Simply unbelievable. PINSON, Ala. -- A Pinson man was charged with attempted murder for holding a gun to his son's head and pulling the trigger in the midst of a tantrum after Alabama's double overtime loss to Arkansas Saturday. The bullet narrowly missed 20-year-old Seth Logan, who said he picked the wrong time to ask his dad for a car, sheriff's spokesman Deputy Randy Christian said Monday. Joseph Alan Logan, 46, surrendered to police Saturday and was charged with attempted murder and domestic violence. He was released from the Jefferson County jail Sunday on $7,500 bond. "I know we take football serious in the South," Christian told The Birmingham News for a Tuesday story, "but that's crossing the line." The request upset Joseph Logan because his son has already wrecked several vehicles, Logan told investigators. "He claimed he was just trying to scare his son," Christian said. According to the police report, Joseph Logan had been drinking alcohol and began slamming doors, tossing boxes and throwing dishes in the sink after the Crimson Tide lost its football game to Arkansas, 34-31 in double overtime Saturday. While Joseph Logan was throwing the tantrum, Seth Logan asked for a new car. Joseph Logan then retrieved a 9 mm pistol from his car, grabbed his son by the collar and pressed the gun to his son's forehead, the report said. Logan threatened to shoot his son in the head, then pulled the trigger. Seth Logan moved his head just as his father fired and the bullet whizzed past him, the report said. Seth Logan fled to a neighbor's house to call police. He told police his ear was numb and his head ringing, but he was OK. Sheriff's authorities called the SWAT team after discovering the armed father still had a 13-year-old son in the house with him. Joseph Alan Logan walked out of the house with the other son and turned himself in to police just before the SWAT team arrived, Christian said.
HAHAH. I mean. Holy ****, what is that guy thinking? What a bozo. He should be bannished from this earth, and only allowed to watch Prarie View vs Southern football.
My friend sits in front of the TV every Saturday with his alabama helmet on. These people are on the border of insane. It's not even like they have a good team.
I read that, and unfortunately, I wasn't surprised. What a ****ing idiot and an embarassment to the state of Alabama. That's the sidewalk alumni (fans who have nothing to do with the University) for you, throwing bricks through Coach Bill Curry's window because they couldn't beat Auburn, posting all this crap on internet bulletin boards and just making asses of themselves.
Mike Shula needs to take notice. He needs to get his team to win more close games or else more kids will die.
I can't believe someone would do such a thing after a lousy football game. I mean, I put a hot iron on my girlfriends back and took a powerdrill to my nut sack after the Oilers lost to Buffalo, but come on! That was a playoff game.
LOL! And my friends said that I was crazy after I smashed a few household items after last year's Tech game.
Not to defend the insane dad, but what the heck was that kid thinking asking for a new car while his dad is in the middle of a temper tantrum.
Maybe he always has tantrums and the family was used to it as being the norm. Maybe it was one of his milder tantrums? Can't be out of the ordinary in that family if the kid is willing to ask a favor in the middle of it.
I ripped up one of my mother's couch pillows after that game. I started beating the couch with it when the Bill's scored the go-ahead TD. Mom wasn't very happy with that reaction.
"Lemme try out my sense of humor on Paw" oh, and I just looked at the ground when I heard about the Oiler game - I couldn't watch it. I was conditioned in handling Oiler failure.
