California lottery winner shot to death in Seattle

Comment #5

CASH Only — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:04:10 GMT

You have to wonder why the group chose the annuity (CA requires the choice to be made when you play). How many of the 13 would have chosen cash if they played solo

Comment #4

starchild_45 — Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:30:31 GMT

i agree with you about how he shouldn't have used the gun. well being from the seattle area i can tell you nothing will happen to the officers. no matter how bad the situation the officer always get off. i can't remember one time in 10 years living here where they lose either criminally or civilaly. Quote: Originally posted by Phokas on October 14, 2004 Rich or poor he didn't have any legal authority or consitutional right to intervene or break-up a fight by firing a weapon into the air. If anyo... [ More ]

Comment #3

Phokas — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:08:48 GMT

Rich or poor he didn't have any legal authority or consitutional right to intervene or break-up a fight by firing a weapon into the air. If anyone sees someone, especially a stanger, brandishing a gun and then firing it, you have to assume the worst. Just because someone fires a gun away from people initially doesn't mean they can't then suddenly turn it on someone else or even themselves. He presented a danger to himself and others and, emotions aside, only the investigation will reveal what re... [ More ]

Comment #2

urbossmanpimpin — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:33:40 GMT

probably being harrassed. You know how people can get when they know you have loads of money. . . . . .

Comment #1

fja — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:55:28 GMT

well thats one for the record books,,,probably carried the gun because his anonimity was comprimised after his lottery win.....I wonder if he was constently being harrassed for money or did he just get to bold for his own good

California lottery winner shot to death in Seattle

Lottery Post — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:40:06 GMT

A man shot to death by police outside Qwest Field in the wee hours before the St. Louis Rams-Seattle Seahawks game has been identified by his family as a California lottery winner.Relatives also disputed police accounts of the death of Rick Camat, 32, who was shot by an officer as dozens of people fled to avoid gunfire and fighting outside a Pioneer Square bar early Sunday.Camat, one of 13 Starbucks employees in Los Angeles who split an $87 million jackpot in 2000, fired into the air to try to b... [ More ]