Whether it’s autumn or winter, young mass murder’s always in season at Texas A&M Commerce and environs. Those of us trying to follow today’s double homicide among the impulsive tyke demographic were sent over to last October’s bloodbath among the babes. So that’s… October, November, December, January… We almost made it through three months without a big ol’ Texas A&M killing.
Now this one, UD‘s thinking, probably involves Commerce having admitted a mentally unstable freshman… This sorta little feller, say… Down Texas way a man – even a nineteen year old man – ain’t raised to go all boohoo and talk to some counselor or what have you. In our manly states (Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska) you tend to deal with your problems by killing yourself (an extremely popular thing) and/or killing other people but the point is it’s gonna be something with a gun. Montana has the highest suicide rate in the nation and I think there’s like ten psychiatrists in the state. Who needs a shrink when you have a schwarzlose?
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I was wrong. A random thug, from whom his ex-girlfriend (who was visiting her sister, a student at Commerce) should have been given protection (a career criminal, he was released from jail when he, uh, shouldn’t have been) killed the ex-girlfriend and her sister. Specifically, he was
free on bond related to an alleged assault family violence incident that took place last week. The report was filed by Abbaney Matts, one of the shooting victims.
... Abbaney said Smith assaulted her Jan. 26 … with a frying pan, lamp and then pulled out a knife …. Though she was not hospitalized, Abbaney reported injuries to the right side of her head, her eyes and had red marks and abrasions after the alleged attack.
[Jacques Dshawn] Smith was arrested and an emergency protective order was issued on Abbaney’s behalf. Smith was freed Jan. 29 after posting $15,000 bond.
… Smith has a string of priors dating back four years with charges including evading arrest, theft and aggravated robbery.
Three whole days in custody! I’m sure Abbaney’s surviving family feels real good about that.
February 3rd, 2020 at 7:42PM
TX. Where strapped up congregants have shoot outs in mid service, and anyone can bring a gun to a uni lecture. Those damn quantum classes get heated.
Where the hell is Molly Ivins when you need her? It’s okay, we got UD…
February 4th, 2020 at 2:49PM
Despite its being part of the Texas A&M system, no one in Texas considers Commerce to be Texas A&M. That distinction belongs to the nice folk at College Station.
I was on the Commerce campus last November for a basketball game. So calm, so low-key. Murders there hard to imagine but obviously true.