Posted on 11/11/2011 6:22:45 PM PST by tobyhill
The man who shot himself at an Occupy protest camp in downtown Burlington, Vermont, this week was 35 years old, homeless and had briefly trained to be in the Army, police said on Friday.
Joshua Pfenning apparently shot himself in the head inside a tent at the encampment in City Hall Park on Thursday afternoon and later died at a city hospital, Burlington Police Chief Michael Schirling said in a statement.
After the shooting, police banned camping at the park because of safety concerns.
Police have stopped short of calling Pfenning's death suicide, but have said witnesses indicated the shooting was self-inflicted. Three people were in the tent with Pfenning at the time of the shooting.
Schirling said a preliminary investigation found Pfenning had consumed a large quantity of alcohol before the shooting and at some point just before the fatal shot had pointed a gun and threatened another person inside the tent.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
The establishment loves their brownshirts.
how do you “train to be in the Army” ?
I think you’re either in or out.
Thanks tobyhill.
flunk boot?
“how do you “train to be in the Army” ?”
Briefly....it says so in the story.
Chill, Francis.
Fundamental obamanation instigated right in front of this nation, if we would just open our eyes and SEE.
And, We have a Darwin Award Winner!
Liberalism is a mental condition.
“God bless them for their spontaneity,” “It’s young, it’s spontaneous, it’s focused and it’s going to be effective.”
Nancy Pelosi 10/6/11
Will Obama speak at his funeral.....and hand out T-shirts?
From the article:
“Citing press reports that Pfenning was a military veteran, Schirling said the man previously had been discharged from the Army after two weeks of boot camp “for medical and other reasons.””
We,, that certainly doesn’t make him a “veteran” then, but at least he wasn’t AWOL.
Yeah, like he was nuts.
i take it it means they threw his wretched azz out...
Seems to indicate that what is NOT qualified for Military service —is the crem de la crem of the Occupy Obamanation.
TEA Party version:
Joshua Pfenning apparently shot himself in the head committed suicide inside a tent at the encampment in City Hall Park on Thursday afternoon
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