Christian family band arrested in fatal Walmart brawl

[monmouth4]

Members of the same family arrested after a fatal Walmart brawl in Arizona had worked as Christian street performers prior to being arrested.

According to police, six members of the Gaver family, performing under the name Matthew 24 Now, were arrested March 21 when a fight in a Cottonwood, Ariz., Walmart spilled out into the parking lot.
Nine members of the Gaver family, including Ruth Gaver, 52, Peter Gaver, 55; and his sons, Jeremiah, 29, and Nathaniel, 27, were involved in the fight.

One member of the family, identified as Enoch Gaver, was shot and killed, and another was shot in the abdomen by responding police officers. Sergeant Jeremy Daniels was shot in the leg, but is expected to make a full recovery.

A female employee had reported being attacked inside the store, and when officers arrived outside, they were “immediately attacked” by the group, according to a press release issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

More info at: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national/christian-family-band-arrested-fatal-walmart-brawl/nkf4C/

[hatrack]

1. Band's name = End Times woo, so no surprise there.

Oh, and on edit, what the FUCK is wrong with people?

[pinboy3niner]

3. ...

"Forget it, Jake; it's Wal-Mart."

[madokie]

2. Sounds like a bunch of tweakers to me

meth is a dangerous drug and makes the people who use it crazy as loons

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. But Christian tweakers, so there is that...

The family that flays together, stays together?

[hatrack]

11. The family that cooks together, gets booked together?

[hifiguy]

4. Well, that is certainly one of the subject lines of the month.

[valerief]

5. Now they call themselves The Who Would Jesus Shoot Band. nt

[RandySF]

6. Certain Christian denominations exhalt violence

Go to your local fundamentalist church and you will hear all kinds of casual talk of violence from the pulpit.

[Zorra]

7. From our regional local paper, photos and more detail ~

New details on Gaver family; living in parking lot, playing music for tips

http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=65055

I was with my partner, driving home from a show, and we saw the cops speeding toward Cottonwood that night.

We have very little crime around here, mostly it is druggies and religious wackos like these who are the perps.

Remember the James Ray and the sweatlodge deaths about 6 years ago? They occurred about 10 miles north of this WalMart.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Family values. nt

[Cha]

10. Weird shit.. you'd think they could manage to go to walmart without "attacking an employee"..

and furthermore not getting into brawls with the Police and getting one of them killed..

Too much to ask.

[jmowreader]

12. They were living in the parking lot and using Walmart's bathroom as their only source of relief

Walmarts are usually pretty cool about RVers spending the night in their lots, but most of them pull in for the night and leave in the morning. Taking up residence is a whole different matter.

[Cha]

13. Oh, wow.. it certainly is. thanks for the info, jm