{"id":50954,"date":"2014-04-25T16:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=50954"},"modified":"2019-02-07T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T22:28:08","slug":"man-found-guilty-in-killing-over-driveway-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/04\/25\/man-found-guilty-in-killing-over-driveway-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found guilty in killing over driveway argument"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scott Shipley<\/strong> was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday for killing Acton Water Co. owner Christopher Demyen<\/strong> after a verbal argument over where the water truck was parked, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.<\/p>\n

The jury also found true an allegation that 57-year-old Shipley intentionally discharged his firearm when he shot 39-year-old Demyen to death on May 15, 2013.<\/p>\n

That afternoon, Shipley was driving on a small dirt road towards his house on Eagle Butte Road when he saw the water truck parked in front of a neighbor’s house filling up a pool. Unable to drive through, Shipley called the company\u2019s owner, Demyen, to complain.<\/p>\n

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The shooting happened a little before 2 p.m., May 15, 2013 in the 1500 block of Eagle Butte Road in Acton. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shipley told Demyen he would be leaving his truck to block the company truck and walked to his house where he retrieved a gun, according to testimony during trial.<\/p>\n

A witness testified that when Demyen arrived at the scene to talk to Shipley, they got into an argument that turned into a physical fight. Taking the witness stand Wednesday, Shipley claimed he shot Demyen in self-defense. (Read more here.<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

However, Deputy District Attorney Thomas Trainor was successful in proving that Shipley actually instigated the fist fight by pushing Demyen and then pulled out a gun and shot Demyen in the chest.<\/p>\n

Shipley faces a 40-years-to-life state prison sentence at the next hearing, scheduled for June 6, 2014.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Accused killer testifies, claims self-defense<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Business owner shot dead after dispute, suspect in custody<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Memorial established for slain Acton business owner\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Shipley was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday for killing Acton Water Co. owner Christopher Demyen after a verbal argument over where the water truck was parked, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. The jury also found true an allegation that 57-year-old Shipley intentionally discharged his firearm when he shot 39-year-old Demyen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1492,719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}