Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.
Tuesday evening just before midnight, deputies received a report about a physical disturbance on Jodie Drive in Pelahatchie. Deputies arrived and made contact with a DUSTIN CARL SHOEMAKER. Deputies then found his wife, Lauren Danielle Shoemaker, deceased inside the house. During the investigation deputies were able to determine that there was a struggle involving a weapon. During the course of the struggle the gun went off, striking the victim. SHOEMAKER was then charged with aggravated domestic and involuntary manslaughter and transported to the Rankin County jail. District Attorney John “Bubba” Bramlett brought SHOEMAKER before Rankin County Court Judge Kent McDaniel for an initial appearance. SHOEMAKER is being held at the Rankin County jail on bond at this time. The investigation into the incident continues.
13 comments:
Pelahatchie is lost! The mayor was right about everything! Thank goodness the Sheriff caught this thug.
So...since this story is on a blog, the man is presumed guilty.
I know Lauren and Dustin and this is just so sad and please pray for all of ther kids and family.
5:53 - apparently you're not a regular reader of this blog.
I’m not up to date on criminal law, and by God, I’m not seeking expert advice from the comments section, but it’s just so odd to me that killing someone while committing domestic violence is JUST manslaughter. Don’t know all the facts here, but from what I can tell just from this, he’s getting it damn easy.
Attn 5:20. There is no law that forbids charges from being upgraded.
7:18. You probably didn't know the domestic violence issues between them. He's no better a person than the average Jacktown thug who does a drive-by and kills an innocent inside a house...
The fact that he was charged with Aggravated Domestic Violence makes me wonder if he admitted to assaulting his wife. She may have been the one attacking him and regardless of his size this may have escalated with her grabbing a weapon and she got killed in that manner. Don't know either of the parties involved so I can not comment on them as 7:18. The Violence against Women Act 1994 was used as the basis of our now famous Domestic Violence law which tends to be skewed toward the woman's favor. Either way, this is a very sad situation for them, family and of course, children, if any. Praying for both.
https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Violence+against+Women+Act+of+1994
https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-97-crimes/ms-code-sect-97-3-7.html
Manslaughter is when you kill without either: intent to kill, intent to inflict grievous harm, or with a depraved heart. It could have been involuntary in this case through either recklessness or negligence.
There are young children. How terrible. Please pray for those children and all children who have to survive beyond the senseless actions of stupid adults.
"There is no law that forbids charges from being upgraded." Let me also add that there is no law that forbids charges being dropped as well.
"I’m not up to date on criminal law, and by God, I’m not seeking expert advice from the comments section . . . "
In other words, "please do not provide any new information which may conflict with my admittedly-uninformed opinion, which I do not want to have to think about and examine. I'm trusting my gut on this one."
Ironically, there are people who read and post comments on this blog who are actually qualified to give legal advice.
Rednecks...
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