{"id":1662323,"date":"2022-09-28T12:06:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662323"},"modified":"2022-09-28T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:08:12","slug":"still-no-charges-for-man-who-admits-to-shooting-84-year-old-pro-life-canvasser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/still-no-charges-for-man-who-admits-to-shooting-84-year-old-pro-life-canvasser\/","title":{"rendered":"Still No Charges For Man Who Admits To Shooting 84-Year-Old Pro-Life Canvasser"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstill-no-charges-for-man-who-admits-to-shooting-84-year-old-pro-life-canvasser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1662323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man who has admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elderly-michigan-woman-shot-in-the-back-while-raising-awareness-about-upcoming-abortion-ballot-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pro-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-life<\/a> canvasser earlier this month is still not facing charges and remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Harvey, 74, admitted during a news interview that he fired off a \u201cwarning shot\u201d from his .22 caliber rifle when he heard his wife allegedly arguing with the elderly pro-life activist. He then claims he tried to push away her clipboard and accidentally shot her in the front of her shoulder. Notably, the activist, who has not been named, claims she was shot in the back while leaving the residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came out and she is screaming and having a great old time, and being told, I\u2019m sure I heard at least a dozen times, \u2018You\u2019re trespassing, get off the property,&#8217;\u201d Harvey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodtv.com\/news\/ionia-county\/man-who-shot-pro-life-volunteer-it-was-an-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> WoodTV\u2019s News 8.<\/p>\n<p>He \u201cfired a warning shot into a pine tree out front\u201d and then went to \u201cclub away\u201d the 84-year-old woman\u2019s clipboard and the rifle\u00a0\u201cwent off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he\u2019s afraid of facing charges, the man told News 8, \u201cIt\u2019s always possible, I mean I shot someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Harvey remains in the clear as of Wednesday. The Michigan State Police are <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2022\/september\/elderly-pro-life-volunteer-allegedly-shot-while-handing-out-pamphlets-police-investigating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> still looking into the matter and will forward the findings to the Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office, where a decision will be made on potential charges.<\/p>\n<p>The activist was canvassing against a radical ballot proposal concerning abortion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elderly-michigan-woman-shot-in-the-back-while-raising-awareness-about-upcoming-abortion-ballot-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Right to Life Michigan\u00a0said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/rtl.org\/prolife-volunteer-shot\/\">statement<\/a> on Saturday that the woman was canvassing in her community of Lake Odessa, Michigan, when she was shot in the back while leaving a residence during a \u201cheated conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Tuesday, September 20, one of our local volunteers from Lake Odessa was shot\u00a0while going door-to-door in her community to have conversations about Proposal 3,\u201d the nonprofit said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 84-year-old victim said that she was shot in the back\/shoulder while leaving a residence during a heated conversation, and that the man who shot her was not a part of her conversation,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cThe victim does not know the identity or motive of her shooter. The victim is still recovering from her gunshot wound and wishes to remain anonymous while the criminal investigation proceeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman the victim was speaking to before the shooting was Harvey\u2019s wife, Sharon Harvey, according to the admitted shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon said the two were arguing about the abortion proposal, which Sharon supported. \u201cShe would not take the fact that I was going to vote yes on Proposal 3 as an answer,\u201d Sharon said. \u201cI told her, women are gonna die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story is gaining attention in light of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>\u2018s targeting of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pro-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-life<\/a> activist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/catholicism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic<\/a> father of seven Mark Houck, who was arrested at his home in Pennsylvania on Friday by armed FBI argents over an alleged simple assault outside a Planned Parenthood clinic.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has also been sleeping on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/in-the-wake-of-roe-v-wade-attacks-on-churches-pregnancy-centers-escalate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of attacks<\/a> against pro-life pregnancy centers and churches by abortion\u00a0extremists following the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pro-life-activist-arrest-shows-doj-doesnt-care-if-its-politicized-whats-the-gop-going-to-do-about-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro-Life Activist Arrest Shows DOJ Doesn\u2019t Care If It\u2019s \u2018Politicized.\u2019 What\u2019s The GOP Going To Do About\u00a0It?<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who has admitted to shooting a pro-life canvasser earlier this month is still not facing charges and remains under investigation. Richard Harvey, 74, admitted during a news interview that he fired off a \u201cwarning shot\u201d from his .22 caliber rifle when he heard his wife allegedly arguing with the elderly pro-life activist. 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