Parking lot killing came after $10 dispute-Suspect's father posts $1 Million dollar bail

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Prosecutors contend that Warmus objected to being charged $20 to park at the East Ninth Street lot, in which signs advertise the cost at $10. The price hike, due to the space's location near the entrance and its sometimes being reserved for the handicapped, sparked the dispute.

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Miday said at one point, Williams placed Warmus in a headlock and urged the man's girlfriend ''to calm your boy down.''

Once released from Williams' grip, Miday said, Warmus, his face noticeably reddened, walked with his girlfriend, a 22-year-old UA student from Chardon, to their four-door Honda.

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Moments later, Warmus was armed with a black Glock 27 pistol and ordered Williams to the ground. Witnesses say Williams was reaching for his gun as he was being confronted by Warmus.

''And the next thing the witnesses heard were shots,'' Miday said.

With his .40-caliber pistol in hand and streams of Cavaliers fans walking past, Warmus fired the three shots, including a lethal shot to the head near the left ear, Miday said.

http://www.ohio.com/news/91849559.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 25-year-old Uniontown man charged with aggravated murder in a downtown shooting walked out of the Cuyahoga County Jail on Thursday after his father posted a $1 million bond with a cashier's check.

Matthew Warmus had pleaded not guilty to the charge earlier that day and a judge reduced his bond -- which had been set at $2 million. Warmus' father, Summit County builder John Warmus, stunned court workers when came in with a check.

"That's the first time I've ever seen that much money posted as bond in the 25 years I've been here," said one worker at the Clerk of Courts office.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/04/suspect_in_parking_lot_killing.html

One of the lawyers representing Green resident Matthew K. Warmus says his client acted in self-defense in the shooting death of a parking lot attendant Friday night in Cleveland.

Warmus, 25, a senior graphic design major at the University of Akron, is being held at the Justice Center in Cleveland on a charge of aggravated murder.

He is accused of shooting David J. Williams, 27, of Maple Heights, at an East Ninth Street parking lot in a dispute parking in a spot reserved for handicapped drivers. Williams leaves behind a son, 4.

“We have thus far an understanding that the gentleman, Williams, had a gun on him and he pulled a gun and actually intended to shoot Warmus, at which time and only at which time, Warmus attempted to defend himself and did so only given that being his only choice in the matter,” said attorney Edward R. La Rue of Cleveland.

http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/04/14/front/doc4bc5dfa65b84d292045620.txt


Matthew Warmus appears for his arraignment in Cleveland Municipal Court, Tuesday. Warmus is charged in the shooting death of parking lot attendant David Williams . His attorney Edward La Rue stands at left. (Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer)

I posted this because it is an interesting and tragic story.

Both of these guys had license to carry. The parking lot attendant had his gun in his waistband but no round chambered. The shooter went to his trunk to get his gun (probably because he was coming from a Cavalier game where he probably couldn't carry).

If you are going to carry or have a gun near then you have to be able to control you emotions and not bring out your gun as the final arbiter.

Stupid to argue & then kill someone in a dispute over a measly $10.

Sounds like the shooter comes from money(Warmus is the son of John Warmus, president of Warmus Builders, a prominent construction company in southern Summit County). I don't know that there should have been bond in this case. I hope this doesn't enable him to skip the country.

Sounds to me like an execution because while the parking attendent may have been ripping him off for $10, Warmus couldn't control his temper.