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Slain Dad's Texting to Daughter Cited as Motive in Shooting

ABC News; January 14, 2014

A retired Tampa police captain is expected to appear in court later today, accused of fatally shooting a man and injuring his wife during an argument over cellphone texting in front of horrified moviegoers.

"Someone throws popcorn," eyewitness Charles Cummings said Monday after the shooting inside the theater, according to ABC News Radio. "I'm not sure who threw the popcorn and then bang, he was shot. He staggered two seats over and fell on my son and I.

"The guy who was shot said something; 'I just was texting my … three-year-old daughter,'" Cummings added.

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