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Man Accused Of Killing Teen Who Was Already On Stretcher

POSTED: 8:58 am EDT June 15, 2005

DETROIT -- A 21-year-old Detroit man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old who had already been shot and was lying on a stretcher.

Dennis Atkins is also charged with assault for ordering two paramedics to stand aside while, police said , he fired two shotgun blasts that killed the teen.

Authorities said Atkins had shot Billie Rutledge with a handgun, then after paramedics arrived, popped out of hiding with the shotgun and wearing a mask.

Detroit police aren't commenting on a motive.

My question: If he wanted him dead so badly, why didn't he use the shotgun the first time around? Why wait until the paramedics are there?
 
Mr. Atkins was probably holding the handgun sideways like in the movies and just wasn't as accurate as he had hoped. The shotgun took care of that.

Definitely sounds like a drug related killing, and a stupid one at that.
 
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