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Sunday, February 24, 2019

American Dream Stolen Part II: Who Stole a Man's Dream?

A clerk was murdered by a Pensacola man seen in this screen grab from the convenience store's video system.  In the process, a man's life was taken, his family was shattered, and the American Dream this family had has been stolen from them...

A trio of alleged conspirators has now been captured and charged in the murder of Mr. Kotha Govarhdan Reddy.  Justice awaits them as the charges have been made.

These are the people of Pensacola that stole a man's dream and shattered a family.

They obviously obtained a gun for the crime which it appears the two men could not have done given their records.

And according to some rumors that have surfaced--this trio apparently scouted several nearby stores on Blue Angel and Mobile Highway that were deemed to be "too busy" before they drove down the road and found Mr. Reddy's shop and did what they are alleged to have done.

I'll never understand the senseless nature of holding a gun to someone's head, demanding money, and then---as the victim is simply attempting to comply and hand over the money----the bad guy shoots the victim and kills him.  Why?

According to reports, the victim was shot once in the chest and once in the head, as he was simply trying to comply and empty out his register and hand over the cash.  In the process of the robbery and murder, though, the register money wasn't touched nor were any items taken from the store. The thing that was stolen was a man's life, his family's future, and their version of the American Dream.

Now the victim's family is destroyed, and in the process the alleged perpetrators lives and their families' lives and their childrens' lives will never be the same.  Four families forever changed by the senseless actions of a three people trying to get over the system and take something that did not belong to them.

What a shame, what a senseless and unnecessary tragedy.....


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

so what's the problem?

https://weartv.com/news/local/two-people-rushed-to-hospital-following-early-morning-shooting

Just about time I open a newssite there is a new article some one has been shot by THUGS.

Is the Sheriff just fiddling while Rome burns? Do we still house inmates in Santa Rosa? Are they turning them back on the streets, poor ole innocent oppressed little darlings?

Aren't you mad as hell?

Tara Allsopp said...

What exactly do you expect the sheriff to do? Be psychic? Predict when someone is going to commit a crime? How is he responsible for overcrowding at the jail? He doesn't run it.
This crime was the responsibility of the 3 people who committed it. It was their poor choices and feelings of entitlement that prompted them to forcibly take what was not theirs. Let's put the blame where it falls. On the thugs who took an innocent man's life.
March 2 at the Beulah Park from 10-3pm we will be having a fundraiser for Reddy's wife. Why don't you come out and support a good cause and do something good for your community.

Jeff Bergosh said...

I happen to think the ECSO did a fantastic job in apprehending these individuals quickly. There is no way this could have been "prevented" by the ECSO. They are not clairvoyants....This is just a tragedy that was only caused by the perpetrators and nobody else (well, the perpetrators and whomever it was that got them the gun...) And anonymous--I am mad as hell!

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