured firearms are the bad guys and the threat to their democracy or public safety.
On the positive side, there is 1 less chump out running the streets and another 1 off the streets for a short while at least.