Texas man shot after bullet he fired at animal ricocheted off its shell and hit him

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 31 July 2015 | Snejana Farberov

[Mount Athos]

Officials in Cass County, Texas, say the man suffered a graze wound to the head when he fired at an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted off the mammal's rigid protective covering and struck him.

In April, 54-year-old Larry McElroy, of Leesburg, Georgia, accidentally shot his mother-in-law when the round he fired at an armadillo bounced off its shell and struck the 74-year-old woman in the back.

In that case, the armadillo did not survive.

[gorush]

“Accidentally?” That’s his story and he’s sticking to it.

[Jeff Chandler]

I hate it when that happens.

[Liberty Valance]

[GeronL]

Armored-dillo??

[dontreadthis]

.22?

[Covenantor]

From the headline alone, the timeline seems to be this:

1. Fellow shoots at critter
2. Bullet richochets
3. Somebody shoots the first fellow
4. First fellow dies

Then I read the story.
They have dead armadillos writing headlines over there.

[dila813]

That’s why we need armor piercing rounds in our ARs!

[Tax-chick]

They have dead armadillos writing headlines over there.

Says it all.

[yetidog]

An old 22 short might ricochet off an Armadillo shell but not likely. Sounds strange to me.

[PAR35]

ALWAYS use AP rounds when potshotting armadillos.

[60Gunner]

Pellet gun? AirSoft? After all, a gun is a gun to liberal newshbags, ya know.

[henkster]

You’ll shoot your eye out!

[wyowolf]

Georgia.... im so shocked.

[Veggie Todd]

Armadillos are tasty. They’re like opossum on the half-shell.

[rikkir]

LOL

You would think that a Journalism Degree would include at least one class on the proper structure of a sentence.

I guess the “let’s screw Conservatives” class takes up all four years.

[laplata]

My 5 year old grandson likes bugs and especially roly poly bugs. I’ll send that to his mom.

Thanks.

[Squantos]

LMAO Funny !

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Lesson Learned: Never shoot at an armored dildo!

[TXnMA]

"TX 77 in the vicinity of Marietta"? I drove 77 through that area twice on Wednesday...

It blows my mind that I learn about something (not unbelievable -- especially for a shotgun pellet or .22) in my out-of-the-way county -- from a British paper -- and via FR!!

How do the Brits do that?

Guess I'll have to scour the local papers closely to see if this is ever reported here -- where it happened...