Dead Man Walking
May 6, 2007. Daryl L. Miller is shot in the forearm at his residence, 2404 W. Millman. He was later arrested on charges of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and not having a firearm owner’s ID card after police found a sawed-off shotgun in his car.
May 12, 2007. Daryl L. Miller is shot in the stomach outside his residence, 2404 W. Millman. When questioned, he could not provide police with information on the shooters or a reason why he was shot.
This dude might as well talk, because he’s a marked man and they ain’t gonna miss next time.
May 15th, 2007 at 9:27 am
trhyw
May 15th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Can’t snitch.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Yes, it seems to me he would be wise to talk, or if not, to flee. Can you imagine living your life thinking that someone is trying to shoot you? It seems so scary.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I think you may be overestimating the shooters’ gun skills when you say “they ain’t gonna miss next time.” It’s not like these guys go to the Gun Club every weekend and practice.
Also, if he talks, they may hurt him far worse than a gunshot or two. And then go after his family.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Ok, what I meant was that the odds of his survival are reduced by every weekend round of gunfire he takes. Surely this guy isn’t going to live much longer, whether he talks or not.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:15 am
No, no, no.
That’s not the way statistics work.
If there’s a one in three chance that someone will die when shot it, that applies to every single time he is shot at. The odds don’t get better each time.
Basically, that means if you know that someone is going to be shot at three times and the odds of each single attempt succeeding is one in three, yeah, the odds are the guy is going to die. But after two unsuccessful attempt, the odds of the third attempt succeeding are still one in three.
That’s why the odds of winning with lotter are the same for the guy buying a ticket for the first time are the same as for the guy who has bought one every single week.
Casinos like the Par-A-Dice make billions because people don’t realize this.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:42 am
From a strictly statistical standpoint, you are correct, but how many bullet holes can one man take? I still contend his chances of survival diminish with each shot.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I am reminded of these immortal words..
“If it was me, Donkey, you’d be dead.”
May 16th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
The stats do not take into account the 2 previous failures by the possibly the same person, given that I would suspect the next attempt may be from about a foot away and to the head.
May 16th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
From the PJ Star: “When police arrived about 4 a.m. at the home of Daryl L. Miller, 25, they found numerous bullet holes in the front door….
Witnesses reported they heard five to six shots, and believed Miller and a large group of people were gathered at the residence for a barbecue.”
AT 4AM??? Grilling eggs and bacon on the Weber? Chargrilled French Toast? Somebody is blowing a lot of smoke not produced by Kingsford.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Bill, that’s sure an odd way of looking at this.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Hey PI — It looks like Phil Luciano reads your blog. Did you see his column in the paper today?
May 18th, 2007 at 9:22 am
I doubt that, but if he does, then he probably liked my testicle festival post. That’s right up his alley.