Driver Killed By Passenger In Botched Drive-By Shooting

By Tom Knighton

Drive-by shootings are something that I’ve never understood. I mean, I get the idea. You roll on by and open up on your target, all while presenting a moving target to him and his buddies.

What I don’t get is that most of the people who take part in drive-by shootings have a hard time hitting the broadside of a barn while standing inside of the damn thing. They can’t shoot, so why add difficulty to something you already suck at?

That’s why the problem with drive-bys are collateral damage. It’s because these guys can’t shoot worth a flip.

Apparently, drive-by gunmen aren’t necessarily up on the “don’t shoot your own driver” protocol either (allegedly).

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) – A man has died after he was accidentally shot by his own passenger Sunday in a Park Manor drive-by on the South Side.

Matthew Gibson, 26, was pronounced dead Monday at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Hegewisch on the Far South Side.

Jake Lee, the alleged passenger who shot him, has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, and is expected to face a murder count, according to Cook County prosecutors. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms