Posted on 02/05/2016 7:06:30 AM PST by Gamecock
Lancaster County authorities believe the man found dead last month in his truck was not killed in a homicide, but died accidentally playing Russian roulette.
On Jan. 12, deputies were called to the intersection of John Everall Road and Sunnybrook Lane where they found Brandon Wheeler Reese, 22, of Lancaster, shot dead inside his truck.
Deputies and the State Law Enforcement Division collected evidence, gathered leads and began a homicide investigation.
Friday morning, the sheriff's office released new details after determining his death was accidental.
Deputies spoke with Lakendrick Tayon Wade, 20, of Lancaster, who was determined to have been one of three people with Mr. Reese when he was shot.
According to Wade, Reese came to his home on McIlwain Road wanting to obtain a gun. Reese drove Wade and another person to Palidin Trailer Park to the home of the fourth person to obtain the weapon, the sheriff's office reports.
The owner of the revolver stood outside the open front passenger door of the truck and handed Reese an S&W .38 special revolver. He told Reese that if he successfully played Russian roulette with the revolver, he could take it, a release states.
Reese spun the cylinder once and pulled the trigger with the revolver pointed toward the floorboard of the truck. It did not fire. Reese then pointed the revolver at the right side of his head and pulled the trigger again. The revolver fired, killing Reese at Palidin Trailer Park, according to the release.
"The owner of the revolver retrieved it and left the scene. Wade and the third person in the truck moved Mr. Reese to the front passenger floorboard of his truck, and Wade drove Mr. Reese to Springs Memorial Hospital,' the release states. "Wade became fearful when he arrived at the hospital and did not stop."
Wade then drove the truck to the location it was discovered on John Everall Road, and he and the third person left walking.
The owner of the revolver assisted investigators in recovering the gun, which was determined by a firearms examiner at SLED to be the firearm which fired the fatal bullet.
Wade was also questioned by investigators about a shooting incident that occurred at 605 East Marion Street, Kershaw, on Jan. 3 and was charged with attempted murder in that case.
Sheriff Barry Faile extended sympathy to Reese's family and friends.
So going from a 1:6 chance to a 1:5 seemed like a good idea?
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I think that eliminating one choice, and repeating without spinning the cylinder ups the total odds past 1:5, but it’s too early for any cyphering.
Maybe something like 2 in 5 1/2, or 1:2.75
What would Marilyn vos Savant say?
Since such a large number of needless gun deaths come from this sort of activity, I suggest that we require that all revolvers have a higher minimum number of chambers (8 or more).
“...accidentally playing Russian roulette.”
More lame reporting. It truly must be an accident to hoist a gun to your head and pull the trigger.
If he’d won five times in a row, he would have said “I’m on a roll, let me try once more!”
True, you don’t usually try to get a gun from a “friend of a friend” if you want it for legitimate purposes. So I’m going to assume this guy offing himself probably saved someone else from having a very bad day.
He was on a roll.
“One shot.”
"Pull the trigger, dumbass!"
Had he reproduced yet?
I’m staying with 1:5. I just queried my daughter who is a epidemiologist to get her opinion.
The daughter contends it was 1:5.
Ping
What are the odds for the whole event, i.e., two consecutive trigger pulls?
Hmm, still would be what it said.
Spinning it would return the odds to 1:6.
If he spun the cylinder, each individual trigger pull would be 1:6.
If he didn’t spin the cylinder it would be 1:5 after the first trigger pull. 1:4 the next time, etc.
We have got a failure to communicate. My quesion is a little more complex.
Putting a revolver, loaded with one round, to my head and pulling the trigger twice is 1:6 for the first trigger pull and then 1:5 for the second pull.
But ... for the TOTAL EVENT what are the odds of self-offing?
Pick up the gun, pull trigger twice, what is chance of being dead?
That’s a shame.
It dawned on me later that’s maybe what you meant.
Not sure, and I don’t even know where my old stats books ar to find the formula.
Would it be 1:5.5?
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