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http://www.clutchandchrome.com/news/news/craigslist-seller-shot-over-motorcycle Craigslist seller shot over motorcycle
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| While selling or buying a motorcycle online may be fraught with its own unique dangers, being shot or even killed is rarely among the downfalls considered.
But that appears to be what happened with 26 year old Thai Lam on Thursday in Georgia. Savannah police believe Brandon Kent, 26, saw Lam’s motorcycle for sale on Craigslist, allegedly arranged a meeting to look at it and then shot the owner.
Kent (pictured right) then fled on the motorcycle with police soon following. Reportedly, one officer attempting to keep up with the frantic radio reports of the stolen bike's location collided with a white pickup.
Even as the alleged killer tried to abandon the motorcycle and leave the area in a black sport utility vehicle police surrounded and captured him.
Kent remained jailed Friday on a murder charge.
The most famous killing to be associated with the online advertising website was the man dubbed the ‘Craigslist Killer’. Philip Markoff was given the name after he was accused of killing a woman he met through Craigslist in April 2009. He committed suicide August 15th in a Boston jail cell while awaiting trial.
In a lawsuit filed earlier this week, 17 states called for Craigslist to take immediate action to prohibit solicitation of prostitution through ads on its site. Otherwise complaints over the website have followed the online pattern of fraudulent checks and purchased goods never being delivered, many of the same challenges owners face when they try to sell their motorcycle online.
