Only Moment Alone

Apparently a man and a woman were shot dead in rural Alabama on Saturday night in connection to the result of Alabama beating LSU in overtime in college football action.

Straight from ESPN.com by virtue of AP:

Michael W. Williams, 28, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder over the shooting at his home, where he had watched the game. He was being held Monday without bond. A sheriff’s investigator handling the case did not know if he had an attorney.

An investigator said Monday that people watching the game at Williams’ home said the dispute was over the game, which Alabama won 27-21 in overtime Saturday, but an investigation into the motive was not complete. The investigator also said alcohol may have been a factor.

According to witness accounts to investigators, Dennis Smith, an LSU fan, called Williams, an Alabama fan, after the game, and the Smiths then went to Williams’ home, where a physical altercation led to the shooting.

Investigators said Dennis Smith had a pistol and Williams had a shotgun and fired.

This doesn’t do much to put to bed the mullet-sporting, jorts-wearing, gun-toting, nascar-loving, alcoholic, inbred SEC fan stereotype does it?

Someone on the ESPN message board for this story commented:  “Don’t bring a pistol to a shotgun fight.”

It seems a bit harsh to joke about someone dying so I won’t (that last joke wasn’t mine).  I’ll only post my mental picture of the “combatants.”