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Woman says, ‘We’re ready for Ferguson,’ accidentally shoots self in head
Fox 13 SLC ^
| 24NOV2014
| Ashton Edwards
Posted on 11/25/2014 7:47:21 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A woman appears to have accidentally fatally shot herself in the head with a gun bought to prepare for possible Ferguson-related unrest, according to sources briefed on the police investigation.
The shooting occurred Friday night in downtown St. Louis, the citys Metropolitan Police Department said, in an area dominated by vacant lots beside a football stadium.
The female victim, identified in a police report as Becca Campbell, 26, was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident.
Her 33-year-old boyfriend was driving, the sources told CNN.
The boyfriend, who wasnt identified, told police that the couple had bought a gun because of fears of unrest related to the pending grand jury decision on the shooting of Michael Brown, the sources said.
He told investigators that as they drove late Friday night, the victim waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson, the sources said.
He ducked to get out of the way of the gun and accidentally rear-ended another car.
He said the accident caused the gun to go off and she was struck by a bullet in the head, the sources said.
The victim was rushed to a hospital but died.
The investigation is continuing because police want to be sure the story as told by the boyfriend is correct, the sources said.
Police are awaiting gun trace results, as part of the ongoing investigation.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; banglist; ferguson; head; kenyanbornmuzzie; missouri; self; shoots; waronterror
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Ferguson protesters show crowd what matters to them.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:02:18 AM PST
by
Baynative
(Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
To: Baynative
Is there a blonde joke in here somewhere?
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:03:55 AM PST
by
louie2
(Simply a diversion)
To: Jack Hydrazine
The boyfriend ducked to get out of the way? I would think everyone knows you don’t wave a loaded gun around like it’s a toy.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:04:08 AM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:05:52 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Have gun will travel ends in a bad way.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:09:57 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: VerySadAmerican
I seen on other sources that the idiot was a brown/Obama supporter
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:11:22 AM PST
by
sharkhawk
(Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
To: PreciousLiberty
Thanks, saved me the time.
Waving a loaded & cocked firearm in a car is a sure recipe for an accident.
To: Jack Hydrazine
Sad, but stupid.
Why were they carrying a loaded gun now?
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:12:33 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Jack Hydrazine; NFHale; sickoflibs; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker
Never point a gun at something you aren’t prepared to kill.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:12:46 AM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: VerySadAmerican
They don’t buy, they steal.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:13:02 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Logical me
Non-sequitur?
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:13:57 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Not only that. It also gives you the right to worship and peaceably assemble your gun.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:15:06 AM PST
by
Rainier1789
(My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
To: PreciousLiberty
You neglected, “don’t load a gun unless you want to use it”.
Never mind she was being so careless with it.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:15:13 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Basic gun safety: Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Know where the safety is and how to engage/disengage it. NEVER, NEVER draw a gun unless you intend to use it and use it to kill in defense or life or limb. And always double-tap.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:15:54 AM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: V_TWIN
No other witnesses?
He rear-ended a car!
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:17:26 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I say bullsh*t to the BF story.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:17:46 AM PST
by
PLOM...NOT!
(Checking in from Wisconsin)
Comment #37 Removed by Moderator
To: steve8714
To: Jack Hydrazine
Cleaning out the gene pool.
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:19:16 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Obama "I stand with the 2/3 who were too lazy, disinterested, stupid or dead to vote")
To: Eva
Uh, they were in an accident.
It is completely possible for the gun to end up pointing at her and hit in such a way to fire, never mind if her finger was on it.
Why does everyone assume safeties are on in these stories?
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posted on
11/25/2014 8:19:29 AM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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