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Site SearchWAYNESVILLE, N.C. — The prosecutor handling the case against a Florida man accused in the fatal shooting of North Carolina Trooper David Shawn Blanton Jr. wants to seek the death penalty.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Wednesday that Haywood County District Attorney Michael Bonfoey asked a judge to decide whether there is enough evidence to try Edwardo Wong II for capital murder. The judge has not yet scheduled a hearing.
A Haywood County grand jury indicted Wong Monday on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
The State Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the inquiry, believes Blanton stopped Wong near Canton. Four minutes after that, the Haywood County Sheriff's Office started getting 911 calls saying Blanton had been shot.
Blanton died at the hospital. A sheriff's lieutenant arrested Wong 10 minutes after the shooting.
SBI agents found three pistols in Wong's truck – a Sig Sauer P229, a 9 millimeter Springfield Armory XD and a 9 millimeter Keltec P11.
The Highway Patrol has said one of the guns found in Wong's truck was Blanton's service weapon, but that he was not shot with his own gun.
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All of you are aware of the young state trooper that was killed > in Haywood County Tuesday. Trooper Shawn Blanton left behind a > wife and son. His son, Tye, was born 7 weeks premature and has > been in serious condition since his birth May 31st. Tye was > placed on life support yesterday afternoon and is now very critical. > The NC Highway Patrol is asking everyone they can possibly reach > to please remember Shawn's son in your thoughts and prayers. > > If you feel led to do so, please pass this prayer request along. > For the service, dedication and commitment that Shawn displayed > and these folks show us every day, this I can do.
June 26, 2008 9:23 a.m.
you are correct.
June 25, 2008 8:22 p.m.
June 25, 2008 7:42 p.m.
Nor is it right for you to misquote Scripture which says, "do not murder." There is a difference between murder and killing a person as an act of justice. Are you a pacifist that opposes all killing, including that done by the military as protection for your life?
As far as numerous studies stating the death penalty does not deter crime, they are recent studies done by people who start off trying to justify the inhumanity of the death penalty.
Everyone knows that 90% of all statistics can be used to support anyone's argument. Well, at least 50% of the time. This is believed by 5/4 of all people.
June 25, 2008 6:40 p.m.
Don' they all "claim" to have found Christ!
June 25, 2008 6:40 p.m.