Look at U.S. history, and you’ll discover a litany of bitter rivalries: Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, along with Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner, with Brooks nearly beating Sumner to death with a walking cane in the U.S. Senate chamber in 1856. Then there’s Chevrolet and Ford, a rivalry that has brewed for a century, and – for one Virginia man – recently boiled over to violence.
Mark Turner got into an argument with his girlfriend’s adult son about which is better, Chevy or Ford. It’s unclear which side of the fence Turner was on. But once the argument started, Turner stormed off into his house and returned with a knife. Turner’s girlfriend tried to get between the two, but Turner allegedly stabbed her in the lower back.
Turner then stormed back into his home, this time returning with a gun. The girlfriend attempted to put herself between the pair again, but Turner fired his gun, shooting the woman in the leg five times. Turner then shot the girlfriend’s son in the arm. Reports say two more shots ricocheted, striking a third person in the cheek and back. Someone finally called police with a tactical team showing up at the residence.
When police arrived, the three victims identified Turner as the shooter, who returned outside without a weapon. He confronted the police while reportedly being heavily intoxicated. Police subdued Turner and took him into custody. He was charged with two counts of malicious wounding, using a firearm in a felony, and possession of a firearm as a felon. He has not been charged for the two ricocheted rounds that struck the third person in attendance; however, additional charges are possible.
The Ford versus Chevy rivalry won’t be settled with knives and guns. That’s a lot of unnecessary violence for a question best left answered on the track.
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Never heard of a shooting incident but I’ve seen several fist fights turn bloody over this. Not just Ford vs. Chevrolet either though that’s always been the big one as long as I remember. I’ve seen a GMC vs Chevy fight in a bar probably 8 years back and many years ago I watched a fight over Chevy vs Pontiac at a drag strip. I’ve actually seen a couple of those. I can’t recall any Dodge ‘vs’ fights but I’ve heard plenty of arguments. There was one that ended up in a friendly competition where a Super Duty Ford ended up in a pull off with a new Dodge Ram out in the parking lot. The SD pulled the Ram around the building. There was plenty of alcohol involved in that one. I always wondered about the Chevy/Ford thing now since they both share the same transmissions. Years ago it was engines And transmissions that really kicked things off. Now what do these guys say?
Brand loyalty is interesting. The last fight I saw over brands was contractors in a DeWalt vs. Milwaukee argument. That got broke up quick.
Dodge is the superlative of American cars. Shame it had to be under foreign ownership, but Italy is the 2nd best (in my opinion) country for cars. DeWalt vs Milwaukee? That’s a good one. I actually prefer Ryobi.
So nothing has changed.. as owners are loyal to their favorite car brand and not willing to take sh_t from anyone who disagrees.
Really? REALLY? Over a truck that is “better”? Just shows two things. First, we now know rednecks are alive and well. Second, it really seems that this country (world?) is getting more hostile towards others and these overly hostile twits have guns. Quite scary.
I don’t care what side of the fence your on when it comes to this. It blows my mind how mad people get to start shooting. I mean the woman was trying to break it up and you shoot her because you got a gun? 5 times in the leg and stabbed her with a knife? I hope they put him in for awhile. I’m glad they were no deaths but this makes me cringe everytime. I support the second amendment and you shouldn’t have to be defend your right but at the same time these senseless crimes have to stop.
Wouldn’t it be great if the manufacturers were this loyal to their customers?
Amen, Daniel!
Montana Bob
The article on USA Today website did mention that alcohol was involved. Maybe they had some corn squeezings left over from last falls harvest.
Looks like “beers’n gears” don’t mix behind the wheel or the bar, damn, people, getta life!
Is this article on Ford Authority?