Latauriisha O’Brien, was found suffering from several gunshot wounds in front of an apartment building,
Grammarians, what is this glaring error called, I was taught to avoid it in 7th grade but cannot remember what the error is called. Back then the example was ‘Uncle Fred shot a bear wearing his new hunting coat.’
I hate getting shot while wearing my new hunting coat.
The nuns would have wrapped my knuckle for not knowing this...
If I caught a bear wearing my new hunting coat, that’s a dead bear. Ain’t no call for stealing a mans new hunting coat.
dangling participle..
Grammarians, what is this glaring error called, I was taught to avoid it in 7th grade but cannot remember what the error is called. Back then the example was ‘Uncle Fred shot a bear wearing his new hunting coat.’
The example you provide from your 7th grade is not of a so-called "Dangling Participle" - although it bears [pun intended!] a superficial resemblance.
Neither is the sentence you quote from the article an example of a "Dangling Participle."
Rather, the problem with both sentences is due simply to the word-order. It can be easily corrected simply by reshuffling the word-order (that would not suffice in the case of a true "Dangling Participle").
Latauriisha O’Brien, was found in front of an apartment building, suffering from several gunshot wounds [...]
Uncle Fred, wearing his new hunting coat, shot a bear.
NOTE that the comma after "apartment building" is indispensable! After all: It is not the building which is suffering from gunshot wounds.
Here's an example of a true "Dangling Participle," which cannot be correctly merely by changing the word-order:
"After constantly chewing her slippers and crapping on the floor, my girlfriend decided to get rid of her dog."
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