Teen shot over vandalized McCain sign, police say

Why am I not surprised

CNN) -- A Warren Township, Ohio, man faces charges of felonious assault after authorities say he fired his rifle at two teens who were attempting to deface his McCain presidential campaign yard sign.


Police say the man's sign is the only McCain sign on a street full of Obama signs.

Kenneth Rowles, 50, pleaded not guilty to the charge Monday, according to CNN affiliate WBNS.

Bail was set at $10,000.

Rowles told police he was sitting on his porch Saturday when a tan SUV pulled up and a black youth jumped out and ran toward his house, screaming, "This is for Obama."

He said another male was hanging out of the passenger window screaming the same thing.

Rowles said he went inside, got his rifle and fired three shots to scare the youths away, according to a Warren Township police report.

He told officers he believes that the men "were the same two that have been destroying his McCain sign."

Just hours before the shooting, Rowles called police and said that a car had stopped in front of his house and that a black male "ran up and said something about Obama," according to the report, and "damaged his sign again."

One of the youths, 17-year-old Kyree Flowers, was shot in the arm, according to a police report. He and the second youth, Patrick Wise Jr., 16, told police they were in the car attempting to leave when Rowles fired at them.

"Kyree stated that he witnessed the homeowner trying to shoot Patrick but he was having trouble chambering a round," the police report said.

The teens admitted that they had defaced the McCain sign several times, Warren Township police Lt. Don Bishop told CNN.

Rowles' is the only McCain sign on a street full of Obama signs, he said.

Bishop said the teenagers probably will not be charged -- and are unlikely to damage campaign signs again, as the incident scared them.

Warren Township is in Trumbull County not far from Cleveland, Ohio

scary

is anyone else not surprised that the McCain supporter SHOT AT the obama guys, even though they were being 'tards. there are the gun laws for you....

what are the gun laws in your respective countries?

Completely illegal here. You need to go through a process if you want a hunting gun.
Why the hell would you fire a gun at someone vandalizing a sign.
*facepalm*

Epic failz

yeah, i see no need to own a gun. if you outlaw guns then the bad guys that REALLLY shouldn't have firearms will aquire them. so if you want to have a handgun in your dresser drawer for those scary parts of the neighborhood, i see no problem. but no citizen needs 10 bricks of ammo and an auto or semi auto gun. your prey is simply not that big to be blunt.

brutality, what do you wish for?
*twirls hair like Miss America "World Peace"

Guns is like Buying cigarretes here.
NOT COMPELETELY ACCESIBLE-
But if i want to..i can have a gun in less than 24 hours.

Especially if u are underage.
Buy them ilegally. and Make them LEGAL..in less than 24 hours...
But its still the safest country in Central America,
So you can go buy McDonals at 3am without worries about getting Pwnd.

ImendiaBurzum wrote:

Guns is like Buying cigarretes here.
NOT COMPELETELY ACCESIBLE-
But if i want to..i can have a gun in less than 24 hours.

Especially if u are underage.
Buy them ilegally. and Make them LEGAL..in less than 24 hours...
But its still the safest country in Central America,
So you can go buy McDonals at 3am without worries about getting Pwnd.

are there alot of crazy people. Like people who go shoot people at night beacause of a drug deal gone bad? or is everyone just hyper sensitive and everyone is twitching to use their gun?

thats called "TUMBAR" (i dont really know how it is on english).
thats when you RIPP OFF drug dealers to get their money and Drugs..
Most of the time its like a 90% you may get killed 5% jail 5% succes.
So yeah ppl is crazy here.
but we never suffered a higschool massacre or something like dat.

I don't think banning guns would solve murders. People would just use knives instead. If a person is willing to kill, there willing to kill

yeah
Even if they need to use rocks or bare fist.

But still, guns still aren't a good idea if McCain fans have them

NRA ftw?

this is why i dont get involved with politics

BTW IM BACK MUDAFUKA!!!

Rocker 327 wrote:

this is why i dont get involved with politics

BTW IM BACK MUDAFUKA!!!

you can get involved in politics without being a maniacs and guns a blazing.

lol at least half of politicians are hippies

brutality,thynameismetal wrote:

Rocker 327 (aka GOD) wrote:

this is why i dont get involved with politics

BTW IM BACK MUDAFUKA!!!

you can get involved in politics without being a maniacs and guns a blazing.

But thats the only way ppl will take you seriously

lol...
are you really black?
or you were just being racist?