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Gun hidden in sock fires, killing woman at Chicago thrift store
ABC local ^ | Mar 7, 2014

Posted on 03/07/2014 8:54:42 PM PST by KeyLargo

Gun hidden in sock fires, killing woman at Chicago thrift store

Friday, March 07, 2014

Woman fatally shot in thrift store accident

CHICAGO -- A woman working at a Chicago-area thrift store was fatally shot when a gun hidden in donated clothing accidentally discharged, police said.

Police said Carmen Dominguez, 54, was sorting donated clothing at a Unique Thrift Store in the 9300 block of South Ashland Avenue in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood on Friday morning. A male coworker she was working with discovered a .22 caliber handgun hidden inside a sock. When he shook the item out of the sock, police say the gun accidentally discharged in his hand.

Dominguez was struck by a bullet in the chest and taken to Christ Hospital in serious condition. She was later pronounced dead.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; guns; secondamendment
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Something seems fishy?

NBC 5 Chicago The Unique Thrift Store on the south side of Chicago is closed after employee Maria Carmen Dominguez, 54, was shot and killed when a gun fell out of a donated sock.

1 posted on 03/07/2014 8:54:42 PM PST by KeyLargo
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"When he shook the item out of the sock, police say the gun accidentally discharged in his hand."

.....when his accidental finger accidentally pulled the accidental trigger.

2 posted on 03/07/2014 8:58:31 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: KeyLargo

Oh good grief, this will give fodder to the anti gun lobby ... guns really do kill people on their own!


3 posted on 03/07/2014 8:59:39 PM PST by doc1019
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To: shibumi

“When the male co-worker discovered a sock with something inside, he emptied the sock and a .22-caliber handgun fell into his hand, police said. The weapon accidentally discharged and struck the victim in the chest, police said. She later died at Christ Hospital.”

Maybe this?

Do not try to catch a dropped gun.

http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/7507/rule-5/


4 posted on 03/07/2014 9:01:49 PM PST by KeyLargo
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the gun accidentally discharged

Another irresponsible gun on the loose, I see. It probably came from a broken home.

5 posted on 03/07/2014 9:03:11 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: KeyLargo

and just think, there’s probably another orphaned sock somewhere in the world...

This is really a sad story. What a way to go.


6 posted on 03/07/2014 9:05:58 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: KeyLargo

Ban socks. At least a thirty day waiting period. After all, it’s for the children.


7 posted on 03/07/2014 9:06:16 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: KeyLargo

It fell out of the sock, into his hand, and fired itself. Sure.


8 posted on 03/07/2014 9:07:44 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: bigbob

Finger on the trigger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xrlKH8OM5o


9 posted on 03/07/2014 9:07:54 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

The dog ate my homework kind of fishy. Polygraph...


10 posted on 03/07/2014 9:09:32 PM PST by Birdsbane ("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
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To: Jet Jaguar
TSA has the sock puppet in custody awaiting trial.
11 posted on 03/07/2014 9:10:54 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I wonder if this was an illegal or legal gun. Was it registered? We know it didn’t have a trigger lock.


12 posted on 03/07/2014 9:13:27 PM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: KeyLargo

Why Not?

SUV’s kill people, run into buildings, get involved in police chases on a daily basis.

I would be checking out the guy that was handling it and see if anything going on between them.....


13 posted on 03/07/2014 9:14:57 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --In CNNs (feeble) mind, EVERYONE that doesnt ask for more Kool-Aid is bullying BO)
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To: KeyLargo
a gun hidden in donated clothing...

Somebody tossed out Trayvon's underwear drawer.
14 posted on 03/07/2014 9:21:30 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: KeyLargo

Sounds like a cover story for a crime


15 posted on 03/07/2014 9:26:55 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: umgud

A trigger sock is not good enough ?


16 posted on 03/07/2014 9:28:13 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: smoothsailing

Or it’s ancestors was a slave.
Down with the man!


17 posted on 03/07/2014 9:29:01 PM PST by funfan
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To: GeronL

LOL


18 posted on 03/07/2014 9:30:27 PM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: KeyLargo

Sock Control NOW! Say NO to the National Sock Association!


19 posted on 03/07/2014 9:31:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: KeyLargo

Looking over the response, I am glad I am not the only person who smells a mouse here.


20 posted on 03/07/2014 9:35:17 PM PST by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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