How soulless a person must be to speak at someone's funeral, all the while concealing the fact that they were responsible for that person's death!

Buddies a straight g 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I know !! There are so many ,though ! Very sadly. Very very disturbing. 💔💜🥁🐉🎤💞

Be careful who you call your "friends" He killed his best friend and still had the audacity to speak at his funeral. Makes me sick to the core

A 'friend' is the worst enemy you can have. PERIOD.

sick to the core💀💀💀

@David Mike exactly I don't think he's guilty

@Jhonny.D I don't think you know how the justice system works. You can get convicted of a serious crime but if you work with the authorities they will change the offense so you get less time especially if you have a good lawyer!! Its all about money and high end lawyers when it comes to court!

His friend fell in the water… and he just drove the boat away… this guy is pure evil. I feel so bad for the family.

@Veronica Veronica and he only got 6 years for it. Pathetic.

He had to have pushed him and then ran him over when he realized that he could swim. I seen a movie like this but I’m not sure what it is called. Sounds super familiar

1:36 "figured his friend was a good swimmer and head back to the hotel". Wow, a total slime bag

@Veronica Veronica my thoughts exactly. That man didn't fall he was pushed

I met a narcissist, when his girl friend left him, he killed his cat to get sympathy. Nobody noticed but me. It's something about the timing and how he tells the story...and I stopped hanging around him because of that.

@Big Slim 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

@ella corgi are you expecting him to bring the cat back to life? Also why are you more concerned about that than his dead friends in mysterious incidents?

@Dee Cole that’s completely untrue. Not every person who murdered is a narcissist. Where did you go to school?

@BIG JERM very true. Some people have narc traits but do not have NPD.

@BIG JERM Actually you are totally wrong. You are describing yourself lol. There's a difference between narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. And all sociopaths and psychopaths are narcissists. Also a true narcissistic person would never claim they are narcissistic because they never go to therapy. So research is difficult because they never admit it to it. This comment is hilarious because you are describing yourself. And you clearly have no idea and YOU probably googled it lol.

Losing a sibling is devastating. The circumstances surrounding their brother’s death makes it even more painful. My heart and kind words go out to them.

Unfortunately this happens more than we even know! Certain people get away with things just because who they are or know! I am glad they got justice finally!

He created a nitemare and now he has to live in one , prison door banging, stuck in a cell 😁😁😁 , day in day out ,

That is so sad, but true

@Bobbi Nielsen not white privilege both are white he is richer than his friend with all the things went on with the lawyer and some one else just oldlady 2 cents

You're so right !! I unfortunately know many in my life !! Be careful !! 90 % of crimes happen by people you know of !! They're usually your lovers,or close friends !! Or family members ,or relatives !! Co workers,classmates .Very very true ,very sadly .💜🥁🐉🎤💞

I'd never leave a comrade behind like that, he's soulless. Shame on him and I hope he finds the right path in life.

Listen, if he left him out there and didn’t help him, he was never his friend, it was probably premeditated, if he had money and his parents had money, the dude was probably jealous of him and used the boat situation as a cover up to kill him, so he never was his friend, dude was just a wolf in a sheep costume

The lonely life of trust fund kids..

@armale99 wow a real turncoat in the wild 😜

He's got a massive drinking problem and his friends pay the price. I hope that the Judge delivers Justice for the family.

This.is.awesome.

No to alcohol

You're assuming it's the alcohol that is the problem. He may have been drunk when he shot a friend or when he left his other friend to drown but there has to be an evil side of him that would show itself eventually even sober.

My uncle who was in his early 20’s at that time had trouble with a basketball team they beat in a game. Him and his friend were watching an outdoor activity in a local plaza, realized someone was watching them, ran until they got surrounded, told his friend they need to run after he counted to 3. He ended up the only one running so the group chased him instead. His friend was left there, stunned. Instead of telling the authorities, he slept till morning. My uncle’s mother thought he was sleeping at his friend’s house until she heard about a stabbing incident. It was her son, who was stabbed to death found in a gutter. Almost 15 years and none of the suspect were found. So yes, choose your friends wisely.

Ghetto!

@TonyDanza4Lyfe he actually died. He was found in a gutter the next day with multiple stab wounds. His parents only heard about someone getting stab & checked who it was thinking he didn’t come home the night before. Most of their friends cut him off after what he did.

@R.P. McMurphy that made perfect sense. I’m sorry about your uncle. There’s some crappy friends out there. That’s probably the understatement of the year 🥺

@Kj Kang better

Listening to the deceased’s brother and especially his sister was heartbreaking. So glad that justice was served in this case.

Kudos to the judge for pulling back that slap on the wrist plea deal.

@John Smith 6 but yes unfortunately.

@Lettie Grant yup

@Pour Attitude agreed. He took his friend out there with the intent of killing him.

@matt tim I’ve been drunk. And I’d call for help if this happened. You’re a terrible friend.

@Rainbow Dash It's not difficult to get a plea deal thrown out by a judge. All plea deals are subjected to the judge's approval.

First and foremost, his mugshot tells you everything you need to know about him as an individual. I've been arrested for doing something silly when I was drunk, and I too was smiling in my mugshot. But had I been arrested in connection with the death of one of my friends, or even a stranger or enemy, I certainly would not have been smiling. Although it certainly doesn't look good that he shot his friend in the past while drinking, I don't think he intentionally murdered this friend. My guess is, they were all wasted, and he was driving the boat like an idiot. He probably hit the side of the pier, or some other hard surface that threw his friend off the boat and killed him. He probably tried to save him, but immediately realized that he was dead. Instead of calling the police, and ordering himself a serving of BUI, with a side of involuntary manslaughter...he left him there and started rehearsing his fabricated story for the morning. BUUUUUT, it IS extremely possible that he took the boat out that night with the intent of doing his friend harm. Maybe not intending to kill him, but some people out there genuinely get pleasure from seeing other people hurting. Especially if they can cause the pain, and make it look like an accident. My ex-girlfriend was like that, and probably still is. She used to trick her 10-year-old nieces and nephews into running barefoot through the pricker bushes. She would then carry them home and tend to their wounds in front of their parents, making her look like a hero. As she would pull the thorns out, she would intentionally pinch them while doing so, just to make them scream and cry even more. She would say, "Oh I'm so sorry baby, I know it hurts. I would switch places with you if I could, believe me." But the whole time, in her head, she was grinning from ear to ear. This world is in no shortage of evil people.

"...some people out there genuinely get pleasure from seeing other people hurting. Especially if they can cause the pain, and make it look like an accident" Most military and intel agents are like this.

Wow. Great response

My heart breaks for this family. Especially the sister. You can tell she was torn apart the most.

Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 I feel so sorry for the family , they trusted him and had no doubt he was innocent but unfortunately he wasn’t. He literally left him there to fend for his own life 🥺 sickens me to my core that he even spoke at the funeral, the betrayal the family must feel 🥺 Praying for the family and his loved ones ❤️

Horrible tragedy! His family can finally find peace and move forward with their lives. My condolences and prayers are with his family and true friends.🙏🏾

Kuddos to the judge. An obviously over priledged kid getting special treatment. Shame in the parents for protecting a criminal.

Stories like these make me so thankful that God saved me from living my own life my own way. Not only do I not have "friends" like this, but even if someone does leave me out somewhere to die, I'll be that much closer to my Savior!! The only thing this story missed is the mother saying, "My son isn't capable of this."

My heartfelt condolences to the family loved ones.

Praying for their family🙏🏾, his friend is disgusting. I’m so happy they’ve got justice.

I’m glad they got justice, my brother died in a similar situation, where his “friend” was always envious of him and through supposed drunk driving my brother passed away. And justice was not served, the drivers family are rich and bought off the whole thing and I fought it for almost 4 years. The law system is bullshit. I’m a law abiding citizen, but I don’t trust the law. Money is the law

@Derek Hayter better than communist.

Nah. Just the US justice system is capitistic af

He got 6 years. Not justice if you ask me. :( better than 1 year but still. He won’t be different in 2028.

I really feel for the brother I’ve lost both mine alone is a good way to describe it

Graham was a good kid, his young life taken so soon. My heart breaks for this family. I am so sorry, so so sad.

You don’t have to hit anything with a boat to throw someone out. My friend was riding in a boat when the driver did a sharp turn at high speed. The two passengers were thrown out. My friend was peeled under the motor. Two months in the hospital, a miracle she survived.

I saw that happen and the guy was found two days later stuck in reeds and he had been a good swimmer, he must have banged his head. My Dad jumped in but couldn't find him.

This just goes to show, you really need to be friends with compassionate people. A spoiled brat with a habit of driving under the influence is just a ridiculous choice.

This guy is not a friend. He's a narcissistic monster.

@Ralph Laguna *Every President

A real friend would have tried to help him, find him or call 911 not just assume he would swim to shore after a boating accident.

That's scary! You never truly know your friends. Imagine going on a boat with a so called friend and him trying to kill you? My God

Wow the loss of this young man has been so compounded by deceit and incompetence. Utter disrespect by the guy who caused the accident. I hope the can all at least start the healing process now, but this is so harsh 😪

So glad that the family fought for justice. A total outrage what happened!

I'm glad the family caught on and gave him a sense of justice

This guy drinks and becomes sadistic or he’s a sociopath. What a horrible thing to not even want to try to help save your friend.

I feel like there might be something that he’s not telling. If he was a friend, he would try to save him or call for help.

This is what makes this case so pathetic. Nothing was mentioned about weather, visibility, etc. It could have been an accident. No intent, no ill will BUT had he been a man he'd have stopped at nothing to help his buddy. He needs some time for self reflection, serve his sentence and learn about compasssion and empathy.

Because he knew he had committed a crime.

Friends aren't your friends when they don't care about how you feel. Simple. Don't be friends with untrustworthy people who don't consider you.

How very heartbreaking! I am so very sorry for your loss! 🙏

Love it when a privilege person gets the law thrown at them for a crime. I can’t believe he almost only got a year for a death that was completely his fault. The only mistake the victim made was trusting this narcissist.

Sincere condolences...may you now feel peace in your hearts. Allow yourselves to heal. There is no closure...only sorrowful acceptance.

All the years this poor family has suffered needlessly. What kind of a person leaves someone in the water and takes the boat back to the dock? Unconscionable. Heartless.

Its pretty crazy how they all look like they have arrested development. Clothes, voices, and speaking patterns are a bit younger than their ages.

drunk ? Too drunk to think straight ?

@allen hernandez im only stating my personal experience. You sound so arrogant and close-minded. Glad you aren’t a judge either.

@ida kristine de mesa lmfao...... seriously???? Cmon... thank God you aren't a judge...

@allen hernandez He said he doesnt remember anything. As someone who used to get drunk and couldnt remember anything, as difficult it is to believe, it realy is possible the Rand Hooper is telling the truth.

This is a common case of never having to accept responsibility until you're a grown adult, still hanging out at moms house

Finally, a judge who stood up!

Treachery is one of the worst crimes morally. Imagine getting close to someone only to kill them and act like you’re innocent, that’s a different level of evil

My thoughts and prayers are with family. 💔 🙏🙏🙏

Such a sad case. Hope the family can find comfort in the fact that they are finally getting justice. Same can not be said for many black victims unfortunately.

God bless this family and I hope this the “friend” that lived with these years withholding information has had a life altering reality check and has come to Our Lord God on his own! I pray for final healing and peace for the family.

He was no friend, my heart goes out to the family of the friend he left to drown.

Truly heartbreaking 💔💔💔

If someone is _that_ kind of drunk, stay away from them! How he was able to have several DUI's _and_ shoot his friend while drunk and _still_ have any friends after that is beyond me. Alcohol shows you who someone really is, don't take the lesson for granted! RIP Graham

@Clown Chaos Time congrats on your sobriety ❤️

@Clown Chaos Time I can understand this. My dad would abuse me as a child, but only when he was drunk, if he didn’t have Budweiser on board he was the nicest guy..

@Jennifer Comstock they may not have known. If he was a minor his record would be sealed so unless he told them… it’s possible they didn’t know.

They were like thar, anyway. Nothing to do w booze.

With friends like that who needs enemies, Rest In Peace young man

This is insane. That poor family. I can't even imagine what they've gone through. It's stories like these that just infuriate me whenever others scream white privilege, and think anybody with money automatically has privilege. This family went through absolute hell. And the fact that they had a little bit of money, and were white, played no Factor in the daily hell they went through. This is awful. This is something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. They will forever have the memory of that disgusting man speaking at their son's funeral. But yet liberals will be quick to say they have some type of white privilege. It's disgusting. I just feel so bad for this family.

It seems the only comment on here yelling about white privilege is you. Good grief. This is a very sad story for this family. Use your angry platform elsewhere.

Having money and being white still has privileges. Having privilege doesn't exclude going through hell/painful periods. I'm not saying they had privilege in this situation, but just disregarding all of it because it didn't affect this sad situation doesn't hold up either.

This happened to my dad. It's very common in when money is involved especially a Will or property. It's demonic.

Everyone is NOT your friend! I’ve had to learn this hard lesson, try my best to reiterate this to my children. They are so quick to call someone a friend.

Be careful who you call your friends. One of the most important lessons I've ever learned.

So true, that’s why I only have 1-2 friends. Only the most honest and most trustworthy people who go through not just good times but the worst times are considered to be your true friends.

@Fool Tool yes and that was his own brother who he knew his ENTIRE life and he killed him in cold BLOOD despite his brother helping him. his brother was 65 and he was married and had children. His brother did not care. Family can TURN on you at any point. Doesn’t matter how old you are. Family can be just as evil as strangers. Being related doesn’t stop people from being evil. I have toxic evil relatives who stole money from me, jewelry, etc tried to attack me. Who tried to abuse me. Who tried to steal my business. Etc. who talk badly about me. I have a friend who’s father killed her mother than himself. There’s a man who killed his own nephew just so he can take over his grandmas baking company. Called sweetie pies

@Debra Van that's just cold to kill someone you just bail out something just don't fit

@Mrs Tucker Be careful who you call your relative??

This poor family. Sending prayers 🙏

This is why I stick by myself. Sad to say what some of these "friends" will do in a crisis. Add in the booze, recipe for a bad ending. Truly terrible for this family.

Never trust your friends... Trust your family and even that sometimes can be questionable.

It's amazing how selective his memory is. He's a monster.

So, the murderer hit a "submerged" piling and his friend went overboard, but rather than look for him, he motors back to the dock and goes to bed, because the victim "was a good swimmer and will be able find his own way back" (?!?!?) That's the absolute worst story I've heard in a long time. What an absolute psycopath.

I think he lied, they had a fight, he pushed him over, crashed the boat on purpose for an alibi. Why would you NOT look for your best friend or call 911?

@Suganya periyasamy That's really not an excuse. Was it his first time ever being drunk? A grown man has no excuse to be that negligent just because he was drunk

@karlamax3 If he was sober enough to take the boat back to the dock, he was sober enough to realize he should have tried to save his friend. Unless, you're literally so drunk that you're passed out, you should have the mental faculties to realize that you can't just let someone die

They probably got into an argument, and he just straight up killed him in cold blood. Even a psychopath would try to save their friend if they went overboard accidentally because they wouldn't want to deal with criminal charges. This was clearly intentional

the fact that they have the audacity to do that. it’s just sickening. absolutely sickening.

My momma always told me no such thing as friends prayers to there family ♥️

Makes you wonder how many people you know helped a friend or a relative into an early grave for whatever reason they thought they wouldn't be caught and probably haven't yet

It is terrifying that you never actually know who your friends or family are. I’m happy this family got some justice and their life is not ‘on hold’ and they can begin the healing process. That may take years or a lifetime. But I’m so hopeful that this family finds healing.

Horrible- If that’s your friend who needs an enemy

@StopListenThink for real…just crazy

@DREAMCAST That’s the part that blows me away 🤯

He was never a friend. He was always an enemy

That a good line

It would make sense if he killed him on purpose not when two drunk guys go on boat and hit something on accident than being scared to admit until the day he did

Omgggg smh sooo sad .cant imagine what that family has gone thru may he rest easy💙

That dude killed him on purpose. He shot a friend prior and he’s smiling in his mugshot? Fishy

Respect,that’s why im my only friend until the end,heartfelt condolences n family/friends stay strong

The amount of men with psychopathy is scary!! How does one leave their friend and not care! Self centered narcissism

His brother prayed and asked God for warriors, how touching and profound.

@Jeremy John god is usless then i rather life knowing theres no god then trying to believe in him

Lol

@Edward Donnachie this is not God’s job. God is not some vigilante genie type character. God’s instruction to humans is clear that WE are supposed to take care of each other. Go take up your butthurt with billionaires who send cars into space for fun instead of helping these children.

@Marco M your spirit lives on and u leave your physical body . Be a good person and Trust in Jesus Christ in heaven .

How sad for his family I wish the best for the sister&brother💔

When I was younger, I had a friend I loved to be with because we always got in trouble together, it was adrenaline rush. My mother always warned me there's something off, some sinister about my friend and my mom tried so hard to keep me away from her, but I used to sneak around to still hang out with her. A couple of years later, I found out what my mother meant, my "friend" teamed up with someone else and decided to bully me.... relentlessly, I now realise that she is the type of person who would happily push me off a cliff and say I fell. Be careful who you let into your life, frenemies, as I like to call them linger everywhere. In life, you will only have atleast 2 real friends. Also your parents can spot your trash friends before you do.

I try to tell my kids to notice people's actions and not their words.

Im happy for the family. This must be devastating for them. Nobody wins in this case

We will be seeing and hearing more and more of these heartless stories.

The suffering this family has gone through because of this drunken SOB and his disregard for human life is staggering.

Lock the chap up for a long time .How could he forget such grave details. Lier even has the guts to speak at the funeral.

It is true but their brother and son was also probably drunk and made bad decisions.

@THEHERONETWORK ONLINE I pray for Jesus to help you.

@Brother DJ honey, I been rejected , why you think nature is doing what it does and the governments are being exposed. Jesus been here but that’s not my name, it’s just the code for my truth to lead. I’m really Mother Nature , and GOD is the marriage they want from me. lol, please stop repenting if you can’t take the time to do what is needed in all aspects of life. everyone is so focused on Jesus y’all skipped the whole purpose of understanding Jesus just meant you want the truth but most Christians are hypocrites. GOD has more respect for the Atheist who just chooses to simply be love. you need Jesus to do the right thing? that’s why I’m not around, cause I like genuine people and I’ll be damned if y’all gonna keep disrespecting and sacrificing my heart for y’all ignorance. Jesus dies for no one, grow tf up. Y’all real selfish for even thinking that was healthy . I don’t die, I can’t die, I live for everyone , die for your own sins , but understand death was never a natural part of human life when humans were created. Fear opened the door to death.

All men are guilty of sin. Repentance means to turn away from your sin. For example, if you are a liar you stop lying. Repenting is not just saying sorry, it is saying sorry and not continuing to do that sin. Sin is what separates us from God. God sent his son Jesus to die for our sins. Meaning Jesus took the punishment for our sins on the cross. If we believe on Jesus our sins can be washed away, and God will remember them no more. If we reject the son of God and continue in sin we will be under Gods wrath(hell fire). Repent today and believe on Jesus Christ, and recieve the free gift of eternal life.

As the saying goes - "A friend is an enemy who hasn't attacked yet."

I lost my 20s....sister I got my life back...brother Sometimes we forget that the family of the victims of this kind of crime carry an unbelievable burden created by the grief of the whole ordeal

Thank God the young man got justice.

"With friends like this,who needs enemies ."

This guy had the audacity to speak at his "friends" funeral knowing he was responsible for the death of his friend! He knew they had a boating accident due to his impairment and instead of looking for and trying to render aid to his friend, he left him in the water and went on with his life!! With his past DUI's as well as "shooting a friend while drunk" he deserves the maximum sentence available! He's a danger to the community! I hope the McCormick family can now move on knowing justice has finally been served for their son, brother and friend! 🙏🙏

We've all watched the video why are you explaining everything we just heard them say?

@DiviningROD sounds like they were trying to keep his suicide private. The police knew it was suicide they were just keeping it private. Maybe they were concerned he had friends that would post it all over YouTube comments section and they preferred to keep it in the family.

Some people could benefit from an enema of empathy.

@DiviningROD How did they have a funeral and didn't know the very odvious cause of death of self inflicted gunshot womb?

I hope, still being so young, that Gordon and especially Catherine McCormick can resume their lives which this traumatic experience paused, and they find the joy and love their dearly departed brother, Graham, surely wishes for them, could he be heard.

It's times like this you find out who your friends are.

So sorry what happened to this young, especially when it's someone you trust is responsible for your death. Poor parents and siblings don't know what his final moments was. But in the end they got closure and his body. My uncle never got closure for my cousin, in 1991, my cousin went out with his friends to the beach, they said he jumped on a rock and a wave hit him down and that's the last time he was scene. Never found his body so we'll never know if it was an accident or murder. There's a saying I will always remember especially as I have kids on my own."Friends will carry you but they will never bring you back." It's really hard these days to trust anyone even your own family. Hoping that this guy will confess 1 day what really happened that night.

RIP!!! Put this guy away and hold him accountable! Unreal!

He asked God for warriors. Thats everything! Good on him. Your brother is proud of you.

This just goes to show you that you really don't know the friends of your children, especially if you have known them all of their lives.

imagine willing to lose your law license because you just can’t help being corrupt and dirty

He's a danger to people how could you do that to a friend

This guy has a history of bringing harm to his so called friends. What else has he done where he hasn't been held responsible for his actions. Also no family should have to wait that long before justice is served for the loss of their loved one...

@Linda F yeah how about that

Yeah, imagine what he's done to people he's not "friends" with. The privilege reeks off him.

@Mia L he shot one of his friends in the past...

Rich people

That's why you should choose your friend carefully. In his next reincarnation I hope he choose better friends.

Someone needs to look at his brother.. he knows more than he is letting on.

S/o to the judge. These prosecutors have lost their minds!

Wow. This guy had previous DUI charges AND had shot another friend before this incident! Then to actually have the gall to speak at the funeral. I’m sorry but 15 years in prison is NOT enough. May God Mandate Divine Justice upon him and grant the family better restitution and solace for their loss. Amen 🙏🏽

“I spent majority of my 20’s”….”my life has been on hold“……damn isn’t this about your brother who lost his life?????

That's what happens when parents give everything to their son expect how to respect others!!! He has no soul n has an empty heart to have done what he did!!! And his record proves that!!

With friends like that, who needs enemies? RIP, Rand, justice will be served.

As a kid id watch Daffy Duck speak of bugs bunny and say “with friends like that who needs enemies” and use to always wonder what that meant. Glad that family got SOME justice

God is amazing! He said he prayed and prayed!!! 🙏💯

How soulless a person must be to speak at someone's funeral, all the while concealing the fact that they were responsible for that person's death!

Purely evil.

@John Basiglone what about President Ronald Ragen?

How soulless a person must be to make a comment on someone’s video, all the while concealing the fact that they copied it!

@Ceebrze3…This is called plagiarizing. Don’t you have your own thoughts 💭? Smdh

Wow how sick! This is as bad as my buddy telling me he killed a friend that started his own business , murdered him , put the body in a abandoned home, and spoke at the funeral! Some sick people in the world!

DUIs and he previously shot his "friend" while drunk. I've been around people like this in my 20s. They're the most obnoxious people to be around. I avoided them because there was always stupid sh*t going on with them. I hope he got the maximum penalty during sentencing.

Omg! That's just insane! He deserves the maximum sentence!💯

This story made my BS alarm go off so many times he deserves 15 years in prison just for that. I always appreciate the compulsive liars that think everyone else was born last night and won't see their BS.

Who leaves a friend out in the middle of a damn body of water... IF that was even the truth!???? Something isn't right in that man's head.

Well at the end of the video she said he had a history of DUIs and history of shooting his best friend while he was drunk at a college party or it was just in college campus, I assume at a party. Even if dudes story is real, if your alcoholism is so bad that you've already had multiple DUIs + shot your best friend while drunk + was so drunk he didn't realize that when his friend went over board in the water and didn't come back up that he wouldn't "be able to find his own way back home" leaving him to die.... then your just a menace to society because of your alcoholism and actions. He shouldn't be free, AND THATS IF HIS STORY IS EVEN TRUE, if it's not....maybe death penalty as this guy is a repeat killer, in Texas once you prove to the court rehablition didn't work and prove you will continue to be a danger to society they have the legal grounds to execute you.

It's possible if you're drunk

@William Greight i think you're onto something with that story since the one he gave makes no sense. It's sad that he chose to not even apologize to the family though. THAT'S what's making me think (in combination with the mugshot and everything else) that he's happy about it. I know it wouldn't have done much for the family but to not say anything at all, not even a hollow sorry, to your friends fam is really disrespectful to them and sends a more sinister message than it being a fully unintended incident.

First and foremost, his mugshot tells you everything you need to know about him as an individual. I've been arrested for doing something silly when I was drunk, and I too was smiling in my mugshot. But had I been arrested in connection with the death of one of my friends, or even a stranger or enemy, I certainly would not have been smiling. Although it certainly doesn't look good that he shot his friend in the past while drinking, I don't think he intentionally murdered this friend. My guess is, they were all wasted, and he was driving the boat like an idiot. He probably hit the side of the pier, or some other hard surface that threw his friend off the boat and killed him. He probably tried to save him, but immediately realized that he was dead. Instead of calling the police, and ordering himself a serving of BUI, with a side of involuntary manslaughter...he left him there and started rehearsing his fabricated story for the morning. BUUUUUT, it IS extremely possible that he took the boat out that night with the intent of doing his friend harm. Maybe not intending to kill him, but some people out there genuinely get pleasure from seeing other people hurting. Especially if they can cause the pain, and make it look like an accident. My ex-girlfriend was like that, and probably still is. She used to trick her 10-year-old nieces and nephews into running barefoot through the pricker bushes. She would then carry them home and tend to their wounds in front of their parents, making her look like a hero. As she would pull the thorns out, she would intentionally pinch them while doing so, just to make them scream and cry even more. She would say, "Oh I'm so sorry baby, I know it hurts. I would switch places with you if I could, believe me." But the whole time, in her head, she was grinning from ear to ear. This world is in no shortage of evil people.

A person who’s known for shooting their friend while drunk.

May he rest in peace🙏 His family will be ok because God is good all the time amen 🙏

15 years in prison for an accidental death that just happened to be an unfortunate case of neglect.

May his soul rest in eternal peace