Another self-defense shooting--when will the media pay attention?

Robert's story, per the above link -

News-Journal Online (Daytona Beach, FL):

Monday, April 10, 2000
Shooting fatality couples with stabbing in deadly 'love triangle'
By MARK I. JOHNSON
Staff Writer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH - One man was fatally shot and another stabbed several times Sunday in what Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Judy Edwards called a "love triangle turned deadly."

According to Edwards, deputies responded to 182 Warren Ave. at about 5:55 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about a shooting.

Deputies arrived and found a 25-year-old man dead from an apparent gunshot wound lying on the kitchen floor.

They found another man, identified as Cirilo Villa-Recendiz, 31, standing on the front porch. He had suffered several stab wounds.

Edwards said Villa-Recendiz told deputies he had awakened to the sound of someone breaking into the house. He confronted the intruder, who was armed with a screwdriver, and the two men struggled. During the scuffle Villa-Recendiz was stabbed repeatedly, she said.

As the men fought, Edwards said, "someone handed Villa-Recendiz a gun" and he shot his assailant, who deputies identified as the ex-boyfriend of Gina Gasca, 29, a resident of the house. Edwards said the shooting victim and Gasca had recently ended their relationship.

Edwards said Villa-Recendiz is Gasca's current boyfriend. Gasca and her mother, Catherine Bowley, 58, the homeowner, were both in the house at the time of the shooting.

This is not the first time deputies have had dealings with the dead man, whose identity was being withheld until his family could be notified.

Edwards said last Wednesday evening deputies responded to the Warren Avenue address in reference to a call about an intruder with a gun. She said they found the ex-boyfriend there threatening to commit suicide.

Deputies were able to disarm the man and take him into custody under the Baker Act. He was transported to Halifax Medical Center for a mental health evaluation. They said he never threatened to harm anyone but himself during that incident.

There was no indication of the violence outside the single-story, wood-framed home in a quiet country neighborhood off Pioneer Trail Sunday afternoon. Other than two cars parked in front of the home, the only evidence of occupancy was a dog tied to a tree in the side yard.

An unidentified person who answered the home's front door said no one wished to speak to news reporters about the early morning incident.

A Halifax Medical Center spokesman said Villa-Recendiz was treated and released from the hospital's emergency room Sunday.

Edwards said the Volusia County Medical Examiner's office will conduct an autopsy.

An investigation into the shooting is continuing and will be reviewed by the State Attorney's Office, Edwards said.


[This message has been edited by Jeff Thomas (edited April 10, 2000).]
 
Jcoyoung, My understanding is that it's supposed to be published this fall. But at present I don't have a specific date. The publishing business is crazy. As soon as I find out for sure, I'll let everyone know. Thanks for the interest. Robert
 
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