A 31-year-old man was stabbed in St. Cloud, Minn., in January. He told police that he and another man were approaching each other on a sidewalk, and when neither man gave way, the other man stabbed him. [St. Cloud Times, 1-16-10]

Scott Elder, 22, was charged with shooting a 24-year-old man in Savannah, Ga., in October after an escalating argument that started when one of the two strangers sent a text message to a wrong number. One comment led to another, and the men agreed to meet in a downtown parking lot to settle things. [Savannah Morning News, 10-28-09]

Lankward Harrington, 25, was walking past a gardener working on lawn in Washington, D.C., in October 2006 when g**** clippings blew onto his clothes. At his trial in October 2009, Harrington was convicted of murder for shooting the gardener four times in the face. Said Harrington, on the witness stand: "He got g**** on me. [I] take pride in my appearance."

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