ink a ; ▁this ▁dis con cert ed ▁Newton , ▁who ▁was ▁afraid ▁of ▁dogs , ▁but ▁Scott ▁ins isted ▁that ▁R ink a ▁go ▁with ▁them . ▁At ▁Por lock , ▁Newton ▁left ▁Scott ▁and ▁R ink a ▁at ▁a ▁hotel ▁while ▁he ▁supposed ly ▁de alt ▁with ▁his ▁business . ▁He ▁picked ▁them ▁up ▁shortly ▁after ▁ 8   pm , ▁and ▁they ▁began ▁the ▁drive ▁back ▁to ▁Com be ▁Martin . ▁On ▁a ▁desert ed ▁stretch ▁of ▁road , ▁Newton ▁began ▁to ▁drive ▁er rat ically , ▁fe ign ing ▁tired ness , ▁and ▁accepted ▁Scott ' s ▁suggestion ▁that ▁he ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁driving . ▁They ▁stopped ; ▁Scott ▁got ▁out , ▁followed ▁by ▁R ink a , ▁and ▁ran ▁round ▁to ▁the ▁driver ' s ▁side , ▁where ▁he ▁found ▁Newton , ▁gun ▁in ▁hand . ▁Newton ▁shot ▁the ▁dog ▁in ▁the ▁head ▁and , ▁saying ▁" It ' s ▁your ▁turn ▁now ", ▁pointed ▁the ▁gun ▁at ▁Scott . ▁The ▁p istol ▁failed ▁to ▁fire ▁several ▁times ; ▁eventually ▁Newton ▁jump ed ▁into ▁the ▁car ▁and ▁drove ▁away , ▁leaving ▁Scott ▁and ▁the ▁dead ▁or ▁dying ▁dog ▁by ▁the ▁road side . ▁ ▁After ▁Scott ▁had ▁been ▁picked ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁dist ress ed ▁state ▁by ▁a ▁passing ▁car , ▁the ▁police ▁were ▁not ified , ▁and ▁began ▁en qui ries . ▁Newton ▁was ▁quickly ▁identified ▁through ▁the ▁Maz da ' s ▁registration ▁number , ▁and ▁arrested ; ▁his ▁story ▁was ▁that ▁Scott ▁was ▁black mail ing