Father stabbed, then shot after refusing to give up cell phone

By Jennifer Cruz

Jason Cooper, a registered sex offender, now faces murder charges. (Photo: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department)
A man was brutally slain in the dairy aisle of an Indianapolis grocery store Friday night after he refused to hand over his cell phone.
Indianapolis police arrested Jason Cooper, 37, for the shooting death of 43-year-old Carlos Castro during an attempted robbery inside a Kroger on the city’s south side, according to a statement.
Investigators have not confirmed it yet, but the victim’s family thinks he was likely shot with his own gun. His family told reporters Castro, a father of three, regularly carried a gun for protection.
That night, he was trying to empty the gas tank to do some work on his vehicle later, local media reports. Castro’s wife asked him to grab her some juice while he was out, so he stopped at a Kroger. That’s where he encountered Cooper.
Cooper, however, told authorities that “some guy” dropped him off at the store, and he didn’t remember much else, other than “everyone in the store including the babies in strollers had guns.”
Douglas McLean, an acquaintance of Cooper, said he used methamphetamine and previously displayed paranoiac tendencies. Witnesses who saw Cooper in the store that night said

Source: Guns.com