Don't forget he also had the firearm on campus which is a crime.
That's a very simplified way of looking at it. He was struck first with a baseball bat and was actively retreating while the deceased was firing at him before he finally returned fire. A lot of stupid decisions to set this up for sure, but as the investigation stands right now he is the victim.
This is what NMSU said in regards to the fight:
Suicides. Don't be silly.
Whatever report you are reading is wrong. Peake was shot at first and then turned around and shot back. Either way he was in fear for his life and was within his rights as an American to defend himself.
You are correct. I read Colin's tweet, which was later corrected. I didn't bother to check for updates. Colin tends to me more focused on being first than being right. I should have known better.
And yet, if he hadn't possessed a firearm, he'd probably be dead.
Well, one could also say he could have avoided all of it and a 19 year old would still be alive if he'd stayed in his room
Not trying to get off topic but I don't ever trust Deaver. Deaver is about Deaver more than Deaver is about the news in my opinion.
Not sure if that one guy is a cop or a security guard. Either way he was just one guy and had no chance
I mentioned earlier how this might come back to UTEP and I really hope there isn't any bad press that comes of this. Mario McKinney was good buddies with Aggie players involved in the fight and might have fought himself. Lets not make this into a multi university affair.
He’s not with the team right now. Damn too bad he could have been the X factor
Was it the same issue that caused him to miss the first game? Rio really is a good player and can do wonders for this team.
No Peake was the dude in the white shirt with the red flower looking graphic who went after the person in the upper left of the video after the guy in the center went down.
In this case I'd wait to see if any information pops up about the fight. He was still good buddies with his former teammates and might have backed them up for a fight instigated by UNM fans. This is definitely my bias but I do not think scholarship starters for a basketball team would go looking for a fight at a rivalry football game on their home field. Granted starting the fight and throwing the first punch are two separate things. Hold off on any judgement on Rio for the time being.
Agree, either way they should give him a slap on the wrist and tell him he needs to represent himself and utep better. They need him if they’re going to be any good this season. Sucks that nmsu is falling apart and they take a Utep player down with them!
He missed the first game due the death of a loved one. So it was a completely reasonable excuse the first time.
Oh right, thanks for the reminder. I believe I saw that earlier but wasn't putting 2 and 2 together with all the extra stuff going around. I wanted to inquire if this miss was related to the NMSU incident or not.
The guy got his ass beat in LC then killed in Abq when he tried to get revenge?
Yes I’m sure it was related to that. Hopefully he’s back next week because it would be a shame if he got kicked off the team for helping out his friends in a brawl. Shows he’s a loyal guy. Who knows who those unm guys were.
Uh, I’m going to wait and see what comes out before declaring him a great guy.
Didn’t he get suspended indefinitely from Mizzou? Does anybody know why? And didn’t he get arrested at NMSU for a misdemeanor assault charge? I’m all about giving a kid a second chance but just seems to me that this continues to show some poor judgement on his part, at the minimum.
I agree about the poor judgment, but whatever disciplinary action that Golding decides to take needs to be based on McKinney's participation in a fight, and not on the aftermath of that fight. He certainly played no role in the actions of the idiots who tried to ambush Peake, nor in Peake's poor decision making.
