Posted on 05/22/2015 4:13:05 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Man survives shotgun attack after his iPhone takes brunt of blast
A man miraculously survived being shot near his home with a sawn-off shotgun when his iPhone took the brunt of the blast.
The victim's mobile phone took the majority of the blast from the shotgun. Credit: Cheshire Police
The 25-year-old victim sustained serious injuries to his abdomen but managed to get up and head back to his block of flats where emergency services were called.
Ryan Duggan, 19, has been found guilty of attempted murder at Chester Crown Court. He was also found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and is due to be sentenced on 10 July.
Ryan Duggan has been found guilty of attempted murder Credit: Cheshire Police
The incident took place when the victim approached a group of teenagers who had turned of the water supply to the block of flats where he lived.
During a confrontation, the teenager pulled out the shotgun and fired it at the victim.
The firearm was later recovered by police wrapped in clingfilm and concealed under a bush - with the spent cartridge still inside.
Detective Inspector Gary McIntyre from Cheshire Police said if the victim's phone had not been in his pocket "he would undoubtedly have died".
Duggans actions that night were extreme and shocking the victim went outside to speak to the group about the fact they had turned off the water supply resulting in the defendant shooting him with a powerful weapon.
Fortunately, the victims mobile phone took the brunt of the shot and, as a result of this, he survived. This is remarkable had that phone not been in his pocket at that time he would undoubtedly have died.
Whilst I hope that the conclusion of this case today brings about a degree of closure for the victim I am fully aware of the impact this case has had no him and the fact that the devastating injuries he sustained will affect him for the rest of his life.
Despite making good progress he still requires treatment for his injuries including further operations and rehabilitation. The nightmare is far from over. DET INSP GARY MCINTYRE FROM CHESHIRE POLICE
I'll bet there's one hell of a bruise on the victim behind where the phone was -- all that energy had to get stopped and look at the bend in the phone case.
Holy crap!
(Sorry for being repetitious.)
Today’s version of the bullet stopping bible of the Old West is the iPhone.
I am just having trouble believing what I am seeing that's all. maybe the powder was wet or something and just puked it's way out the muzzle...
My favorite version of those stories was a WWII Bill Mauldin cartoon of Willie and Joe in a foxhole in Europe, and one of them is penning a letter to Margaret Mitchell, starting with, "Dear Miss Mitchell, I was carrying a copy of your big book 'Gone With The Wind' in my breastpocket..."
Phones are made out of some tough materials. I suspect that due to the angle of the strike, the phone slid across the pocket/shirt/body, thereby not causing skidding of the shot on the phone, but instead slid the phone across the victim’s body, spreading the impact energy across a larger area. And, as I think that you or another poster speculated, the victim may have been wearing a heavy (leather or other) jacket.
Was the armoury actually located in Old Sac? I always liked Old Sacramento. We always took Jefferson or Harbor Blvd to Capital Mall, past Rayley Field, across the Tower Bridge, to the Capital building. I always got a kick out of that 2nd floor door to no where. Kind of reminds me of the Winchester House in San Jose. I liked the K Street Mall too. I still remember some of the streets, like Bradshaw, Power Inn Road, Howe Ave, Arden Way, Greenback Lane, Walegra, to name a few. Many of my co workers live in Sac, Fair Oaks, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, North Highlands, Orangevale, Antelope. I bought my BMW at the Roseville Auto Mall. It all brings back memories.
From the size of the pellet strikes, it looks like a bird-shot load. If it had been magnum .00 buckshot, it would have sliced the Iphone and the victim to shreds.
True. . . but normally a bird shot load is an excellent home protection load in a twelve guage. It will take out the baddie and won't go through the too many walls and take out your children sleeping down the hall. . . even if a few pellets get down there, individually they have only a small amount of energy and won't do much injury.
Somehow I doubt it . .
Perhaps the victim had just downloaded a Bible App on to his iPhone?
Nope, it started at 16th and Broadway across from the Tower Theater and the then defunct Tower Drug Store location where Tower Records got its start as a counter end cap in the Drugstore. . . Streets. Cattercorner from our store was Store No. 1 of Tower Records. The Armoury then moved to 22nd and J in 1974 or so. My dad and I built the gun racks using redwood wiggle board designed for fiberglass patio panels. Worked great.
The J Street location is where the SLA cased us and where Squeaky Fromme kept coming in only for me to kick her out at least twice a week. . . until she took her pot-shot attempting to assassinate President Ford.
I don’t believe this. If I hit this phone, which is metal with a 2 3/4 no. 6 bird load out of a 12 gauge it would vaporize. If this truly happened, it was because God still has a plan foe the guy and didn’t call him yet. Dude looks like he was about 4 inches away with that barrel length plus shot pattern. Something weird here, I think.
Bird Shot?
Well, that’d leave a mark anyway....
You know the Apple will not give him a new phone.
It was not covered under warranty : )
I bet he wished he was carrying a big iPad!
Cling film will help preserve the evidence.
Another smart criminal.
If I were Apple, I'd give him a brand new iPhone 6plus in exchange for the shield iPhone which they would then use for a commercial about how touch iPhones can be. . .
it's not metal. It's sandwich made up of polycarbonate case, plastic circuit boards, gel like batteries, and glass. Polycarbonate is very tough stuff. Read what I posted in reply #10 above about an early polycarbonate bulletproof clip board. . . and this is a much more modern polycarbonate which much tougher and stronger than that which was developed forty years ago.
It isn’t that fast an expansion, apparently, and I’d bet the muzzle was close. Short barrels will at some point actually have a lower muzzle velocity because the projectile doesn’t have enough run in the barrel to take advantage of the expanding gasses from the burning propellant. Some of the powder charge is wasted as muzzle flash.
Yes,I remember Tower Records. It was still open, I think, while I was working at Solano in Vacaville. Every 3 months, for those of us working marked posts, we shot the Mini 14, S & W .38, Remington 870, and the H & K 94, until they took it away. My only problem with that, is I would prefer to shoot weapons when I wanted to, not when they wanted me to. I remember the SLA and Squeaky, but I was stationed in TX when all that went down, so I didn’t know they were in Sacramento. I did have the misfortune of running into Squeaky’s buddy, Charlie Manson, when I was at San Quentin. The dude is really weird.
Birdshot won't even take out an Iphone, don't suggest it is an "excellent home protection load". It is not. A heavy winter coat can stop bird shot. In fact, you're more likely to get bouncers with bird shot and take out your own eyes. #4 is the smallest shot to even consider. That's a Turkey load and while a Turkey is a bird, #4 is not considered bird shot. The best home load is #1 buck.
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