[KeyLargo]

Sounds like a Mr. Fantasia's story is somewhat of a fantasy? Maybe the gumshoes in Chicago Heights believe the story I guess.

[edpc]

While trying to figure out why the weapon wasn’t working, Fantasia put a loaded magazine into the gun and began pulling the trigger, police said. It still wasn’t shooting until Pelock entered the room.

How convenient.

[Lazamataz]

It’s his story, and he’s sticking to it.

[TheBattman]

I see two scenarios possible:

#1 - this idiot has no business even touching a gun because he is so mentally defective as to be a danger to the world around him.

#2 - this guy is an idiot who committed murder and then made up a lie to cover himself.

either way - he is responsible for this death.

[Tupelo]

The proper headline should read:

PLAYING with gun led to fatal shot.

[Peter from Rutland]

Hang him. Next case?

[digger48]

"That's NOT how you do it, son!"

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I like how they accept the perp’s alibi as the unvarnished truth.

It couldn’t POSSIBLY be murder.

/s

[thackney]

but he pulled the slide back and the gun then fired

Certain that a very negligent act occurred between those two items...

[thackney]

but he pulled the slide back and the gun then fired

Certain that a very negligent act occurred between those two items...

[pallis]

Murder, plain and simple.

[70th Division]

And what was HIS test score?

[Lazlo in PA]

His girlfriend entered the room and told him to stop playing with the gun, but he pulled the slide back and the gun then fired, killing the 19-year-old woman, police said.

He was simply checking if it was still loaded by pointing it at her heart and making it fire. Nothing to see here folks. Case closed. I hope the cops grabbed a beer after this solid police work.

[Charles Martel]

I’ve never seen a slo-mo video of a Glock before that showed such frame flex.

[PapaBear3625]

Sounds like a murder made to look like an accident.

[Jim Noble]

Good shot, Mr. Chicago man, but not really a very good story.

Center mass on the GF an accident?

Cherchez la femme, I say. Wonder what the new GF’s name is?

[Christian Engineer Mass]

must be an ex-cop to be getting such incredible benefit of the doubt

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Sounds like he bought the pistol, tried to figure how it worked, slammed into it a loaded magazine and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened.

The girl walks into the room just as he pulls the slide back, releases it and pulls the trigger.

Boom.

Dum bass.

[Vinnie]

Two thoughts..

Don’t you have to pull the trigger on a Glock to remove the slide?

If you are just getting a handgun to have around the house.. Get. A. Revolver.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

This exact same thing happened to friends of friends.

The guy was “fiddling” with his shotgun, and it “accidentally” fired, hitting the girlfriend center mass.

Of course, being true brainiacs, the rural cops immediately bought the story and the perp was not charged.

So, to paraphrase O.J. Simpson, “If you do it, here’s how you do it.”

Amazing.

[garyhope]

I’m glad my career Army dad and the Boy Scouts taught me gun safety at a young age. I still remember the principles. Always assume every gun is loaded. Always check for yourself. Always control the direction of your muzzle. Keep your finger off of the trigger until you are ready to fire.

I have a healthy respect for guns.