Source A Portland man who accidentally shot himself in the groin but told police he was robbed and shot by a homeless man at a bus stop was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison. Marcus Anthony Davis Jr., 35, wasn’t allowed to have a gun because he had been convicted of prior felonies and was on federal supervision for a drug offense at the time of the Jan. 8 shooting.
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut sentenced Davis to five years and nine months in custody after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The prison term was a joint recommendation by the prosecutor and defense lawyer as part of a negotiated plea deal. The prosecutor said Davis made a dangerous choice to pick up a gun when he clearly knew he was prohibited from carrying guns.
“He paid a significant price with his physical injuries and the sentence he’s now going to receive,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Lewis Burkhart said. “I don’t think anything the court can say or the government can say can top the injuries he gave to himself to stop him from possessing firearms. Hopefully this is the last time we will see Mr. Davis.” Davis was treated at a local hospital on Jan. 8. Records showed that a single bullet traveled through the top of his penis, through his right testicle, into his upper inner right thigh and exited through his lower right thigh, according to Burkhart.
Davis claimed he had been robbed and shot by a white homeless man at a TriMet stop at Southeast Powell Boulevard and 82nd Avenue, but he couldn’t share any details about the suspect, according to the prosecutor. Police went to the location and found no evidence of a shooting or robbery. Officers later recovered a gun in the car of Davis’ girlfriend that was the one believed to have been involved in the shooting. The gun was hidden in Davis’ bloody clothes, according to the prosecutor.
It was a .40-caliber handgun loaded with six bullets. The gun had blood on it and a shell casing was stuck in the slide. They also discovered a gunshot hole in a black pair of sweatpants. The gun had been reported stolen in 2018. Based on the injuries, physical evidence, the bullet’s trajectory, the jammed shell casing and hole in Davis’ pants, police determined the injuries were self-inflicted.
“The evidence gathered showed the injuries were consistent with an accidental discharge occurring while the defendant had the gun in a pocket or waistband,’’ Burkhart wrote in a sentencing memo. Davis, described by the prosecutor in court papers as a member of the Rolling 60s gang, was on federal supervision from a 2016 conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He has prior convictions in Multnomah County for assault and attempted murder.
“Mr. Davis has taken stock of his future,’’ Assistant Federal Defender Francesca Freccero told the judge. “He resolved his new charges very quickly.” Davis, appearing by video for the hearing, told the court he’s committed to being a “better role model and example” for his two children.
From reading this article, accidental dick shooter Marcus Anthony Davis Jr. sounds like a real asshole. Here we have a man who has been convicted of assault, cocaine possession, attempted murder, and shot off his own dick and one of his nuts and he accomplished all of this by the age of 35. This has got to be the criminal version of hitting for the cycle with the home run being the grand slam of self-castration!
In addition to his convictable crimes I feel there is one more scumbag move that was discussed in this article, but did not get nearly enough coverage: Lying about homeless people. Let’s analyze this a bit. Homeless people have it pretty rough to begin with. First off, obviously, they have no home and not having a home sucks.
Have you ever seen a slug? Well if you have you know that their lives are a living hell of constant wandering without ever really being able to just relax and chill. Unlike their more fortunate relatives, snails, who all have shells strapped to their backs meaning they can just go home and chill whenever they damn well feel like it, slugs, like homeless people, have nothing. Being a homeless person is like being a slug when you just want to be a snail. Lying about a homeless person is like kicking a slug when you know it’s already down: You can do it, but if you do you’re a special kind of asshole.
So I’m glad Marcus Anthony Davis Jr. shot off his own dick. He was being a dick, he lost his (and a nut), and hopefully this means he won’t be able to impregnate any more women and thus bring even more little dicks into the world.
PS: Good luck in prison with your still healing deformed twig and berries bro.