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Charleston Shooter Tried to Kill Himself, But ‘He Ran Out of Bullets’
New York Post ^ | June 21, 2015 | Rebecca Harshbarger

Posted on 06/21/2015 3:47:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The racist madman who slaughtered nine people in a historic South Carolina church tried to kill himself after the massacre, according to the son of one of the victims.

“He pointed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger, but it went ‘click,’ because the chamber was empty,” Kevin Singleton, whose mother, Myra Thompson, 59 was killed, told The Los Angeles Times .

“His plan was never to leave that church.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; charleston; dylannroof; kevinsingleton; myrathompson; scchurchshooting; secondamendment; southcarolina; suicide
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To: ought-six

Agree......


21 posted on 06/21/2015 4:03:47 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: nickcarraway

well punk....do you feel lucky?


22 posted on 06/21/2015 4:04:29 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: blueunicorn6
The only way this would be possible is if he had a bad mag where it didn't catch the slide lock to hold it open.

I've had this happen from time to time - mag adjustment and you're good to go.

So while possible he pulled the trigger on an empty chamber, I rather think it's a story.

23 posted on 06/21/2015 4:05:55 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: bert

I have an extra fer him!


24 posted on 06/21/2015 4:07:23 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: All

I wonder what ACLU leftist will use an affirmative defense to defend this guy in court claiming he was distressed at the time...


25 posted on 06/21/2015 4:07:27 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Yup. Homey need boolits in his clips.


26 posted on 06/21/2015 4:08:56 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Bryanw92

He didnt use magazines. Thems were “clips” for foty-five boolits.


27 posted on 06/21/2015 4:10:44 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: nickcarraway
Charleston Shooter Tried to Kill Himself, But ‘He Ran Out of Bullets’

I'm sure the State of South Carolina will rectify the oversight, but not without spending lots of the taxpayers money on a trial and appeals.

28 posted on 06/21/2015 4:11:05 PM PDT by Jim Noble (If you can't discriminate, you are not free)
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To: nickcarraway

B.S. He is just a coward. If he really did not like black folks so much he would have drove into the ghetto and started shooting. But they would shot back.


29 posted on 06/21/2015 4:12:05 PM PDT by BBell (Identifies as a knight who says "NI"!!!!!! I want a shrubbery!!!!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Anther argument for carrying a 45. If the cops had carried them, they could have loaned him a bullet.


30 posted on 06/21/2015 4:13:42 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: aragorn

It was a Glock 41.


31 posted on 06/21/2015 4:14:46 PM PDT by mikeandike
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To: blueunicorn6
“but I believe on a semi-auto, the slide is back after the last round is fired from the magazine.

Half-wit knew it was empty.”

Exactly. He was using a G41 Glock. Glocks lock back after the last round. They have 10 or 13 rd capacity. I am calling BS on this story doesn't make sense. It smells of a tall tale made up for attention.

32 posted on 06/21/2015 4:16:28 PM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: BBell
B.S. He is just a coward. If he really did not like black folks so much he would have drove into the ghetto and started shooting. But they would shot back.

I totally concur. He shot the most vulnerable he could find that kept risk to himself at a minimum.

33 posted on 06/21/2015 4:17:58 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Polynikes

I would think their ears would be ringing so bad that it would be hard to hear the click.


34 posted on 06/21/2015 4:20:39 PM PDT by mikeandike
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To: nickcarraway

Put him in prison with African American males in general population: Now.


35 posted on 06/21/2015 4:24:23 PM PDT by toddausauras
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To: nickcarraway

Darwin Award.


36 posted on 06/21/2015 4:27:07 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We've seen this before. There's a master race. Now there's a master faith." Benjamin Netanyahu)
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To: blueunicorn6

He might have been a tad rattled, don’t you think?


37 posted on 06/21/2015 4:27:58 PM PDT by Misterioso (Islam is un-American.)
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To: Popman

Only DEA agents are professional enough to do that.


38 posted on 06/21/2015 4:30:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: nickcarraway

I call BS on this, if he wanted to die he would have offed himself..instead he fled to his Daddy’s house and was arrested with a smile on his face..he’s enjoying every second of this


39 posted on 06/21/2015 4:31:12 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BBell
B.S. He is just a coward. If he really did not like black folks so much he would have drove into the ghetto and started shooting. But they would shot back.

This is what killed me about this demon-possessed little punk druggie. Instead of going to a bad part of town where there are drug dealers and gang killers, he goes into a pristine church full of respectable people who probably were very nice to him and accused them of "raping our women" and shot upstanding people with good jobs, marriages, lives of integrity. This guy is a moron's moron. He has set back the 2A cause for decades with his idiocy. If you're going to do absolute evil, at least do it well. But no. He chose the "banality of evil."

40 posted on 06/21/2015 4:34:30 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We've seen this before. There's a master race. Now there's a master faith." Benjamin Netanyahu)
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