In Erie, Pa. on Saturday at around 8 p.m. at 2200 block of East 20th Street (between Franklin and McClelland avenues) a man was fatally shot.
Jayson Sack, 30, of Erie, died Saturday after he yelled at a motorist to slow down in a residential neighborhood and the driver shot him. Erie police charged Joel Atkin, 22, of Erie, with homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and possession of an instrument of crime.
Jayson was at a family barbecue at his brother's house, when he called out to the driver. The driver stopped several car lengths from the yard, got out of the car, and pointed a gun at Jayson.
Jayson's brother, Vinny Sack, went out to try to defuse the situation, to get the man to put the gun down, and to get his brother to back away. After yelling, "Don't shoot," the driver then pointed the gun at Vinny. Jayson Sack, who had served in the U.S. Army, tried to disarm the man. Jayson Sack was shot in the abdomen.
"I grabbed my brother," Vinny Sack said, tears in his eyes. "I'm trying to hold the holes in him."
He said the driver then put the gun in his pocket and stood there. Police took Atkin into custody without incident at the scene of the shooting.
Jayson Sack was taken to Hamot Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead Saturday at 8:46 p.m.
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Without too much of my own commentary, I wanted to share this shocking story of senseless violence. Would you like to share any thoughts?
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