Assault at Cali. paintball field, "Aftershock" player arrested

[Tyger]

I'm kinda surprised nobody has talked about this. Ahh, heck with it. I'll take the heat again.

As posted at Flagpull.com

Aftershock player arrested...
Aug 09 2004 [ Philip ]

It seems tempers were rolling in the west...

It appears that Fish, longtime Aftershock member, witnessed an altercation on the field at Outlaw Paintball in Redlands, California and then took actions into his own hands.

'Player 1' and 'Player 2' were arguing about a bunker move in the snake (who shot who)...'Player 1' then shoved 'Player 2', 'Player 2' shoved 'Player 1' back. Apparently all that Fish saw was 'Player 2' shoving 'Player 1' back.

Eyewitnesses say that Fish hit 'Player 2' in the head/neck from behind with his tank/regulator. The injuries suffered were mildly severe from what we have gathered, blood was drawn.

Police arrived on the scene shortly after the event and escorted Fish away, stay tuned to Flagpull for more of this drama later.

Other reports are sketchy. Apparently the victim is a member of the "Organised Crime" rookie squad. I can't find any information about his status or condition, however.

Opinions?

-Tyger

[stondroopy]

someones gonna do a lil time

[guysdaman]

Idiot deserves whatever he gets! Hitting someone with a tank reg...jeesh!

[frop]

Woulda sucked REAL bad for 'Fish' if he cracked/damaged the reg & boom. It's just retarded, that's the only word for it. To be so enraged by seeing SOMEONE ELSE (apparently totally unrelated) in an altercation to pick up his $300-500 tank, probably still filled, & start hitting people with it is childish and ignorant beyond description. It is simply that, assault, possibly more and I feel absolutely no remorse for whatever sentence he may receive. Now granted, I'd have broken up the fight, but reasonably and without bashing some guy with MY TANK!! More to the point, he should have simply stood back and watched the other two players get kicked out/banned from the field. This kind of crap makes paintball look bad, REAL bad, it only gives more ammo to soccer moms & bloody politicians looking for a 'cause'. Other negative events such as CO2 bottles unscrewing from the valves can be attributed to unprrofessional/non-qualified airsmiths,inattention, etc., but THIS incident is simply unacceptable. Frankly, I hope I never meet him because he might, while I'm being rowdy with my friends, sneak up behind me with a monkey wrench and proceed to bash my skull in. Pathetic, just pathetic.

edited for grammar (probably missed a couple more too )

[ZapTheMad]

I hope most of us play this sport for fun. This story is just sad. If they ever let him play in a tourney again, it will be too soon.

[d00d13]

Man, how could you put your gun in such danger. I treat mine like a baby, so you
wouldn't see me flinging it at someone's head.

but seriously, there's gotta be something else to the story. It sounds too caveman
to just walk up to a fight and bash one of them with an object. The picture just
doesn't seem right. I can understand if there were mental issues with it, but
an Aftershock member? I'm sure Fish had good intentions, however didn't come
up with a more logical plan.

[Automaggot68]

Good lord, that's horrible.

[Carbon]

man, wheres the honor? The professional attitude?

[eg0_Slayer]

the story does seem a little one-sided. sounds to me like "player 1" was an aftershock teammate, and fish was standing up for him. although hitting him with a tank was obviously not the best decision, it was probably an impulse(not the marker)...don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to justify his actions, just understand them.

[Raven001]

bu I'm sure Fish had good intentions, however didn't come
up with a more logical plan.

Eyewitnesses say that Fish hit 'Player 2' in the head/neck from behind with his tank/regulator. The injuries suffered were mildly severe from what we have gathered, blood was drawn.

Some good intentions eh? At least when I was playing they came at you from the front...

[Crighton]

So is that considerd assualt with a weapon ?

Would be in WI if the tank had been a brick.

[peewee]

Part of why I left tourny ball. If I remember right he's been involved in a couple scraps on the field in the past. Sad thing is they confinscate what ever was used as a weapon.

[frop]

The sad thing is that players like him are even allowed NEAR a paintball field. Even now it's difficult for us to shake the 'war' & 'dangerous' image so stupidly held by the uninformed. We don't need this *POOF* not now, not ever.

Edited to make sense

Re-edited to remove your filter bypass. We do not allow cussing in any form here. Army

[mrhooie]

you know, there's GOT to be something more to it

Sure there's blood drawn, I can appreciate that. but there's GOT to be more to it. (ie - the amount of "shoving back", the approach Fish took - could it be an accident that this guy got bludgeoned?)

[Halliday]

Trying to break up a fight would be one thing. Trying to kill a guy with a tank is ......well not very smart. There might be more to the story, but it sounds like he elevated the fight and will hopefully be punished for it. It does not sound like self-defense when a guy gets hit in the back of the head.