Teguran Tidak Digubris, Penonton Ditembak Mati karena SMS-an di Bioskop
Man Fatally Shot for Texting in Movie Theater
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Miami (B2B) - Kejadian naas ini dapat terjadi pada siapa yang tidak menggubris peraturan tentang larangan menggunakan ponsel di tempat umum, misalnya di bioskop. Ponsel dapat menyebabkan kematian karena dapat membuat kesal penonton lain setelah berulang kali diingatkan untuk mematikan ponsel seperti seperti terjadi di Miami Amerika Serikat.
Chad Oulson (43) tewas ditembak penonton lainnya, Curtis Reeves (71) yang merasa terusik karena korban terus-terusan menggunakan ponselnya di dalam bioskop meski sudah ditegur.
Reeves kini diadili karena aksi main tembaknya dan hakim menolak permohonan uang jaminan dari terdakwa, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Dalam dakwaan, Reeves, pensiunan polisi, ditahan sejak awal pekan ini dengan tuduhan pembunuhan tingkat dua karena menembak mati Oulson di bioskop di Wesley Chapel, Florida, Pasco county.
Menurut laporan polisi, Reeves melepas satu kali tembakan dari senjata api semi-otomatis kaliber 380 miliknya setelah dia dan korban bertengkar gara-gara Oulson masih menggunakan ponsel.
Saat itu film yang diputar di bioskop tersebut adalah film laga militer "Lone Survivor".
Istri korban bernama Nicole, mengalami luka di tangan karena berusaha melindungi suaminya dari tembakan.
Media setempat melaporkan bahwa kedua pria itu beradu-mulut karena korban terus menerus SMS-an atau melakukan video call.
Tersangka sempat keluar untuk mencari bantuan.
Saksi mata mengatakan Reeves meminta Oulson berhenti memakai telepon tetapi Oulson masih terus melakukannya.
Sesaat kemudian Reeves mengulangi permintaannya tetapi Oulson melemparnya dengan kantung brondong jagung. Reeves membalasnya dengan tembakan.
Pemilikan senjata api adalah jamak di Florida dengan lebih dari sejuta di antara 19 juta penduduknya punya izin kepemilikan senjata api.
Sejumlah media melaporkan bahwa Reeves mengaku menembak karena merasa "terancam". Negara bagian itu membolehkan pemilik senjata api menembak jika merasa terancam.
Miami - Chad Oulson is the movie theater shooting victim that was gunned down by a retired police captain for using his cell phone to text his daughter during Lone Survivor previews.
The tragic event took place on Monday at the Cobb Theaters in Pasco, Florida, while moviegoers were waiting to watch the Mark Wahlberg movie.
Oulson and his wife were sitting in front of retired Tampa police officer, 71-year-old Curtis Reeves, who got annoyed that he was using his cell phone — before the movie even started — to text his three-year-old daughter.
Reeves allegedly asked Chad Oulson to put his phone away and, after some words, got up to go find a manager, but returned to the room alone.
Words were exchanged, according to witnesses, and then the shocking shooting happened. In an instant, a night that was supposed to be spent relaxing watching a much talked about movie about a war hero, turned into a nightmare.
Reeves fired his gun and mortally wounded Chad Oulson as his wife, Nicole, tried to stop him by putting her hand up. She was also injured.
Friends say Chad and Nicole Oulson had gone on a lunch date and then wanted to catch the movie at the Cobb Theaters.
On Monday, Chad Oulson and his wife had made arrangements to go to lunch and the movie afterwards, friends report. They specifically chose the matinee so they could pick up their daughter Lexy from daycare on time.
Pasco County Sheriff’s office reports that soon after the Oulsons took their seats, the argument started over Chad’s texting Lexy.
Sheriff Chris Nocco told ABC Action News Curtis Reeves, Jr. left the room to find an usher who could make Chad Oulson turn off his cell phone. He returned alone and exchanged words with the young man, popcorn was thrown, and that is when the former captain pulled out a.380 pistol and shot the father and husband.
“For a retired or off duty officer, who has that training and all that, it should have never escalated to that point,” said Chad Oulson’s friend Joseph Trapani.
Witnesses report that when Nicole Oulson realized what was happening, she jumped to protect her husband by putting her hand in front of his chest, but the bullet went through and injured her.
According to witness Alex Cummings who was seated a few rows back, Chad Oulson took a few steps and said, “I can’t believe I’ve been shot.”
Oulson fell on top of Cummings, who was in the movie theater with his son as part of is birthday celebration, and he died moments later in a pool of blood.
Curtis Reeves has been charged with second-degree murder and his bail has been denied.
