Read the original post and understood his message right off. Proper follow up as the last thing the local PD needs is an unnecessary ‘emergency call’. Clearly he assessed the available evidence and based on training and experience made a reasonable deduction.
I was municipal as opposed to a Trooper. We backed each other up many times. The gratuitous reference to the MA incident was unwarranted in this case.

There are cars down here in the surrounding areas that have 4 different tires on them, it could very easily have been a car or SUV.

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@kcrazorbacks

First heartily agree with christopher about your service.

I will point out that your first paragraph used “has” as a present tense which can be interpreted as having witnessed the event, which is how the eggnog and Christmas cheer group ganged up to join in some Rudolph reindeer games at your expense.

However, I am sure that your background experience hasn’t shown you the best of humanity, and certainly anonymity here can encourage similar behavior where you wouldn’t expect it.

So agree with @tophcpa and your concern with the community. Sportsguy

Agreed and wasn’t piling on but typing at the same time. GE, you might be interested in the book “Death of Expertise” by Tom Nichols.

It’s the societal evolution of education and information and people’s use and abuse .

Sportsguy

You can't fix stupid.

These comments are the written versions of local bar conversations of birds of a feather who get together to review the world as they see it. Due to the pandemic , the local get together bullish!t is being typed here.

However, there is a lost reference point on a forum like this, in that I learn after the fact poster’s backgrounds to evaluate/judge the quality of the poster’s post.

RC got ruffled and heckled awhile ago when poster’s challenged his bear observation with the fact the he was a hunter and why didn’t we just accept his post as truth?

Lack of context and knowledge of the individual is the primary reason, which doesn’t happen at local bar conversation because of the personal relationships. TOTV is more impersonal so everyone is to be challenged until proven worthy in many bar table conversations.

How Steve Jobs and bill gates have changed the world but not human behavior. Behavior is just more visible

Time to add cameras to the bridges, if they don’t already exist.

George Orwell already suggested that :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I did have KC as a neighbor, and I can only wish I had half the lawn care skills he did! And, I also respect his LE experience.

I believe KC had good intentions, but I think It’s really just a matter of grammar. Let me take a shot at what KC was trying to convey:


“At approximately 7:30 am I was on my way to work in my golf cart crossing the Chitty Chatty Bridge traveling south to north.

“About midway across, I noticed what appeared to be tire markings similar to what you would see if a large vehicle performed a ‘burnout.’

“Additionally, I evidenced a shotgun shell, which could indicate a weapon was discharged as well.

“With no obvious indication of when this occurred, I notified Community Watch, which transferred my call to SCSO (spell out acronym) and gave the dispatcher my report.

“A deputy called within about 5 minutes for any additional detail I could provide. She indicated she was going out to investigate.

“I hope authorities are able to identify what happened, as this could have been very serious if another vehicle had been in the vicinity.”


The original post was good intentioned, in my opinion. That's the important thing to remember here.

Anytime weapon discharged in heavy populated area chance of someone being hit or killed. The empty shell casing could provide valuable information if there was a case?

Truck and a shotgun in Sumter County. There should only be a few....thousand suspects.

WOW! perfect example of a thread going wild!! why is everybody trying to knock the crap out of a op? in an effort to keep matters on track, there are several cameras posted, sooner or later someone with this reckless behavior will be found out. is prob not the 1st time the driver went off. i'm thinking it could be someone from 'up north' on vaca, 'celebrating' complete joy on experiencing a forgotten lifestyle. coming here can be very liberating, esp when coming from a dark, dank, cold state. either that or he was drunk, :icon_wink:

Another possible situation that might've happened:

2 LOCAL non-Villages people in the vehicle, drunk. Driver distracted by being drunk, and by passenger with shotgun. Passenger with shotgun pulls a stupid "drunk passenger with shotgun trick" which shocks driver back to reality, causing him to pull a u-turn abruptly in the middle of the bridge because he realizes he shouldn't be there.