19-year-old accused of killing mom who told him no smoking inside

[marmar]

A 19-year-old Florida man was arrested and charged with allegedly shooting and killing his mother in their Polk County home this week.

Seth Settle reportedly shot and killed his mother Thursday after she ordered him to stop smoking cigars in his bedroom, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said, according to Fox 13 Tampa Bay.

The incident occurred shortly after Settle’s father left work on what seemed like a normal weekday.

Shortly after 9:30 a.m., though, he had received a call that his wife had been taken to a hospital. ............(more)

https://nypost.com/2022/05/01/florida-man-seth-settle-arrested-for-killing-mom-who-told-him-no-smoking-in-room/

[dchill]

1. Pretty sure there's no smoking in prison, either.

[ornotna]

2. Back in the day, Florida DC would give inmates cigarettes

The inmates called them rips. Cheap knockoff of Camels.

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/08/archives/florida-prison-head-seeks-end-to-cigarettemaking-by-inmates.html

[North Shore Chicago]

3. Maybe in prison

Someone will 'smoke' him.

What is with these so-called 'adult' dudes living with mommy or grandmother?

[jimfields33]

5. 19 is not so bad. 45 is ridiculous and I'm seeing more of that nonsense.

Get a life loser!

[Bucky]

7. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest maybe drugs were involved

They're almost certainly some mental health issues, substance abuse issues, and social isolation pathologies going on before an argument over cigarettes led up to this horrible crime

[Demovictory9]

15. 19 isnt so old, if he is working or going to school

[Jurdas]

4. Monster

[Bucky]

6. Responses I don't want to see in this thread...

- What's wrong with people?!

- Kids these days, I just don't know 🤷‍♂️

- he better not drop those cigarettes in prison -- haw haw

- Florida man... Of Course!!

[JanMichael]

9. How about - that seems reasonable.

[Bucky]

10. Ha! Yes

That too would be an inappropriate

[JI7]

23. It's important to mention Florida because Right Wingers bring up California and other democratic

states and cities anytime there is bad news from these areas .

[MerryBlooms]

8. Shot her over a cigar? I smoke cigars, never thought about shooting

Someone because I was asked to put it out. He had a gun, where did he get it? I hope it wasn't the parent's gun. A kid that angry enough to murder... didn't happen overnight.

Tragic. I am so sorry for the family. Family shattered by horrific violence.

[LisaL]

11. At 19 he is a legal adult.

Not a kid.

[raccoon]

31. Thank you. Nt

[Demovictory9]

16. she shut his door to walk away, he shot through the door

[MerryBlooms]

17. I see no where in the OP what you've quoted.

"She shot through his door"? Then you say, in the same sentence, "He shot through the door".

[Demovictory9]

18. typo. she told him not to smoke, shut his door to walk away. He shot thru the door

bullet went through her heart stopping it instantly, no blood. she was rushed to the hospital not knowing she was shot. Father was home with kids mourning her death.

hospital saw hole. called police.

That weird Florida sheriff did one his crime videos where he talks through a crime.

[A HERETIC I AM]

26. The Polk County Sheriff is a perfect example of...

The kind of person Law Enforcement attracts and precisely the kind that should not be a cop.

And the people of Polk County LOVE Grady Judd for what he says and does.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Judd

[Demovictory9]

27. kudos for knowing that "weird sheriff" equals Grady Judd

He must badly poison the jury pool with his hour long crime videos declaring the accused guilty.

[Bucky]

33. maybe it was a very nice cigar

[Takket]

12. but clearly "saying gay" is destroying Florida

[Deuxcents]

13. Yep. And..now the govenor

Wants all of us to have guns w/o permits, background checks or instructions. Sick.

[dalton99a]

14. "Authorities did not immediately suspect foul play"

Authorities did not immediately suspect foul play because there reportedly wasn’t any blood found in the home or obvious injuries to the victim’s body.

But by the time Settle’s father had picked up his daughter from school and returned home, he was informed that his wife had died.

After Settle’s mother had been pronounced dead, a nurse inspected the body and found what appeared to be puncture wounds.

Judd said the victim had been shot in the heart, stopping it immediately and staunching the flow of blood.

Settle fled but later confessed to investigators that he had shot his mother.

[LisaL]

24. There is no indication of a psychotic break.

He reportedly run away after the shooting. He also gave his guns to a friend. His actions don't suggest he was an individual having a psychotic break.

[Hekate]

25. No problem

[Celerity]

20. Floriduh is Florideath

[Samrob]

21. FREEDOM!!! The GOP/Q/MAGA mantra.

freedom to smoke
freedom to access and own a gun
freedom to disrespect
freedom to kill.

And you damn libs had better not interfere with my FREEDOM!!

[smirkymonkey]

22. That face just gives me the creeps.

I hope they put him away for a good long time. I am sorry for his mother and the rest of his family. How tragic.

[FreepFryer]

28. If any crime is truly unforgivable (Nt)

[Raine]

29. Probably more issues between mother and son then smoking. nt

[Emile]

30. Wow that's some temper.

Kill his mother over a damn cigar.

[raccoon]

32. I wonder if the death penalty is a possibility. Nt