Posted on 10/21/2024 4:47:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Jake E. Lee has explained the circumstances behind the shooting incident that took place last week.
The guitarist was walking his dog late at night near his Las Vegas home when he was shot three times in what was first described as a random attack.
He’d previously said the shooter had emptied his clip and 15 shells had been found at the scene – noting that he could “only dodge so many, so one bullet went through my forearm, one through my foot, and one in the back, which broke a rib and damaged a lung.”
In a new update, Lee thanked fans for their continued concern and reported he was out of hospital and recuperating at home, while expressing gratitude to the medical staff who’d cared for him.
“Walking home from our walk, Coco and I crossed paths with a couple of thieves – dressed darkly, hoodies pulled down their faces and masks covering their mouths, standing in a neighbor’s driveway checking out his motorcycle.
“There was a verbal confrontation which ended with an agreement that I would walk one way and they would walk the opposite. That didn’t work out.”
He added: “I’ll probably talk in more detail about it later but right now I can only comfortably do a little at a time.”
Lee, 67, is predicted to make a full recovery in time. The guitarist – a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band in the mid ‘80s, appearing on 1983 album Bark at the Moon and 1986’s The Ultimate Sin – was shot around 2:40 a.m. on Oct. 15.
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that he’d been assisted by a neighbor who’d heard the shots, called 911 and run out of his home with a gun. The local police department said their investigation was continuing. Coco the dog was unharmed.
Never turn your back.
“Jake E. Lee Was Shot After Confronting Motorcycle Thieves”
While that works for Wrap Singers, there’s no assurance that he’ll boost his ratings, given that he’s not DEI.
Story sounds fishy. He was walking his dog at 2:40 a.m.?
“emptied his clip”? was it like a clip on tie?
“He was walking his dog at 2:40 a.m.?”
When I had a dog, it was quite common for the need to let him outside to do his business at any hour late at night. Midnight, 1 am, 2 am, 3 am, 4 am, etc. It varied.
For people of a certain lifestyle; ‘walking the dog at 2:40am, often translates to ‘Meeting someone to buy drugs’.
But most the people I’m thinking of are not 67 years old and walking alone. Coco, doesn’t necessarily count. Some dogs are too friendly or too timid to be proper watchdogs.
“There was a verbal confrontation...”
The way things are nowadays, if you are unarmed, a confrontation isn’t worth it - especially if it isn’t even your property.
It was a Shot in the Dark
Apparently it was several as he attempted his version of Neo.
What’s the problem? Some people are night owls and prefer the peace of the dark and the night. I often go for walks from midnight to 6:00am. Get a grip and be less full of yourself.
The victim is a rock musician, 2:30AM is the middle of his working day.
It was a magazine, like they have in the waiting room at the doctor's office.
Shot by a Dark, more like it. Amirite?
I empty my clip every time I load my magazine.
He must be quite the the dancer at 67 to dodge 12 rounds.
Or the shooter is a really bad shot.
Probably one of those punks that thinks he's a gangstah and holds the pistol sideways.
What’s fishy about that? Dogs have to get up in the night as well.
The shooter emptied their “clip”...Broomhandle Mauser
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