'Lizard Lick Towing' star says son killed in N.C. shooting

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GARNER, N.C. (AP) — The owner of Lizard Lick Towing, a towing and repossession business featured in a reality TV show, has confirmed that his son was killed in a shooting in North Carolina.

In a post on Facebook, Ronnie Shirley confirmed that Harley Shirley, 21, was fatally shot in Garner late Thursday. Shirley and his wife, Amy, own Lizard Lick Towing and starred in a truTV reality show based on their family business from 2011 to 2014.

The shooting is being investigated by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office.

“He’s at peace now — waiting on the rest of us to arrive at those gates — we will be there soon Big Shur — and will always cherish the times we had while you were with us son,” Ronnie Shirley wrote on Facebook.

The News & Observer reports that deputies responded to a reported shooting at a home around 8 p.m. Thursday. Capt. Jeff Caldwell said in a news release that soon after that, a caller reported people with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a Sheetz gas station, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of the home.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/lizard-lick-towing-star-says-son-killed-in-n-c-shooting/ar-AAU4FTj?ocid=msedgntp

[malaise]

1. I'm always amazed at the ease with which gun humpers

Cite their Jebuss,

[Maru Kitteh]

14. I'm always amazed at how easily they shrug & walk away from their dead.

"It's a shame young Harley iz dead 'n all. That's too bad."

"Oh well! GUNZ IZ FUNNNN!"

[malaise]

19. Amazing indeed

[Samrob]

20. THIS!

[Celerity]

2. Live by the gun, die by the gun, that is always an elevated chance when you are a gunner.

As for fairy tales of gates and Big Shur waiting at them like a family dog at the house door, well good luck with that.

[steventh]

3. I spent a fair amount of time hanging out in Lizard Lick Yes. Really.

I enjoyed the tv show. The Lizard Lick Towing people appear to be hard working people. If they take comfort in what their faith tells them, that they will be with a loved one in the future, why do non-believers mock them. Is it better to be a non-believer and be without the comfort in a time of terrible loss and pain? I have lost what little belief in the afterlife I may once have had. I envy those who still believe. What worse pain is there in this life than the death of a child. When is belief in an afterlife more useful than at the shock of losing a loved one.

Very coincidentally I just minutes ago awoke from a nightmare involving having my car towed. The tow yard guy I called with my last quarter was very nice to me on the pay phone. Yeah I don't know what it means either. Maybe feed the meter or you risk being towed away.

[MineralMan]

4. The original post was made with no comment at all.

I saw nothing about disrespect for anyone's religion in it.

I think, perhaps, that you are reading something into this that is not there.

[steventh]

5. You're right sir.

My response was not to the op but rather, to replies 1 and 2: "gun humpers cite their Jebuss (Homer Simpson's version of Jesus)" and "fairy tales of (the pearly) gates (of heaven)." Is there not disrespect for religion in those comments? Please do correct me if I've misinterpreted what I read.

[MineralMan]

6. Since DU is a threaded discussion forum, it's always best

to reply to the post you are replying to, rather than to the original post. There is a "Reply" link on every post in a thread. That preserves the threading so people can see to whom you are replying.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. There's often disrespect for people's religious beliefs here, if they are Christian.

Other religions are left alone, which is so obviously hypocritical.

You misinterpreted nothing, as the poster who responded to you is well aware.

I’m not a religious person, but I feel as you do, where others have the right to their faith.

[Silent3]

8. It does not deprive a person of their right to their faith to criticize that faith

The last thing one should expect in a free society is being shielded from having your beliefs challenged in a public forum.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. Funny how no one ever challenges other religions here though, eh?

Try that, go ahead.

[Silent3]

11. I've certainly criticized superstititous beliefs in general, without singling out...

...particular religions. But, of course, people feel more free to criticize the dominant religion in this society.

It might not be absolutely fair when you really think about it, but nearly all of us on DU (myself included) have a MUCH different reaction to the slogans "black lives matter", "all lives matter", and "white lives matter". What makes all of those slogans different is cultural context and perceived intent, even though each is true in a naively literal sense.

Because Jews and Muslims face far more prejudice in our society than Christians do, of course I'm more hesitant to directly call out those religions specifically, lest I be lumped in with the people who criticize those religions in particular, but who don't criticize Christianity.

And then there's also the fact that I was raised Christian, so in criticizing Christianity I'm criticizing something I used to follow myself.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. I've no religious belief at all.

I also have no interest in criticizing the deeply held beliefs of others. Ymmv.

[Silent3]

13. I think religion holds society back, and damages critical thinking skills

So I do have an interest in criticizing "deeply held beliefs" of others. In fact, it's an enormous problem that this special category of "deeply held beliefs" in considered so off limits from criticism, rather than being held up to scrutiny just like any other area of human ideas and thinking.

It would seem, for instance, that Trumpism and fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity should have very little in common on the surface. But the same mental gymnastics that help a person believe in a literal Noah's Ark, or that they're going to be "raptured" some day, makes such believers perfect fodder for the disinfo campaigns of right-wing media.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. Tell us how you feel about Islam. nt

[FreeState]

16. I've said it before and I will say it again

All religions hold society back. Be it Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist or any of the thousands of religious faiths.

[BlackSkimmer]

17. Fine. "the opiate of the people" and all that. Your thought is hardly original.

I simply don’t believe in criticizing individuals for their personal religious beliefs.

Hey, have at it if you think that’s cool.

[Silent3]

18. I feel the same way about Islam.

And just like Christianity, the more fundamentalist it is, the worse it is. A scary percent of even those Muslims you might consider more liberal think the death penalty for apostasy is reasonable. That's a horrid belief.

[Kingofalldems]

10. I watched the show and they both seemed like nice people...

but the show was totally contrived and fake IMO.

RIP to their son.