D.M. teen dies after friend's gun goes off (Des Moines, IA)

Des Moines Register ^ | 01/08/04 | By TOM ALEX Register Staff Writer

[Rightone]

A Des Moines teenager died Wednesday from a gunshot wound to her head suffered when her boyfriend mishandled a weapon that he had been carrying for weeks, police said.

Alexis Jordan, 16, died about 16 hours after she was shot Tuesday afternoon in her boyfriend's home at 1303 Sixth Ave. Cordara "Cory" Lewis, 16, is charged with reckless use of a firearm as an adult and involuntary manslaughter as a juvenile. He is in Polk County Jail on $100,000 bond.

[Xenalyte]

D.M. teen dies after friend's gun goes off

Man, if I had a nickel for every time my .38 has gone off all by itself and shot someone, I'd have, like, three nickels.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Those are Vargas paintings from World War 2. Sheesh, I could only wish it was me.

[Bacon Man]

Man, if I had a nickel for every time my .38 has gone off all by itself and shot someone, I'd have, like, three nickels.

Hey you said the same thing about getting trapped under a mountain of books!

[Xenalyte]

I'd have six nickels for that. :)

[Ditter]

Thanks for saying it, I get really angry when I read that "a gun went off". I have non gun owning friends who actually believe that guns are like bombs with an evil brain & they can "go off" at will.