"...with the gun when it went off..."

[STW]

That's it. The gun just went off. Idiot. :banghead:



...A witness told investigators that a handgun was on the counter that evening but that he cleared the pistol's chamber and removed the magazine. After the gun was unloaded, the apartment's tenant placed it in a nightstand drawer in the bedroom, court documents said.

Court records say several people, including the victim, were talking in the living room when Walsh walked back to the bedroom and came out with the gun, pointed it at the victim's head and pulled the trigger, firing the bullet that struck Waldock.

Authorities have not yet established a motive.

"There was no fighting, no arguing, no altercation whatsoever," Light said. "It appears to be the execution of a man sitting on a couch doing nothing."

A witness told Walsh to call 911 after the shooting, police said. He did and then fled but was arrested outside the residence, officers said.

During a police interview, Walsh refused to speak and requested an attorney, police said. "He did make the spontaneous utterance that he was the one with the gun when it went off," a police investigator said in his report...

 

[SaMx]

cleared the chamber then removed the magazine.
Sounds like he did it backwards.

 

[MrRezister]

Back in my day you had to actually pull the trigger to kill someone with an unloaded gun. These newfangled gizmos are just making guns more dangerous every day.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

So he jacked a round in the chamber, removed the mag, then someone grabbed the gun, pulled the trigger, and it just went off Who would've thunk it!!??

 

[Crunker1337]

Whoever pulled the trigger is clearly at fault as they defied common-sense gun safety laws.

 

[kellyj00]

why in God's name would you point a gun at someone you don't want to kill in the first place?

That's just so ignorant to me that I don't know what to say. some folks are just too stupid to be allowed around the general population....for everyone's safety.

 

[tulsamal]

Yeah, the whole loaded/unloaded thing doesn't matter in the least. What matters is that you don't point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger unless you want them to be dead! It always amazes me when these types of articles show up. The person will swear they thought "the gun was unloaded." Who cares?! You don't point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger! Even if you are CONVINCED the gun is unloaded. Why is that so hard to understand?!!

People are strange.

Gregg

 

[brickeyee]

To bad the gene pool clorox got the wrong person here...

 

[kludge]

This is why I keep my guns loaded.

It's the unloaded ones that'll kill ya!

 

[WeThePeople]

Nit wit thinks he cleared the gun huh? What a freakin' idiot.

 

[plexreticle]

I'm sure it was unloaded right after he pulled the trigger.

 

[rlb]

I got a lesson in gun safety the other day. I was over at my buddy's house and his wife asked to see my pistol (she knows I carry one). I said, hey, sure. I dropped the mag and handed it to her. Before I could react, she pointed it right at her husband and pulled the trigger-- CLICK. Heh. Crazy woman. Good thing I took one out of the chamber before I went over there on account of their kids...

 

[migoi]

Holey gamoley...

do you get to serve as a witness at the divorce proceedings?

If he's not divorcing her, then she's not the only crazy one...

migoi

 

[mp510]

What matters is that you don't point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger unless you want them to be dead!

Right on! They actually charged a MN LEO with attempted murder (or possibly felony assault, I forget which) after an incident in which he drew his weapon and dry fired it (he forgot that that the chamber was empty) at his enraged neighbor who had assaulted him with shovel. He ended up getting off with a self defense -defense, but he had to make the case that he was have been justified in shooting the guy.

 

[theken206]

ummm so I guess that is one way to check if your weapon is unloaded.

 

[gbran]

Loaded or empty, we now know for a fact that it is always about shot placement.

 

[ExtremeDooty]

You don't point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger!

My Dad taught me that when I was six, and added, unless you mean to kill them. Even at six, I got it. It amazes me that adults, even if not taught as children, can't figure this out on their own without shooting someone.

 

[SoCalShooter]

During a police interview, Walsh refused to speak and requested an attorney, police said. "He did make the spontaneous utterance that he was the one with the gun when it went off," a police investigator said in his report.

Guys he never said he did not mean to pull the trigger he just said he was the one with the gun in his posession, he did not claim innocence.

 

[kludge]

Before I could react, she pointed it right at her husband and pulled the trigger-- CLICK. Heh. Crazy woman. Good thing I took one out of the chamber before I went over there on account of their kids...

Wow. Did someone smack her?

Poining a gun at someone...

Unloaded that's Class A misdemeanor in Indiana. Loaded, it's a felony.