Texting during a movie gets you killed in Florida [View all]

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Even when a guy just sent a text himself.

A man who shot a fellow Florida theater-goer in a dispute over the victim's texting sent a text message himself minutes before the fatal gunfire, according to records obtained this week by news organizations.

Curtis Reeves, a 71-year-old former police captain who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in central Florida’s Pasco-Pinellas counties court, sent a text message to his son from the Cobb Grove 16 theaters in Wesley Chapel, Fla., the Associated Press and other media reported Thursday.

The son, Matthew Reeves, told investigators after the Jan. 13 shooting that he texted his father to let him know that he was running late for the afternoon “Lone Survivor” showing. The elder Reeves replied by text message that he and his wife had already taken their seats. The son reportedly walked into the theater as the single shot was fired.

Chad Oulson, 43, died from a gunshot wound to the chest. As the movie's previews were underway, Oulson was texting his daughter's babysitter. Police have said that Curtis Reeves took offense at that; Reeves told investigators that Oulson struck him in the face during their dispute, making him fear for his life.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-florida-movie-theater-shooting-suspect-sent-text-message-20140313,0,7787069.story#ixzz2vzltAKke