On the morning of June 2, last year, Dennis McAninch was dead. After holding hostage for 20 hours a 29-year old woman, Tammi Smith, in a convenience shopping store he held up the day before after cops in police cars chased him with gunfire exchange..........Dennis was dead. Reports say he shot himself under his chin; using his pistol weapon. Miss Smith, thank heavens-she got out of there safe; told reporters that while she and Dennis were inside the store, they exchanged conversations. She observed that Dennis didn't want to go back to prison (he has served time in jail for past crimes). He even mentioned that he'd rather die than go back there. But, as dawn was breaking, the police and the SWAT Team pushed their way into the store. According to some reports, Dennis took his life because he knew what was going to happen next. If only the police were told that Dennis was threatening his life if the police caught him, perhaps... maybe, they could've thought of a better way.......
2006-07-23 00:29:04 · 7 answers · asked by bongcs 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
he killed himself long before he pulled the trigger.
2006-07-23 00:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by My Big Bear Ron 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dennis was my best friend. I met him on my 6th birthday on May 8th 1981. He was a very unique individual. My Mother did not like me to hang with him because he was 3.5 years older than me. I remember going to his house around 83-84 and asking where his Mom was and he responded i"she went to California" he was left to fend for his two younger brothers. The authorities found out after a few weeks and split them up. They all ran away to be with each other and I remember a small manhunt for them in the woods. All he wanted was to be normal and have a family but he had no idea on how to get to point B. Please don't judge him but pray for his daughter who had the same beautiful blue eyes as him.
2014-11-19 19:01:41 · answer #2 · answered by nathan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he made a good decision to me. He already been in jail, yet he's out robbing a store and taking a hostage, exchanging gunfire with the police. Not someone who was going to change.
2006-07-23 00:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a sad story. Dennis needed help - he didn't know a better way to get help than holding up a store. I am sorry for your loss.
There is far too much violence in the world today and it is taken lightly.
2006-07-23 00:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live by the gun, Die by the gun. if it was your mother, sister, lover, brother, farther. would you still feel the same way? i dou`te it. idiots who run around with guns and knifes deserve everything they get, this is England, Not america, thank you very much. no sympathy here. if he did`nt want to go to prison, he should`nt do the crime.(if you cant do the time, Don`t do the crime) less idiots please
2006-07-23 00:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by andymuzic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just say it's God's will and move on.
2006-07-27 13:14:23 · answer #6 · answered by CottonPatch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you answered your own question
2006-07-23 00:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋