Posted on 07/16/2011 8:53:12 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
JACKSON, Miss., July 16 (UPI) -- A Mississippi woman accidentally shot and killed her husband while aiming at a pit bull witnesses said was going after some children, officials say.
Betty Walker of Jackson was firing a .38-caliber revolver at an 8-month-old pit bull that was trying to attack the children and misfired, hitting her husband Robert in the chest Friday afternoon, The (Jackson) Clarion-Ledger reported. Robert Walker was pronounced dead less than 2 hours later at a hospital.
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In her defense, the only previous experience with guns was in drive bys
Exactly; no information yet on which side of the guy’s body the bullet entered.
The outside
I bet it was his gun and he told her to shoot the dog, of course that was before he grabbed the dog himself to get it under control.
“Misfired”? Or couldn’t aim to hit the broad side of a barn? (It does look like a tragic accident.)
clip clop, clip clop—fo shizzle! bang—clip clop clip clop
Drive-by Amish shooting
I meant front or back, smarty pants.
They had named the dog COCAINE fer the luv uv the Amish!!!
ANYONE who owns one of these animals is a criminal dumbass in my book.
That includes you, Dale.
Divorce Mississippi Style?
Strange the story made no mention of how much alcohol was involved.
Yup, that’s rational for ya!
So, if the dog was shot at for “going after kids”, yet the woman MISSED, and KILLED HER HUSBAND, what happened to the kids?
Oh, nobody ELSE was harmed, but you still want to kill the dog?
Are you sure you’re not a cop?
It’s too bad that stupid isn’t painful to those displaying it, rather than we who have to live with its practitioners.
OK guys. If a guy has a life insurance policy, and the wife shoots him “by accident” and is aquitted, or cleared of charges, could she still collect on the policy?
“That’s my story and I’m srtickin’ to it!”
The way I heard the kid, he said the father was holding the dog when she shot.
Not a very good move, excited probably ,desperate, frightened.
I will never understand why some people wnat to own vicious dogs.
People who own Pit Bulls will tell you how sweet they are but they own them because they want to intimidate you.
Thereare many breeds that are known for their gentle ways and their protective manner, then there are Pit Bulls who are known to be intimidating.
Otherwise...optically challenged.
Now that’s funny right there.
RIP dude.
Ugh. RIP.
Yes.
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