Two clowns shot dead at circus

Reuters ^ | Thu Feb 22, 2007 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Two clowns shot dead at circus

Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:19AM EST Two clowns were shot and killed by an unidentified gunman during their performance at a traveling circus in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday.

The gunman burst into the Circo del Sol de Cali Monday night and shot the clowns in front of an audience of 20 to 50 people, local police chief Jose Humberto Henao told Reuters. One of the clowns was killed instantly and the second died the next day in hospital.

"The killings had nothing to do with the show the victims were performing at the time of the incident," Henao said in a telephone interview. "We are investigating the motive."

With an entrance fee of under 50 U.S. cents, Circo del Sol de Cali attracts mostly poor Colombians. It pitched it tents in Cucuta, near the border with Venezuela, earlier this month.

"The clowns came out to give their show and then this guy came out shooting them," one audience member told local television. "It was terrible."

[Cuttnhorse]

Don't forget Kramer and the clown episode.

[kevkrom]

"The clowns came out to give their show and then this guy came out shooting them," one audience member told local television. "It was terrible."

What was terrible, the shooting or the show?

[Chewie84]

Yeah, I was just going to say it was probably a guy who was afraid of clowns.
Still sad, though.

[wtc911]

Everyone hates clowns.

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I don't know....my ex married one and my daughters all date them.

[newcthem]

Our Congress????????????

Oh never mind.

[showme_the_Glory]

"You suck you stupid clown!"-Happy Gilmore

[robertpaulsen]

[Condor51]

The gunman burst into the Circo del Sol de Cali Monday night and shot the clowns...

Shooter: "Oops, wrong gun, my bad."

[The Great RJ]

Just wondering if a mime gets shot will anyone hear the noise?

[19KMikegolf]

Just when I thought it was an announcment of a return visit to the UN by Chavas and Ami-jihad

[musicman]

"Okay, which one of you clowns has been causing trouble?"

[Bratch]

[Jonah Hex]

"Nobody laughs at the Joker!"

[BlueMondaySkipper]

That's not funny

[bannie]

"The killings had nothing to do with the show the victims were performing at the time of the incident," Henao said in a telephone interview. "We are investigating the motive."

?

[Marysecretary]

Gosh, were they THAT bad?

[steelyourfaith]