Pittsburgh’s KDKA.com posted the story below earlier today about a man who pulled a gun on someone after a dispute about a parking space that was cleared out of a very snowy Pittsburgh street.  First of all, only in Pittsburgh does shit like this happen, and secondly couldn’t this all have been solved by a parking chair?

Fight Over Parking Spot Leads To Gunfire

HILL DISTRICT (KDKA) ―

An argument over a parking space in the Hill District sparked a shootout between police and a Pittsburgh man Tuesday night.

Police are at a loss about how to explain the incident and the victim in the case doesn’t understand how it all ended up the way it did.

However, the reality is that that two police officers were nearly shot all over a place to park.

The event took place in the Hill District in the 3200-block of Ewart Drive.

The victim in all this had apparently cleared some snow for his girlfriend’s car on the street. That is when, according to the victim, Errol Parker Sr., 61, decided to claim it for himself.

According to the victim, who did not want to be identified, after he asked Parker to move his car, Parker sucker punched him in the face and then pulled a gun.

Police were then called to the scene. By that time, Parker was back in his duplex and not coming out.

“One of the officers turned the door handle to see if it was locked and the door partially opened, enabling the officer to observe the actor walking toward them from a back room with a raised weapon pointing in their direction,” Diane Richard said.

Police then fired at Parker, who fired back and eventually surrendered after a short struggle.

“One of the officers deployed his Taser and the actor was taken into custody,” Richard said.

It is not known what caused Parker to lose his cool over a parking space to begin with, but the victim said he is alive, so are the officers, and that is all that matters.

“I feel very, very blessed to look up and see the sun working. I know God is on my side,” the victim said.

Parker remains in the Allegheny County Jail, charged with two counts of attempted criminal homicide, as well as two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer.
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