Yikes.

[UPSBOT]

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1984...w=790&friend=ba0a3e73c383f703ca37a321ccac5b48

FedEx Driver Told to Return to His Route After Being Chased, Shot At by Men

"I just went as fast as I could. He chased me all the way to the interstate," the driver said of the incident, which has led to the arrest of two men.

www.newsweek.com

 

[UPSBOT]

That may have been my old boss.

 

[burrheadd]

This should be shocking
But it’s not….

 

[yadig]

What’s the big deal?

 

[NAHimGOOD]

I'm not sure how those Mississippi boys do things...

But the vehicle and it's contents are a part of the scene.

How was he told to go finish the route...

Another article said he was fired.

This whole story is weird.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

So you're making a delivery, a property owner tries to talk to you, and your first instinct is to flee. Oooooooooookay.

 

[AB831]

No surprise here

 

[Working4the1%]

So you're making a delivery, a property owner tries to talk to you, and your first instinct is to flee. Oooooooooookay.

And 2nd instinct is to unload in guy. 3 rd instinct is looking at 10 years in prison

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

And 2nd instinct is to unload in guy. 3 rd instinct is looking at 10 years in prison

I guess running from customers is a FedEx thing. Okay, carry on.

 

[yadig]

Who cares! It’s kinda like coyotes, you kill a bunch of them and they instinctively have more pup’s. Keeps fat Freddy handlers

 

[!Retired!]

I'm not sure how those Mississippi boys do things...

You do now. You do NOT pull into anyone's driveway at night, in an unmarked van and in the back woods of MS. They WILL 'shoot first, ask questions later'.

 

[NAHimGOOD]

You do now. You do NOT pull into anyone's driveway at night, in an unmarked van and in the back woods of MS. They WILL 'shoot first, ask questions later'.

It's clear my post was about the crime scene handling.

Not defending these wackos shooting at a rental truck without being certain he was a thief.

Even though I never agreed with any company using rentals for delivering...

I definitely don't agree with attempted murder.

It's a stupid charge. Either do the job or don't.

If you are going to risk your freedom at least be certain your actions a valid.

They did not.

He wasn't a threat.

I definitely don't agree with whatever department let the vehicle leave the scene not to return...

That's not how it works.

I definitely don't agree with his supes sending him back to the route.

Lastly...

I definitely do under the quote you used...

And

I know how we live in the back woods.

They misrepresented both the quote and living in the back woods.

If they truly were backwoods livers...

This would not have made the news.

Hope that helped.

 

[Lates]

You do now. You do NOT pull into anyone's driveway at night, in an unmarked van and in the back woods of MS. They WILL 'shoot first, ask questions later'.

Sounds like it was in a neighborhood. They had no reason to approach the driver. Someone being on or near your property doesn’t justify shooting at them. Having lived in rural areas this was never my first instinct. They should have minded their business and left the guy be.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

They had no reason to approach the driver.

There's a random unmarked vehicle on your property and you don't see a reason to check it out? Mkay.

 

[Lates]

There's a random unmarked vehicle on your property and you don't see a reason to check it out?

There's a random unmarked vehicle on your property and you don't see a reason to check it out? Mkay.

It’s unclear that it was even their property and the other guy it says was a few houses down that shot at him. Dark or not there isn’t a way to justify it.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

It’s unclear that it was even their property and the other guy it says was a few houses down that shot at him. Dark or not there isn’t a way to justify it.

So if there was in fact a random unmarked vehicle on their property, you don't see a reason for them to check it out?

 

[NAHimGOOD]

So if there was in fact a random unmarked vehicle on their property, you don't see a reason for them to check it out?

Checking it out...

And

Bustin at it are two different things.

Perhaps

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Checking it out...

And

Bustin at it are two different things.

Perhaps

Yes. Pretty stupid to have followed him off the property at all

But what I'm suggesting is that if you are on someone's property making a delivery and someone approaches you, the dumbest thing you could possibly do is to flee at high speed.

Especially if you're in an unmarked vehicle. Not only is that a bizarre reaction, but it also looks guilty as hell. The whole story is weird.

 

[NAHimGOOD]

Yes. Pretty stupid to have followed him off the property at all

But what I'm suggesting is that if you are on someone's property making a delivery and someone approaches you, the dumbest thing you could possibly do is to flee at high speed.

Especially if you're in an unmarked vehicle. Not only is that a bizarre reaction, but it also looks guilty as hell. The whole story is weird.

Agreed.

But after seeing the kid...

I'm not sure he was approaching in the same manner as they did.

Definitely an all around strange story.

 

[UnionStrong]

It's clear my post was about the crime scene handling.

Not defending these wackos shooting at a rental truck without being certain he was a thief.

Even though I never agreed with any company using rentals for delivering...

I definitely don't agree with attempted murder.

It's a stupid charge. Either do the job or don't.

If you are going to risk your freedom at least be certain your actions a valid.

They did not.

He wasn't a threat.

I definitely don't agree with whatever department let the vehicle leave the scene not to return...

That's not how it works.

I definitely don't agree with his supes sending him back to the route.

Lastly...

I definitely do under the quote you used...

And

I know how we live in the back woods.

They misrepresented both the quote and living in the back woods.

If they truly were backwoods livers...

This would not have made the news.

Hope that helped.

I wasn’t aware that livers were in the backwoods.