From the Bismark Tribune: A West Virginia man who told authorities he was hitchhiking across the country and writing a memoir about kindness was injured in a seemingly random drive-by shooting near Montana’s booming Bakken oil patch.
Ray Dolin, 39, was shot in the arm as he approached a pickup Saturday evening, thinking the driver was offering him a ride, said Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier.
The freelance photographer, who runs a business called OneShot Impressions, was injured about three miles west of the town of Glasgow, along rural U.S. Highway 2, a major route into and out of the oil patch.
A 52-year-old man from Washington state, Lloyd Christopher Danielson III, was arrested about four hours later near Culbertson. Authorities said Danielson was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They released no motive in the shooting.
“He was sitting down to have a little lunch and this guy drives up. He thought he was going to give him a ride and as he approached the vehicle, the guy pulls out his weapon and shoots him. It’s as simple as that,” Meier said.
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/hitchhiker-writing-kindness-book-shot-in-montana/article_28d0f0ec-b3d8-11e1-8d6b-0019bb2963f4.html
My guess, having lived in that general area for several years after getting out of the Air Force, that the writer, Ray Dolin, found plenty of kindness after he was shot. From the people who found him, to the volunteer EMT's, to the police, to the hospital workers and those who have and will help him after he gets out of the hospital, he will find plenty of kindness of people.
But it is kind of ironic, isn't it?
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