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Cantonment Man Accused Of Threatening To Shoot Son During Argument
August 1, 2019
A Cantonment man is accused of threatening to shoot his son during an argument.
Douglas Leon Benjamin, Sr., 57, was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
During an argument, Benjamin allegedly displayed a firearm in his waistband and stated he was going to shoot his adult son at their trailer on Pettway Circle in Cantonment. The victim said Benjamin pulled out the gun, pointed at him and stated that he (the son) was going to die tonight, according to an arrest report.
Benjamine dropped the revolver during the argument, and the son picked it up and handed it to a cousin who hid it in a field until law enforcement arrived, the report states. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office retrieved the firearm, loaded with four rounds, from the field.
Benjamin told deputies he did get into a verbal argument, but he denied that he ever possessed or displayed a firearm during the altercation. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
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3 Responses to “Cantonment Man Accused Of Threatening To Shoot Son During Argument”
I would not leave my cousin alone and wander out into a field if the guy was that irate and might hurt him! (Knife, stick, etc). Once you call police on a family member it’s too late to diffuse a situation yourself. But that’s just my opinion.
So, rather than de-fuse the situation, you would stand there with a firearm? Brilliant.
Something is missing in that scenario. After the father dropped the gun and the son picked it up – what goes? Two younger guys now have him outnumbered and have possession of his weapon, why do they feel the need to hide it in a field? Any normal person would stand there gun in hand and wait for the law to show up.