{"id":2289669,"date":"2024-07-05T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-city-paradise-groom-shot-in-head-as-punks-invade-backyard-wedding-reception\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T17:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:54:34","slug":"blue-city-paradise-groom-shot-in-head-as-punks-invade-backyard-wedding-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-city-paradise-groom-shot-in-head-as-punks-invade-backyard-wedding-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue City Paradise: Groom Shot in Head as Punks Invade Backyard Wedding Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fblue-city-paradise-groom-shot-in-head-as-punks-invade-backyard-wedding-reception%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=2289669&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>The article discusses a tragic incident\u2064 in Dutchtown,\u200b a \u2062neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where a groom\u2063 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-to-help-ecuador-investigate-right-wing-presidential-candidates-assassination-report\/\" title=\"FBI to aid Ecuador in probing assassination of right-wing candidate: Report\">shot multiple \u200btimes<\/a> in\u2062 the head during his wedding \u2064reception. The perpetrators demanded money, shot the groom, \u200cand left without taking anything, leaving the\u200b family devastated. The article\u200d highlights the impact of \u200bcrime \u2064in Democratic-led cities like St. Louis, where there are shortages in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-launch-murder-probe-into-death-of-officer-following-d-c-protests\/\" title=\"Officials launch murder probe into death of officer following D.C. protests\">police force<\/a> \u2063and high rates of unsolved homicides. The article also emphasizes the importance\u2062 of the upcoming 2024 election in shaping the \u2063future\u200d of America.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/sshort\/%20\"><span>Samuel Short<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 5, 2024 at 11:54am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Tragedy struck two newlyweds in Dutchtown \u2014 a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri \u2014 in the early hours of the morning Saturday as the groom was shot multiple times in the head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/missouri\/wedding-party-ruined-as-gunmen-shoot-groom-during-robbery-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVI<\/a> reported, Manuel Gonzalez was celebrating at his wedding reception with his wife, Dulce Gonzalez, when two armed masked men came into the party through a driveway fence. In 30 seconds, the two men demanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gavin-newsom-ditches-california-city-moves-daughter-wealthy-area-big-money-private-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">money<\/a>, told partygoers not to move, and shot Gonzalez several times before leaving without actually taking anything.<\/p>\n<p>The bride\u2019s sister, Yaribeth Pena said, \u201cThey took nothing, yet they took everything from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez remains in critical condition, and the family has set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-dulces-family-through-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a>. The couple have been together for 10 years and have two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/u-s-marshals-locate-200-critically-missing-children-operation-will-find-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">children<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/11786778\/groom-shot-head-missouri-wedding-reception-robbery-masked-gunmen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why would two vile individuals feel confident in committing such a brazen and barbaric act?<\/p>\n<p>It cannot be overlooked or overstated that elections have consequences.<\/p>\n<p>When elected officials are not hard on crime, innocent people pay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/politics\/2022-midterm-elections\/these-are-the-reddest-and-bluest-counties-in-missouri-based-on-recent-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVI<\/a> found, Democratic candidates have a 64.3 percent margin of victory in St. Louis County, which includes Dutchtown, making it the \u201cbluest\u201d county in the entire state.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis is still suffering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-poll-shows-michelle-obama-potential-democratic-candidate-beating-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic<\/a> anti-police rhetoric. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/st-louis-police-force-hits-all-time-low-following-defund-police-movement-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported 300 vacancies<\/a> in December for its budgeted 1,224 officers.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Hargrove, the founder of the Murder Accountability Project, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/who-suffers-from-defunding-the-police-this-blue-city-has-over-1000-unsolved-murders\/ar-BB1oQeLJ?ocid=BingNewsVerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a> that St. Louis currently has over 1,000 unsolved homicides for over 1,900 total from 2013 to 2022. That is a 44 percent solve or clearance rate, which is lower than the national average.<\/p>\n<p>While filling the vacancies may help police, Hargrove said the challenges don\u2019t end there. With residents leaving the city, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/premature-demise-netflix-reports-record-growth-rising-revenues-despite-fan-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revenues<\/a> won\u2019t yield the funding needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last three years, St. Louis has averaged about 6,000 fewer residents each year than the year before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Democrat Mayor Tishaura Jones hasn\u2019t exactly been helpful in the matter. In 2021, Jones took $4 million from the police overtime budget and put it towards hiring social workers and affordable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-fire-burns-shopping-complex-housing-1400-outlets-polands-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez death came when several disastrous policies coalesced into one horrendous moment.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"St. Louis groom shot by attempted robbers while family had backyard wedding celebration\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfGK0BAU4WM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After George Floyd\u2019s death in 2020, Democratic rhetoric focused on defunding the police, leading to budget cuts and low morale among current and prospective officers.<\/p>\n<p>Revenues have also been drying up because more residents see the city as hopeless and leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-2nd-dem-pushed-defunding-police-reform-victimized-criminals-less-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Less funding<\/a> and less officers mean a lower crime clearance rate.<\/p>\n<p>If police can\u2019t get the funding and people they need to do their jobs, why should the bad guys be afraid?<\/p>\n<p>Criminals feel embolden to walk right up to you at your wedding party and shoot you in head as blue cities create a climate that largely serves the criminals and not the law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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The Democratic mayor&#8217;s policies, including defunding the police, have further exacerbated the situation. The upcoming election is crucial for the future of America, as the values we hold dear are at risk. 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