Hi Everyone,
Some people really need help. This is what I mean.
There was an article in last Tuesday’s Star/Metro with the headline, She rejected him at a party, so he shot her 10-month-old daughter in the head, Fresno police say.
Alejandra Reyes-Velarde from the Los Angeles Times wrote the following.
A 10-month-old girl is in critical condition after police say a man shot her in the head when the baby’s mother rejected him at a party.
Marcos Echartea, 23, was arrested Sunday in Fresno on suspicion of three counts of attempted murder. Police said he shot into a car where the baby, her mother and a male friend were sitting.
The baby, Fayth Percy, is in critical condition and had surgery Sunday to remove bullet fragments from her head according to Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer. There was no immediate update on her condition Monday.
“We’re very fortunate that she’s alive,” Dyer told a news conference over the weekend. “It tears my heart up to see a baby of that age laying in the hospital.”
Detectives determined that Echartea and Fayth’s mother, 18-year-old Deziree Menagh had met about a week ago and were at a gathering at a house about 4 a.m. Sunday.
Police say Echartea tried to hold Menagh’s hand inside the home, but she pulled away, leaving the house and telling people outside what had happened.
Later, while sitting on the porch at the home, Echartea tried to force Menagh onto his lap, authorities say. She again pulled away and went inside the residence to get her daughter before leaving the party with a male friend.
Menagh and the friend drove about a block away, then made a U-turn and were preparing to stop. That’s when they saw Echartea walking quickly toward the car, police say.
He pulled out a handgun and fired three times into the driver’s side window, which was rolled up, Dyer said. Fayth was struck in the side of her head as Menagh held her in her arms.
Menagh’s friend called police as he drove Fayth to the hospital. At the direction of dispatchers, he stopped where nearby officers could help until an ambulance arrived.
Echartea was arrested at the residence later that day.
“We are hoping and praying that Baby Fayth is able to survive this injury as well as make a full recovery,” Dyer said. “I know the parents are broken. They’re hurting.”
Police say said Echartea is a suspect in another shooting that also was “over a female.”
Okay so I am sure we can all agree that the 23-year-old Marcos Echartea has some things he has to work out. He clearly took things to the extreme and that is not cool. But people are people. Since people don’t change over night, Marcos has most likely been this way for a very long time. And he has also most likely been exhibiting like or similar behaviours for just as long. He, IMHO, is simply (very) lost.
I am telling you this because people can not control how someone else is going to react when they are rejected. If someone doesn’t want to be with you, instead of taking it out on them or someone else, work on yourself. Or here’s a thought, maybe you aren’t their type. And yea, maybe it will hurt and that would suck, but do you really want to be with someone who doesn’t want to be with you? I am hoping not. Work out what is going on with you.
Thank you for reading. A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
PS, Just as a head’s up, I am not fond of anyone trying to give me a hard time. If someone feels threatened by me, that should remain solely their problem. Don’t drag me into your ghetto drama.
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