Gay Firefighter Killed After (alledgedly) Flirting With Straight Couple

[left-of-center2012]

According to his statements to Memphis Police, Carlton Wells, 25, waived his Miranda right to remain silent and freely confessed to the murder. He told police he was sitting with Danielle Mack, 39 (his girlfriend) in a rented car in Kennedy Park, a well-known gay cruising area, when Mack Bond, 58, parked alongside them.

Wells claims Mack Bond propositioned the couple for sex, which made Wells feel uncomfortable so Wells shot the firefighter multiple times. Bond died at the scene.

Following the shooting, Danielle Mack drove the car to the Memphis Airport Avis where it had been rented. She exchanged it for a new car, claiming the one used in the murder had transmission problems.

Currently, there are no laws in effect in Tennessee that would prevent Wells from using the gay panic defense, which claims the victim's sexuality is to blame for triggering an asssailant's blind rage. The discredited legal tactic has been banned outright in 11 states according to The LGBT Bar.

https://www.out.com/crime/2020/7/22/gay-firefighter-killed-after-flirting-straight-couple

[Kali]

1. names seem mixed up in that???

reads like the victim that died at the scene returned rental car for new one

or something?

[left-of-center2012]

3. Thanks. Correction made

victim - Mack Bond
Danielle Mack returned rental car for new one

[Kali]

4. I sort of figured it out due to the two "Macks"

but the first read was really confusing.

strange story

[left-of-center2012]

5. My fault

I was trying to condense a lengthy article into size for DU.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. yet another self centered hetrosexual made them selves judge, god joury and exocutioneer.

[left-of-center2012]

7. The couple went to a 'gay cruising area'

I think they were hunting someone to kill.

[Kali]

8. they are both POC

and she is not classically feminine, and older than him

lots of wierdness

[FreeState]

9. Sounds like they were not from there

And likely didn’t know they were in a park known for cruising. Not sure that her appearance or that they are POC have to do with any of it if anything. Comments just as odd as the story to me...