Good Luck, Buddy

Here is what Walter Bishop and his lawyer have to work with, it seems, to convince a jury that Bishop was facing an imminent threat to his life or grievous bodily harm at the time of the shooting, and therefore acted in self-defense.

Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Kristin Freeman told the judge that Bishop told police he shot Andrade, whom he didn't know, on Main Street after an earlier altercation on East Market Street.

Witnesses said Andrade was shot to death as he was taking his 9-month-old daughter, Alexandra, out of his maroon Isuzu Rodeo in front of Employment 2000, an employment agency at 1008 Main St.

The baby was covered in her father's blood but was not injured.

According to the prosecutor and court papers, Bishop was driving his wife, Barbara, to the Campello MBTA station to catch a 7:37 a.m. train when he saw a red SUV backing down the street toward him on East Market Street.

Bishop said he slammed on his brakes, the other driver backed up next to him and began swearing at him, according to a report filed in court by Detective Michael V. Damiano.

While Mrs. Bishop was "terrified" by the encounter, Bishop said he was "furiously angry" and sped away, according to court papers.

Bishop said he dropped off his wife at the train station and a few minutes later saw the victim on Main Street.

He said he saw the SUV about three vehicles ahead of him in the northbound lane. Bishop told police it pulled over and the driver got out, Freeman told the court.

Bishop told police he drove past Andrade, turned around in a parking lot and drove back while pulling a gun out of his pants pocket.

He told police he swerved onto the wrong side of the road, passed Andrade's car, then backed up and fired three shots over his left shoulder, Freeman told the court.

Sure looks like murder to me. Even in Florida, with their recently enacted "No Retreat Required" self-defense law, this guy would be still be looking at a long stretch in the can - no innuendo intended.