SC woman sentenced in shooting that 'shows the need for a hate crime law,' sheriff says

[Eugene]

Source: The State

SC woman sentenced in shooting that ‘shows the need for a hate crime law,’ sheriff says

BY JOHN MONK
MAY 23, 2021 03:02 PM, UPDATED 13 MINUTES AGO

COLUMBIA, SC
A Richland County jury took two hours Friday afternoon to find a 48-year-old Rosewood-area woman guilty of shooting one neighbor and terrorizing others in a 2017 race-related incident, 5th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson said Sunday.

The woman, Mandy Fortson, 48, of Barwick Street off Rosewood Drive, was found guilty of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling and breach of the peace in a high and aggravated manner, Gipson said.

Judge Robert Hood sentenced Fortson, a former county paramedic, to 15 years in prison on the attempted murder charge and five years each on the other two charges. The two five-year charges will be served concurrently and added to the 15 years for attempted murder, making a 20-year total sentence.

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“All the shooting was from her backyard. She fired six shots and then reloaded,” Gipson said.

An African American family lived in the apartment, and a family of Mexican heritage lived in the house. As Fortson was firing, she was shouting racial epithets about both ethnicities, said Gipson and Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, whose department investigated the case. Fortson is white.

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Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article251624173.html

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin'

and no duh

[uponit7771]

2. Yep, A white supremacist gets a gun [.. enter something bad happening here ..]

[dalton99a]

3. Nobody knows why she wanted to kill them

All they know is she was shouting racial epithets

Such a perplexing mystery

[ProfessorGAC]

4. The Logic Is Not Strong In Them

Especially here! It is appallingly obvious that 1+1=2 in this case.