Roommates can be a pain! Anyone that went to college stayed with a friend/family member, can attest to being irritated by their roommate’s habits, but one guy took his frustrations too far.
A face-tatted Florida man has been arrested for fatally shooting his roommate with a pellet gun in May because he was “annoying” him, officials said.
Jesse Hill, 42, had locked the victim, Ernie Wilburn, 44, out of their shared house and he began yelling to be let in.
Hill was inside the home with his girlfriend and decided to get up and grab a pellet gun. He then proceeded to let off a round through a window toward Wilburn, that struck him in the chest.
Cops later were called to the home, after receiving “cryptic” 911 calls from the residence and found Wilburn dead on the floor, covered with a sheet and large furniture pillows.
Deputies also found a Ruger .22 caliber air rifle on the side of the house in some bushes.
After autopsy investigation, it was found that the pellet had punctured Wilburn’s lung, causing his death.
The suspect ran from the scene to avoid capture and later told friends while in hiding that he didn’t think the pellet would kill his roommate.
Hill’s girlfriend told police that Hill shot Wilburn through a bedroom window because he was irritated by his insistence to be let in.
Police eventually arrested Hill this past Friday and charged him with manslaughter. He is due back in court on July 20.
Face Tattoo, enough said!