Texas Rangers investigate shooting of teen lesbian couple

msnbc ^ | 06/27/2012 | Miranda Leitsinger

[Responsibility2nd]

Texas Rangers have joined the investigation into the shooting of two teenage girls at a South Texas park last weekend that left one of the young women dead and the other severely injured, a state public safety spokesman said Tuesday.

Portland Police had asked the Texas Rangers for help, kiiitv.com reported, and Rangers were at the park on Tuesday looking for clues near where the pair was found.

"The Texas Rangers are assisting in the Portland investigation. We offered our assistance and they accepted and we have been actively involved in the investigation since Sunday," Tom Vinger, spokesman for Texas Department of Public Safety, wrote to msnbc.com in an email.

[Responsibility2nd]

No evidence lesbian couple were targeted, Texas police say

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎

HOUSTON -- South Texas police released new information late Tuesday that they have found no evidence a lesbian couple shot at a local park Saturday were targeted because they were lesbians. "A motive in this case has not been established," Portland, ...

 

Lesbian couple shot in Texas, one killed; police seek motive

Los Angeles Times - ‎Jun 26, 2012‎

HOUSTON -- An 18-year-old south Texas woman is in serious but stable condition Tuesday, and her 19-year-old girlfriend dead, after an unknown attacker shot them both at close range last weekend at a park in the Gulf Coast town of Portland.

 

2 lesbian teens shot; police say no sign of hate crime

AZ Central.com - ‎19 hours ago‎

26, 2012 06:16 PM The police chief of a small Texas Gulf town says there's no evidence that the deadly shooting of a teenage lesbian couple is a hate crime, The Corpus Christi Caller Times reports. "There's no evidence to suggest that this crime was ...

 

No suspects in shooting of Texas lesbian couple

Washington Blade - ‎2 hours ago‎

By Phil Reese on June 27, 2012 Two young lesbians in Texas were shot over the weekend, killing one of the girls. A national outcry has followed news that on Saturday morning, Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and Mary Christine Chapa, 18, were found in a Corpus ...

 

Lesbian couple shot: friend says relationship was 'a readily accepted thing'

Examiner.com - ‎5 hours ago‎

A lesbian couple who were shot in Portland, Texas Friday at midnight were two teenage girls at a South Texas park just north of Corpus Christi. Friends are reacting to the news over the senseless violence that killed Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, ...

 

Police investigate whether teen lesbian couple shot in park were victims of ...

New York Daily News - ‎Jun 26, 2012‎

Portland Police Chief Randy Wright said the case was being investigated as a murder, and cops couldn't rule out that the two were singled out because they were lesbians. "That's always something that we're looking for, but as of this point, ...

 

Mollie Olgin & Mary Chapa: Teen Lesbian Couple Shot, Left to Die In Woods

Houston Press (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎

The gays and lesbians are already molding this story into something that fits their narrative. Let me point out that we know nothing about what happened in that park, except that two people were shot and left for dead. Those two girls may have been ...

 

Teen Lesbian Couple Found Shot in Park

KTLA - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

PORTLAND, Texas -- Two teenagers, believed to be dating, were found shot in the head in a small south Texas town. Authorities have not said whether the victims' sexual orientation played a part in the shooting, but the police chief of the town said the ...

 

Texas teen lesbians thought to be targeted in fatal park shooting

Yahoo! News Blogs (blog) - ‎Jun 26, 2012‎

Investigators told KRIS-TV that the women likely "walked with their assailant down a trail into knee-deep grass, where they were shot with a large caliber handgun." Olgin's roommate, Samantha Garrett, told KZTV she has been "trying to think of anybody ...

 

Vigils planned for lesbian teens shot in Texas

Xtra.ca (blog) - ‎21 hours ago‎

BY NATASHA BARSOTTI – Friends and family of two teen lesbians who were shot in Portland, Texas over the weekend have organized a candlelight vigil and walk in the park where they were found lying in knee-high grass. Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, ...

 

Teenage Lesbian Couple Found Shot in Texas: No Suspects, No Motive

The Inquisitr - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

Two teenage lesbians were found shot in the head in a south Texas park on Saturday, and police currently have not announced any motive or arrested any suspects for the crime. The weekend shooting at Violet Andrews Park left one teen dead and the other ...

 

Lesbian Couple Shot In Texas, One Died From Her Injuries

Lez Get Real - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

Two teenage lesbians were found shot in the head in a park in Portland, Texas Saturday. One of them died from her injuries and the other clings to life. Police are still searching for their assailants. Nineteen-year-old Mollie Judith Olgin and ...

 

Teenage Lesbians Mollie Olgin and Mary Chapa Gunned Down in Texas Park

Opposing Views - ‎21 hours ago‎

They were both shot by this unknown assailant; one is dead and the other in critical condition, so maybe when she is able to, she can give the police more information (we can only hope). Whether one agrees with this same sex relationships or not, ...

 

Teenage Lesbians Found Shot in Texas

Newser - ‎Jun 25, 2012‎

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff (Newser) – Two teenage lesbians were found shot in the head in a south Texas park on Saturday, and police have no apparent motive or suspect, MSNBC reports. Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, was dead on the scene, ...

 

No Martyrdom...Yet: Mollie Judith Olgin's Death Hangs On The Life of Mary ...

OpEdNews - ‎4 hours ago‎

And while they weren't extremely overt about the relationship, their pride in that bond have caught the attention of someone who didn t like it: last Friday, both girls were shot in the head at close range. They were found 8 hours after the shooting.

 

  More. Much, much more.....

[Responsibility2nd]

Hmm. A local crime is garnering national attention. Gee. I wonder why?

[THE_RAIDER]

They built a home that used no nails at all it was all tongue and groove.

[humblegunner]

And while they weren't extremely overt about the relationship, their pride in that bond

Well, at least they had that whole shame thing licked.

[circlecity]

The bet this was the work of the Son of Samantha.

[Leep]

Taking a wild guess. Murder failed suicide.

[Leep]

Or, maybe a triangle?

[Cyber Liberty]

I think the Rangers have a good chance. They’re leading AL West with 46-29 (.613).

Oh wait...sorry...

[dfwgator]

Jilted ex-lover?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Lesbians: The best cabinet carpenters around!

[TurboZamboni]

[G Larry]

Given some thought, you may have recognized the triangle was the focus all along....

[VikingMom]

“Taking a wild guess. Murder failed suicide.”

...in which case it will immediately disappear from the news because rather than feed into a false hate crime narrative, it would suddenly become yet another instance of gay on gay violence (which we aren't allowed to mention because facts are such inconvenient things!)

[THE_RAIDER]

Had to read that one twice. LOL

[G Larry]

Just want to thank you for providing the graphics for my post #12.....

[THE_RAIDER]

Bet the Texas Rangers will have this one solved lickety-split.

[Neoliberalnot]

If the couple had been normal—maybe one local story would have been adequate.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Taking a wild guess. Murder failed suicide.

Unlikely: "Wright said police had recovered a bullet casing from a large-caliber gun at the scene, leading investigators to believe the shootings occurred where the pair was found, but they haven’t found the weapon."

Someone who has shot themself in the head (and badly enough to be in critical condition) probably isn't in a state to hide the gun where the police can't find it.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

If the couple had been normal—maybe one local story would have been adequate.

Nah. A couple of teenagers shot in a park? That'd be big local news almost anywhere. Maybe even a national story or two (if the wires picked up the local stories). Certainly not as much attention as this has gotten, but certainly more than "one local story."

[Vendome]

That’s to bad. Cute girls and I’m sure they are missed by their parents and family.

Hope they catch the perpetrators and deal with them severely.