Posted on 03/05/2013 10:29:18 AM PST by Impala64ssa
— But You Won’t Believe How It Happened
Police in Polk County, Ore. found a suspected burglar dead inside a stolen truck Sunday morning. They say he burglarized a home twice the night before, stealing several items, including two guns.
In a statement, investigators said 19-year-old Genaro Hernandez Mendoza of West Salem, Ore. was heading to his family’s farm when he broke into a home on Independence Highway and stole several items. He then returned to the farm and hid the stolen items behind a barn.
Police say he then stole a pickup truck and returned to the same home he had already burglarized to steal more items, including a shotgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Detective John Williams says investigators found a shotgun and the rifle Sunday morning, side by side on the passenger-side floorboard of a stolen farm truck, barrels pointed at the driver.
Williams says it appears that a lever on the shotgun got into the trigger guard of the rifle. When the truck hit a bump in the road, the rifle fired once, striking and killing Mendoza in a freak accident.
However, Sheriff Bob Wolfe said police are still investigating the incident to make sure no other parties were involved in the burglary. He added that it seemed clear that Mendoza’s death was accidental and the result of failing to safely store the weapons he stole.
See... guns do kill people, the right people.
Was he shot in the skittles?????
>>>He added that it seemed clear that Mendoza’s death was accidental and the result of failing to safely store the weapons he stole.<<<
We need stricter laws for safely transporting stolen guns.
Is there any doubt we have a “1,000 Ways to Die” episode here?
I guess he will never steal from anyone ever again!
Maybe he was recently paroled by Big Sis. Sequestration is killing people!
YOu cant make this stuff up.....
ROFL... You owe me a new keyboard, but since I got a great LOL out of that post I’ll call it a wash! :)
It was the damndest story I’ve ever read, I’ll tell you.
karma
I like this story.
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