Ohio Man Dies After Woman Shoots Him In Groin After Jest: REPORT

Daily Caller ^ | October 22, 2024 | Ilan Hulkower

[Red Badger]

A 77-year-old woman fatally shot Arthur Osborne, 58, Sunday night in the groin when allegedly he requested that she shoot him as a jest, according to court records.

Kathleen Geiger, the woman, was charged with reckless homicide as she believed the gun was not loaded when she aimed and shot it at the victim, court documents from Ohio’s Hamilton County Municipal Court obtained by WLWT5 News said.

Geiger maintained that she and Osborne were “engaged in harmless banter” when he made the request in jest, according to the documents. She gave medical aid to Osborne after the alleged shooting and contacted police. Cincinnati police said they responded to the scene and Osborne was declared deceased there.

Geiger was placed under a $10,000 bond and is expected to reappear in court on Oct. 31.

FOX19 NOW legal analyst Mark Krumbein posited that Geiger’s actions after allegedly shooting Osborne could help her case. “I think that’s a positive for her that she stayed there, tried to provide aid, called 911, and cooperated with the police, apparently, because they have her statement,” he said. “So, I would say that those are all positives for her.”

Geiger’s next appearance in court would determine if a grand jury would indict her, the outlet reported. Krumbein said the grand jury could either downgrade or increase the severity of the charge against her.

Prosecutors said during the arraignment that her presumption that the gun was unloaded before she allegedly shot Osborne was “no excuse.”

“Everyone who possesses a firearm has a responsibility to do it responsibly. You never point a firearm at anything and pull the trigger unless you intend to destroy it. The defendant pointed a firearm at someone and pulled the trigger, resulting in their death,” a prosecutor argued.

[NorthMountain]

Reckless homicide sounds about right ... along with “Felonious Stupidity in the First Degree”. Both of them committed the second offense. One of them has already been punished for it.

[Tell It Right]

This reads like a Monty Python skit.

[rktman]

Invoke the aric barwin defense. Or have her lawyers move the case to NM.

[Varsity Flight]

The Baldwin defense.

[dfwgator]

Probably got the femoral artery.

[HombreSecreto]

She needs to say she was just a producer on a movie and gun safety was someone else’s responsibility.

[Nervous Tick]

Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity Explains The World Perfectly.

Bonhoeffer... thought about the nature of evil, but came to the conclusion it was not evil itself that was the most dangerous enemy of the good. Rather, it was stupidity.

For you can fight against evil. Evil gives people a queasy feeling in the stomach. As Bonhoeffer continued, “evil carries with itself the seeds of its own destruction.” To prevent willful malice, you can always erect barriers to stop its spread. Against stupidity you are defenseless.

“Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved — indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them…"

[occamrzr06]

That’s nuts.

[Resolute Conservative]

Naw just say he wanted to transition and the mean Republicans wouldn’t give him the money, so he had to do it himself.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Probably got the femoral artery.

Or maybe the actual injury wasn’t life threatening, but after getting shot in the groin, he just strongly willed himself to be dead. ;-)

[Red Badger]

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” - Robert Heinlein

[Chode]

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[Red Badger]

That’s (-)nuts...................

[devere]

I hope he wasn’t a Trump voter.

[OldHarbor]

Kathleen and Arthur.

[Vendome]

She had the balls to do it...

[zeestephen]

Blood alcohol and drug screen results pending?

[Magnum44]

She had the balls to do it...

Well, to be fair, he HAD balls too.

[catbertz]

I bet granny used to be wild at parties, still is apparently. 😅