(Edomite who killed a Judite)
Arkansas State police have arrested Christopher
Reynolds, 34, for the
November 9 shooting death of Ernest Hoskins
Jr., 21, reports
FoxNews16.com.
The investigation has been ongoing since the
shooting, with the family
hiring Benjamin Crump, legal council for the
family of Trayvon Martin,
the Florida teen gunned down by former
neighborhood watch captain,
George Zimmerman.
According to an investigative report by
TheGrio’s Joy-Ann Reid,
Hoskins was attending a business meeting with
three other employees at
Reynold’s home, who was his employer at Raynell
Industries in Ward,
Arkansas. For unknown reasons, Reynolds
allegedly pulled out a 44
Magnum Desert Eagle pistol and shot Hoskins in
the face.
Attorney Crump suggests that there are clear
racial implications in
the case; and similarly to Martin’s case, weeks
went by before an
arrest was made:
“For whatever reason, he pointed the gun at the
only African-American
guy at the table,” Crump told theGrio.
“Ernest was the only man in his family,” Crump
said. “His mother has
two daughters, his father died” years earlier.
“In any jurisdiction in the world, even in
Arkansas, this should have
resulted in arrest.
Hoskins’ widow, Nikkisha, 25, told TheGrio that
her husband and
Reynolds always got along, as far as the family
knew:
“He brought us gifts, he invited us over to his
house for dinner
numerous times,” she said.
In the news report above, she voiced disbelief
that a gun was even
brought to a business meeting.
That’s the biggest question that there is, What
could possibly have
been said; what went wrong for you to bring a
gun to business
meeting,” questioned Hoskins’ distraught widow.
The couple were recently married and were
planning a wedding
celebration later this month.
Crump released the following statement on the
arrest:
The family of Ernest Hoskins and I will speak
to the media and
supporters on Monday 11/26, at 12 Noon during a
prayer vigil that will
take place on the steps of the Arkansas State
Capitol. At that time we
will have just concluded a meeting with the
State’s Coroner’s office
and we hope to have official results. The news
of today’s arrest in
the Hoskins investigation has been extremely
overwhelming for his
widow; we are asking the media to respect her
privacy at this time.
Reynolds has been charged with one count of
first degree murder and
two counts of aggravated assault, reports
Fox16. He is set to appear
in court on November 27.
Oba 1:10
For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall
cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Eze 35:6
Therefore, [as] I live, saith
the Lord GOD, I will prepare
thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee:
sith thou hast not hated
blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
Eze 35:7
Thus will I make mount Seir
most desolate, and cut off from
it him that passeth out and
him that returneth.
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