{"id":54223,"date":"2014-08-01T13:42:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T20:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=54223"},"modified":"2019-02-07T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T22:23:52","slug":"man-gets-40-to-life-in-driveway-argument-slaying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/08\/01\/man-gets-40-to-life-in-driveway-argument-slaying\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 40 to life in driveway argument slaying"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Scott<\/a>
Scott Shipley (right) was found guilty on April 25 of second-degree murder; the jury also found true an allegation that Shipley intentionally discharged his firearm when he shot Christopher Demyen (left) to death last year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 57-year-old man was sentenced in an Antelope Valley courtroom Friday for shooting to death the owner of the Acton Water Company after a verbal argument over where the water truck was parked.<\/p>\n

Scott Russell Shipley<\/strong> was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for killing 39-year-old Christopher Demyen<\/strong>, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.<\/p>\n

Shipley was found guilty on April 25<\/a> of second-degree murder; the jury also found true an allegation that Shipley intentionally discharged his firearm when he shot Demyen to death last year.<\/p>\n

On May 15, 2013, Shipley was driving on a small dirt road toward his house on Eagle Butte Road when he saw an Acton Water Company truck parked in front of a neighbor’s house filling up a pool.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
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

Unable to drive through, the Shipley called the owner of the company, Christopher Demyen, to complain. Shipley told Demyen he would be leaving his truck to block the company truck, and then Shipley 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, the two men got into an argument.<\/p>\n

Shipley told Demyen, “hit me and see what you get,” according to court testimony.<\/p>\n

Shipley then pushed Demyen, a fight ensued and Shipley pulled out the gun and shot Demyen in the chest, the prosecutor said.<\/p>\n

The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s Department, Palmdale Station.<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Man found guilty in killing over driveway argument<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Memorial established for slain Acton business owner<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Business owner shot dead after dispute, suspect in custody<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 A 57-year-old man was sentenced in an Antelope Valley courtroom Friday for shooting to death the owner of the Acton Water Company after a verbal argument over where the water truck was parked. Scott Russell Shipley was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for killing 39-year-old Christopher Demyen, the Los […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54224,"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\/54223"}],"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=54223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}