# I talked to a murder suspect... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525 "2019-07-04T16:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/21 "2019-07-04T19:09:12Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Oh yeah - well I’ve seen 3! 😛 > > **Coach** - glad you’re ok. Can you give the name of the intersection? I used to live up that way and I’m nosy. :o About a quarter mile east of Prouty’s Corner. Geer amd Keyes. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/22 "2019-07-04T19:25:00Z")
FUCK, _Coach_! Very glad the nutcase wasn’t shooting at the time! I’m guessing they caught him? I, too, woke up juuuuust before the shake-a-shake-a-rolling started in Valley Village, CA. Like most of us, I posted on FB first before checking the news. 😃 That was a very relaxing Earth massage compared to what happened to you! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/23 "2019-07-04T19:27:40Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > FUCK, _Coach_! Very glad the nutcase wasn’t shooting at the time! I’m guessing they caught him? Last reports he was seen outside the cordoned off areas so at this point, he’s not in custody. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/24 "2019-07-04T20:16:28Z")
Holy frick. Best excuse for missing a coaching job ever. How long did it take you to stop shaking, coach? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/25 "2019-07-04T20:48:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > last reports he was seen outside the cordoned off areas so at this point, he’s not in custody. Attica! Attica! Attica! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/26 "2019-07-04T21:16:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The thing is a fucking Jennings. > 😉 That’s a decent defense for the murder charge. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/27 "2019-07-04T22:08:49Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Holy frick. Best excuse for missing a coaching job ever. How long did it take you to stop shaking, coach? Never had the shakes as such. A bit shaken up, though. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/28 "2019-07-04T23:31:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Never had the shakes as such. A bit shaken up, though. I salute you. I’d have been shaking like an aspen leaf. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/29 "2019-07-05T02:16:43Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I salute you. I’d have been shaking like an aspen leaf. Me too, man. I’d be under the bed. And fireworks wouldn’t help, either. Very glad you’re OK, \*\*RC. \*\* Someone please link to a news story if they see one. Police securing an area should be news. I wanna knowwho this guy is in case he flees to CA. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/30 "2019-07-05T02:18:49Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Me too, man. I’d be under the bed. And fireworks wouldn’t help, either. Very glad you’re OK, \*\*RC. \*\* > > Someone please link to a news story if they see one. Police securing an area should be news. Here ya go. You can see my handcycle in the background. > **[Sheriff: Armed Man Who Ran From Crash Near Turlock Is Stockton Homicide Suspect](https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/stanislaus-turlock-armed-man-crash-stockton-homicide-suspect-alejandro-ruvacalba/)** > > Deputies say the armed man who ran away from a crash near Turlock Thursday morning is also wanted in connection to a Stockton homicide case. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/31 "2019-07-05T02:35:31Z")
[Another story](https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article232289427.html) with video. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/32 "2019-07-05T02:40:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Another story](https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article232289427.html) with video. Is this you? > [@](#): > > Witnesses told authorities the driver got out of the car, said he had a gun, and ran from the scene. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/33 "2019-07-05T02:45:47Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Is this you? One of two. He crashed because he fixated on my bike lights and ran into a telephone pole. A firefighter on his way to work stopped just a very few minutes later. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/34 "2019-07-05T03:00:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He crashed because he fixated on my bike lights and ran into a telephone pole. Do you have unusually-mesmerizing bike lights or something? 😕 Cool-looking bike, by the way. Were you ever worried that this guy was going to take off on your bike and make his getaway with it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/35 "2019-07-05T03:06:08Z")
Blinding is more like it. [Twin 1100 lumen](https://cygolite.com/product/metro-pro-1100-usb/) [Target Fixation.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation) > [@](#): > > Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object. It is associated with scenarios in which the observer is in control of a high-speed vehicle or other mode of transportation, such as fighter pilots, race-car drivers and motorcyclists.[1] In such cases, the observer may fixate so intently on the target that they steer in the direction of their gaze, which is often the ultimate cause of a collision. I doubt he even considered it. He made no move nor said anything to indicate it was a possibility. He wouldn’t get far, it’s too conspicuous and for an untrained person, very quickly tiring. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/36 "2019-07-05T03:14:03Z")
Well, that’s a hell of a way to start a day. So glad it ended ok for you. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/37 "2019-07-05T13:35:35Z")
So glad you’re okay, **running coach**! We need you here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/38 "2019-07-05T14:38:39Z")
Thanks. I enjoy existing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525/39 "2019-07-05T17:27:54Z")
Glad you’re OK, **running coach.** > [@running\_coach](#): > > I was lucky that a driveway was immediately accessible(rural road) and I made a quick swerve. He followed, obviously fixated on my headlights. A brave telephone pole gave it’s life by intervening. It’s amazing how selfless telephone poles are, isn’t it? Just the other day I passed by a car that had run head-on into one, hitting it dead center. (Emergency responders were already there.) The pole saved an apartment building that was about five or six feet away from being hit. Considering how narrow they are it’s amazing how often you hear about one being hit. I always think what are the odds? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-talked-to-a-murder-suspect/836525.md?page=1)