Meet Katie Quackenbush, a 26-year-old Nashvillean who doesn't have much time for street people who can't afford a room or a decent car. Ms Q was parked in her Porsche SUV near Music Row in the wee hours of August 26th, grooving on the fine country sounds, when she was disturbed by a knock on the passenger-side window. The knocker was Gerald Melton, 54, a homeless man who was trying to sleep on the sidewalk. Mr Melton was bothered by the exhaust fumes emanating from Ms Quackenbush's German auto, and didn't much like her taste in music either. So, he asked her to move.
According to Nashville police, the two began yelling at each other. Ms Quackenbush then got out of her car and shot Mr Melton twice before running up the street with another woman. She (Ms Q, not the other woman) has been charged with attempted murder. Mr Melton remains in hospital with serious injuries.
The AP report goes on to say that Ms Q's father, Jesse Quackenbush, disputes the police account, saying his daughter fired the shots in self-defence as a warning and didn't know Melton was hit.
The moral of the story is... ... Walt can't think of one.
Footnote from Poor Len Canayen: I wonder if Jesse Quackenbush is related to Eddie Quackenbush, who played for the Boston Bruins back in the '50s. Maybe not. Eddie was a Kitchener ON boy, as I recall. At that time Boston inexplicably had several Krauts on the team, including Quackenbush, centre Milt Schmidt, left winger Woody Dumart, and right winger Bobby Bauer, who made up the famous Kraut Line. Not many people would remember that.
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