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Pet Cat Shoots Boy - Police Say Air Rifle Accident Wounds Teenager
WKMG-TV/DT Orlando ^
| 4.19.03
Posted on 04/20/2003 10:18:36 PM PDT by mhking
CANTON, Ohio -- A pet cat jumped on an air rifle that then fired and wounded a teenage boy, the boy's mother said.
Reports filed by Stark County sheriff's deputies said the boy, Josiah V. Boughman, 15, was grazed on his right side just below his ribs with an air rifle's pellet.
The shooting occurred at about 11 p.m. Monday outside his home in nearby Tuscarawas County.
Sheriff's deputies met his mother, Mary A. Boughman, outside his hospital room. She told them her son had been at a barn about 50 yards from his family's house, shooting at rats.
Returning to the house, he put the air rifle on a picnic table, neglecting the weapon's safety, reports said.
The boy's mother told deputies a cat, which is one of the family's household pets, jumped on the table and touched the gun.
Staff at the hospital where the boy was treated told deputies boy's wound is not life threatening.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: banglist; catlist
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:18:36 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:18:56 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
Cats.........you simply can't trust those little bastards.
To: PetroniDE
Cats with guns ping!
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:21:04 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(We Own The Streets!!)
To: mhking
No! Bad kitty!
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:21:07 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(I'm looking forward to the new book, "Why Cats Shoot".)
To: mhking
An air rifle just isn't going to get you a darwin award....
But I'll laugh at him anyways. HAHA!!
To: *bang_list
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:22:29 PM PDT
by
Djarum
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:23:11 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(We Own The Streets!!)
To: mhking
I thought all cats preferred broadswords and battleaxes, though...
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:23:14 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands, to fight the horde singing and crying...")
To: mhking
I love it, an attack cat that understands ballistics!
LOL!
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posted on
04/20/2003 10:23:24 PM PDT
by
Rasputin_TheMadMonk
(Yes I am a bastard, but I'm a free, white, gun owning bastard. Just ask my exwife.)
To: mhking
Guns don't kill people. Cats with guns kill people.
To: mhking
LOL!!
12
posted on
04/20/2003 10:31:21 PM PDT
by
Riley
To: mhking
How did the cops "Catter-ga-rise" this on their reporr?
13
posted on
04/20/2003 10:59:13 PM PDT
by
WKB
To: mhking
Man, talk about dangerous pussy.
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posted on
04/20/2003 11:00:14 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Flyer
ROFL! That's priceless.
To: Flyer
I do beleive I've found my new wall-paper! Hah!
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posted on
04/20/2003 11:56:50 PM PDT
by
MrJingles
(Clones are people, two.)
To: mhking
I didnt know kitty could shoot a gun, LOL
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:36:50 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: mhking
Kitty sez "Muahahahahahahahaha!".
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posted on
04/21/2003 2:16:59 AM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: mhking
Sorry, but all cat owners should know that when the cat says, "Feed me NOW" or, "Take me out NOW", he isn't kidding and there WILL be consequences.
Oh, excuse me. Emporer Moe says I must stop FReeping and get the dog out of his sight, NOW. ;-)
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posted on
04/21/2003 2:19:57 AM PDT
by
Bella_Bru
(For all your tagline needs. Don't delay! Orders shipped overnight.)
To: dighton
I always told you to watch out for those cats of yours.
Now, I know that every time your cat calls for help, I have to approach your house "serpentizing" to avoid the ambush that I KNOW that is being set up.
I may look dumb, but it's just a disguise.
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posted on
04/21/2003 3:54:40 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
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