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Title: church......Texas style
Post by: hawk220 on July 30, 2002, 04:25:41 PM

Man Shot Dead over Heaven and Hell Argument
 
 
 

Jul 30, 9:50 am ET

GODLEY, Texas (Reuters) - An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death with a shotgun, police said on Monday.
Johnny Joslin, 20 was allegedly shot by Clayton Frank Stoker, 21, on Sunday. The two had spent Saturday with two other men night bar hopping in Fort Worth, about 40 miles northeast of Godley.

Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said a witness who was the designated driver for the group told police the four men were sitting at a table outside a trailer park after their night on the town and entered into an argument about religion. The talk became heated when the subject turned to who would go to heaven and who would go to hell.

Stoker said he would settle the argument and went into a house and returned with a shotgun, which he loaded and placed in his mouth, Alford said the witness reported.

"The victim Joslin then took the gun out of Stokers mouth, saying, 'If you have to shoot somebody, shoot me,"' Alford said, citing the witness report.

The shotgun went off, hitting Joslin in the chest and killing him.

Stoker, a Johnson County corrections officer, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, Alford said.

Title: church......Texas style
Post by: hblair on July 30, 2002, 04:45:12 PM

Sad situation.

Title: church......Texas style
Post by: rogwar on July 30, 2002, 06:19:02 PM

The same thing happened several years ago in a fight over who would get the heart of a watermelon.

Title: church......Texas style
Post by: Raubvogel on July 30, 2002, 06:22:43 PM

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four men were sitting at a table outside a  trailer park

That pretty much explains it. Score another victory for Darwin.

Title: church......Texas style
Post by: Maverick on July 30, 2002, 06:39:39 PM

So who won the arguement???

I know I know, poor taste. I just happen to agree with the Darwin award comment. :)

Title: Godley?
Post by: VictimSR on July 30, 2002, 11:05:09 PM

With a town name like that, no wonder they take religion so seriously :rolleyes: