Man Kills Friend Over $20 Bet On Clemson-South Carolina Game
November 27th, 2006 by Michael StephensAnd the editors of the Sports Truth thought we needed to see psychologists for our sports betting addiction after we wagered cash on a pair of U.S. Senate races.
Yes, the headline you read above is true. A man killed his friend with a rifle in a dispute over a $20 bet on the South Carolina-Clemson game, authorities said Sunday. James Walter Quick, 42, has been charged in the shooting of Richard Allen Johnson, 43, who died from a single shot to the chest.
Quick and Johnson watched the game Saturday at Johnson’s home in Lexington, S.C., about 100 miles south of Charlotte. Quick took South Carolina, while Johnson took Clemson, straight up. The Gamecocks came from behind and won, 31-28.
Quick celebrated.
Johnson said the Tigers “shouldn’t have lost” and refused to pay.
Quick left the house and retrieved a high-powered rifle from his Chevrolet Corsica.
“He went back in and told Richard, ‘I want my money or I’m going to shoot you,’” said Lexington County Sheriff James Metts, adding that both (stunningly) had been drinking beer.
Johnson’s wife and several friends told police that Johnson retorted: “You can’t shoot me, I’m invisible.”
Quick replied, “No you’re not.”
Deputies arrived on the scene and charged Quick with murder and possessing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He was leaning against his Corsica, with arms crossed, when police arrived. The men had gone deer hunting together the morning of the shooting and were dressed in camouflage as they watched the game with friends.
Quick and Johnson met a couple of years ago after their wives became good friends. Soon they were inviting each other over for cookouts and to watch games, Quick’s mother and sister told the Charlotte Observer.
Quick didn’t attend USC but always supported the team, said Quick’s mother, who declined to give her name. He usually watched games on TV but sometimes went to the stadium. He also enjoyed playing football with his children, ages 14 and 7.
“You just hear so much commotion about the Gamecocks,” she said. “It’s state loyalty.”
What happened is “totally out of his nature,” his sister, Anne Marie Quick, said.
You mean he didn’t typically murder other humans over football bets? Really?
Let this be a lesson to all you compulsive gamblers to pay up after you lose a bet, regardless of whether your team loses fair and square. But in the event that your friend refuses to cough up $20, it’s probably a tad extreme to take his life. Even if we’re talking about the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry.
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
If you were concerned about accurate news you would find out the true facts before you publish incorrect information. First of all, you wrote statements that I, Quicks’ sister, did not say. As, far as the twenty dollar bet, the victim did pay up and my brother did not except the money, he was “just glad to see Carolina win”. You could even ask the victims wife. She told me and my mother at his arrainment the following morning, that “James would not take the twenty dollars, he was just glad to see Carolina win.” I know it is hard to believe but accidents do happen. This was a tragic accident and my brother is having to deal with killing his best fried. This made such publicitiy because of the arresting officers and the media making it out to be over a twenty dollar bet. The same week this happened, a man in Kingstree, SC, after returning home from hunting, tripped over his gun and killed his wife. Was it National News….NO! If there would not have been a football game the day of my brothers tragic accident, that he will have to live with for the rest of his life, it would not have been national news either. I feel the media and police departments find someone guilty before the facts are on the table. I thought in this country it was ..innocent until proven guilty. We we are in America and infact this is not true. The media finds people guitly, even with erroneous information, before they can even go before a jury. THIS IS AMERICA???? Yes, I understand an innocent man has lost his life, but have you ever accidently shot and killed your best fried and had to live with that? This could be your brother, sister, son or daughter, so please find out facts before you just sit down to write words in a paper! Thank you for your time, the sister of a devastated man who has been found guitly of a crime without facts or a jury. But, he will get a fair trial, RIGHT! Ann-Marie ELwood, RN
April 9th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Good site!!!
July 30th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Hey Ann,
You white trash piece of crap. Why don’t you learn some proper grammer. Your brother did no ACCEPT the money before he pulled the trigger. He TOOK the money after he pulled the trigger.
March 6th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
HEY HILLBILLY,
JUST SAW YOUR REPLY AFTER ALL THIS TIME. WITH A NAME LIKE “HILLBILLY” SOUNDS LIKE YOUR THE PIECE OF CRAP! JUST LIKE I SAID “HE DID NOT ACCEPT THE MONEY.” EVEN RICK’S WIFE LYNN SAID THAT. SHE EVEN STATED “A TWENTY DOLLAR BET HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.” THIS WAS ONLY STARTED BY THE MEDIA. FIND OUT YOUR FACTS “HILLBILLY!”
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
well I’m glad he killed his ass he should have raped him too. Then killed everyone in the house, then found a small innocent baby girl and sodomized her until she bled to death so he could taste the delicious blood. Then he should have had sex with the babys sexy corpse. Nothing wrong with necrophilia. Its a beautiful thing. Then he should have found a bible and masturbated on it and give it to his white trash sister. I think u should kill your self u worthless piece of shit, die slowly.
P.S I love Jesus