A Philadelphia man will face murder charges after shooting his stepfather to death in an argument. The reason for the fight: his stepfather invited a gay friend to the house.
Prosecutors have charged Christian A. Smith, 23 with first-degree murder and a second-degree charge of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection with the killing of his stepfather, 43-year-old Dennis McKenzie. NJ.com reports that Smith had visited the home of his mother and stepfather on the evening of October 9. A relative happened to visit at the same time, and invited a gay friend over. Smith objected, shouting anti-gay slurs. A fight with McKenzie then ensued.
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“He made it known to his stepfather that he did not approve of that person coming into their house … that their house was a house of God,” Assistant Prosecutor Dana Anton said in a statement. “The stepfather took a swing at Mr. Smith and, I believe, maybe superficially hit him. In response to that, Mr. Smith took out a Glock 19 that was in his waistband and shot him three times.”
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Smith was not injured in the fight. Bullets, meanwhile, struck McKenzie in the chest and head, killing him on the spot. Smith’s mother and a teen sibling witnessed the crime as it transpired.
Katherine Constantine Blinn, the public defender in charge of Smith’s case, has argued the shooting was accidental.
Superior Court Judge Mary Beth Kramer denied bail for Smith at a hearing earlier this week. Smith is scheduled to return to court on December 2 for another pre-indictment hearing.
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Kangol2
A Christian fanatic and murderer, of his own stepfather no less. Jesus isn’t going to keep his homophobic fanatical @ss out of jail! Maybe he’ll have time to read the Bible and learn that Christ condemns those who mistreat strangers and visitors to their homes too. Lastly, with that face, they are going to tear him to pieces in prison!
Prax07
Religion is purely evil.
Seth
Sure sounds like Christian Smith was standing his ground. Glad there is one less bigot threatening the world, “superficially” or otherwise.
Mr. Stadnick
Do you have no reading comprehension?
tallskin4
Lordy Mama, you yanks with your allowing nutcases to get hold of guns!
Mister P
He tried to justify the evil deed with religion. A lot of Christians seem to think that their religion allows them to be jerks.
Chrisk
I guess he forgot about the little thou shall not kill thing in the 10 commandments.
Yeah, that “accident” sounds like the he fell into my knife over and over excuse.
My2CentsWorth
Nah! He looks like he may be mental ill. Or, might be someone who is homosexual with self hate.
TheRedLine
Now he’ll be living with his new cellmate in the House of Bubba.
jcool
he’s got a purty mouth.
GayEGO
Christian was just mad because he couldn’t get a BJ in the closet! :>)
Leo
I just don’t understand why this good christian man was carrying a Glock 19 in his waistband to his mother’s house. Accidental shooting? It must have been that he accidentally forgot to take the gun out of his waistband after church services.
GrizzleyMichael
I think itmis time for a Bibleectamy and get that Bible removed from far up your ass ASAP
nitejonboy
So he’s against gays but not against murder…hypocrite…..religion is the cause of all evil in this world.
JJinAus
Remember, if its your sincerely held belief, you can kill anyone at all. Religion. The cancer of the world.
barryaksarben
WTF the lawyer said it was “accidental” pulling a gun pout of your waistband and shooting someone in the head after aiming it at them is in NO FKING way accidental. I do hope he is so horny in prison his only release is gay sex. Hopefully he will be in there a very very long time almost if forgotten in there by accident
barryaksarben
Religion is a crutch for weak people. It can help a very few who need the crutch but when they turn the crutch to a weapon they need to be imprisoned
My2CentsWorth
Christian Smith murdered his stepfather not in his own home but that of his stepfather.
Hey tallskin4 and nitejonboy, he was able to get a gun because the NRA and gun industry have been able to buy corrupt elected politicians. The folks who live in the U. S. have been impacted in several ways by various industries being able to buy politicians who craft bills (laws) with deceptive names that become the laws of the land which cost the people dearly. The basic “problem” with religions is that bad and mentally ill folks weaponize it. They ignore whatever good advice that may be contained in the religions when they conflict with their personal goals (including accepted goals from other bad folks).
wwerts1
Accidentally my ass your not going to take a gun out of your waistband if your not going to shoot someone just by Accidentally. Give him the death penalty
Invader7
He’ll be popular in prison. What an evil anal orifice..
letthemeatcake
If he doesn’t like gays, I wonder how he’s going to feel about the prison showers…
Kisses—fish……. 😉
James
THE STEPSON WAS PROBABLY A GANG MEMBER.