Law

Yesterday, a Reno Nevada family court judge was shot by a sniper through an open window in the courthouse. The judge was involved in a divorce case between a Mr. Darren Mack and his estranged wife, Charla Mack. Hours after this shooting, according to the AP story, Charla Mack was found dead in her garage. Darren Mack has been charged with Charla Mack's killing and is officially a "person of interest" in the sniper shooting of the family court judge.

What makes me want to get in my car and drive out to Reno just to slap someone is the quote at the end of this passage:
Darin Conforti, court administrator of Reno Justice Court, said that shooting was shocking but that the risk of an attack was not. "We're well aware this is the inherent risk of trying to solve conflicts," he said. "Sometimes you don't solve them peacefully and people take the law into their own hands."

Excuse me? This was a divorce case. We're not talking about a father who shot a child molester here. There's nothing apparently vigilantistic (?) about this situation, which makes this quote really friggin creepy. Did Mr. Conforti's mouth just get stuck on open?