Some people take golf pretty seriously. Some take it too seriously.
Then there's this guy:
It was Sunday just before 7 p.m. when the peaceful quiet on the 15th hole of the Kings Point Golf Course was shattered by the sound of gunshots and retirees watching from their balconies were shocked to see a 74-year-old man shooting at a dog-walking neighbor.
Deputies arrived to find Herbert Merritt, 64, lying on the ground, a "gunshot wound to his left ankle," according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.
In many cases crime scenes require an intensive amount of investigation from highly specialized law enforcement experts.
In this case though not so much:
Nearby, they found Robert Levine, with a "black semi-automatic handgun in his front left pocket."
Merritt told deputies he was walking his dog on the grass next to the golf course when Levine rode up in his golf cart and "Levine… began causing a verbal altercation with him due to having his dog on the golf course… He then began shooting at him while Merritt was running away."
Levine chased Merritt around a tree while continuing to shoot – Merritt said he shot about five rounds at him, according to the report and witnesses.
Yeah that'll do it.
I mean look we can all picture getting mad, even quite mad, if someone waltzes across the fairway with their dog while we're trying to shoot a birdie. But this...
After chasing Merritt around the tree firing like a madman, Levine beat the dude to a pulp:
Merritt told deputies he had never seen Levine before, did nothing to provoke him and "he felt that Levine was trying to kill him."
Witnesses told deputies they saw Levine kick Merritt in the head, go back to his cart and get a club and begin beating Merritt with the club while holding the gun in his left hand.
DUDE! Fortunately, the dog walker seems to be doing okay after going to the hospital.
Deputies said they found shell casings on the ground and two golf clubs with what appeared to be blood on them.
Florida, I know y'all are crazy, but maybe go beat up some of those 10-foot dinosaurs you have everywhere if you need to work out some aggression.
Levine is charged with attempted first-degree murder and other charges.
Yeah that tends to happen when you premeditatedly attempt to kill someone!
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