A simple act of courtesy turned into an unthinkable tragedy on Oct. 9, when a Texas mother was shot and killed in a Dallas parking lot following an argument that began over basic manners. Cecilia Simpson, 41, lost her life after a dispute that started when someone she held a door open for failed to say, “Thank you.”
We’re not making this up.
The incident unfolded around 1 p.m. on Thursday, when Simpson held the door at a Five Below store for Keona Zachyua Hampton, 22. According to an arrest affidavit, Simpson became irritated when Hampton did not acknowledge the gesture with a simple expression of gratitude, sparking a verbal confrontation between the two women…