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‘Carjacker’ killed himself when shotgun went off as he tried to smash window
Metro ^ | 10/1/2019 | Chris Caulfield Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/27/carjacker-killed-himself-when-shotgun-we

Posted on 10/01/2019 10:00:15 AM PDT by Gamecock

A carjacker died after he accidentally blasted himself in the chest while trying to smash a window with the butt of his shotgun, an inquest has heard.

Officers investigating the death of Reece Ramsey-Johnson said they were satisfied there was ‘no third party involvement’ as they closed the probe into his killing.

Witnesses who saw the 22-year-old dying from gunshot wounds in the street outside a Lloyds bank in Sydenham on Sunday, September 8, said his own gun may have gone off when he used to to hit a car window.

Opening the inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court on Thursday September 26, Dr Andrew Harris confirmed the police investigation had now ended. He said: ‘The investigating officer is satisfied there is no third party involvement.

Witness testimony suggests the actions of the deceased led to his death, and the police are not conducting a criminal investigation. Adding: ‘There is reason to suspect this was an unnatural or violent death.’ Dr Harris adjourned the inquest for a full hearing in January A post-mortem examination found the cause of death was ‘shotgun wounds to the chest’.

Video footage taken at the time showed another masked man shouting ‘he’s shot himself — he’s f*****g shot himself’ as he crouched over Mr Ramsey-Johnson’s dying body.

A shopkeeper on the high street told MyLondon: ‘A group of guys were sitting in a car by the bank and a big guy came up to them with a shotgun.

Boris has 'no memory whatsoever' of leg groping but says 'it's not true' ‘They all got out of the car and ran so the guy decided to damage the car with the back of the gun. ‘As he was hitting the windows the gun went off and he shot himself – that’s what we’ve been told.’

No members of Mr Ramsey-Johnson’s family attended the brief court hearing. A 25-year-old man who had been arrested and taken into custody at the time has been released ‘with no further action’ being taken a spokesperson for the Met Police said.


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To: Gamecock

He must have went to the Ray Charles school of crime.


21 posted on 10/01/2019 10:15:56 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Gamecock
Some problems just solve themselves.

Of course, now his family will sue both the manufacturer of the shotgun and of the window, claiming defects in each led to the lad’s wrongful death.
22 posted on 10/01/2019 10:17:26 AM PDT by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: Gamecock

If Obama had a son...


23 posted on 10/01/2019 10:17:55 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Gamecock

Am I a bad person because I feel sorrow only for the people who have to clean up after him?


24 posted on 10/01/2019 10:19:15 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Gamecock

A Whitey company made the shotgun, so they will be sued.

He killed himself, and deserved to die. Same goes for anyone who does a home invasion, or carjacking. Glad that no innocent Whitey is being arrested for this death. It turned out for the better.


25 posted on 10/01/2019 10:20:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Gamecock

Watching movies taught the boy the right way to handle a loaded gun.


26 posted on 10/01/2019 10:20:36 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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Uh oh...suit against the manufacturer of the shotgun, shotshell, and car in 3...2...1.........but otoh there is poetic justice....


27 posted on 10/01/2019 10:28:14 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Gamecock

Finally, A feel good story, for a change lately.


28 posted on 10/01/2019 10:29:09 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Gamecock

Nominated for a Darwin Award?


29 posted on 10/01/2019 10:32:48 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: Gamecock

Hi.

A Darwin award winner. The gene pool thanks him.

5.56mm


30 posted on 10/01/2019 10:35:07 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

that’s the wrong johnson...

oh well.

all the news that is fit to cut and paste.


31 posted on 10/01/2019 10:37:23 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Gamecock

In some areas of the USA, the police report would indicate “NHI”.


32 posted on 10/01/2019 10:38:24 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Gamecock; All

But, but he was getting his life together! Had plans to enroll in community college, he was an aspiring rapper, etc. etc. ad nauseum


33 posted on 10/01/2019 10:41:00 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: Gamecock

This is what “Hey Jackass” calls a “selfie”.


34 posted on 10/01/2019 10:43:15 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Gamecock

Was that a modified bump stock?


35 posted on 10/01/2019 10:46:28 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“Am I a bad person because I feel sorrow only for the people who have to clean up after him?”

IMHO...No.


36 posted on 10/01/2019 10:49:21 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Gamecock
Video footage taken at the time showed another masked man shouting ‘he’s shot himself — he’s f*****g shot himself’

I Just F*****g Shot Myself - The Musical

37 posted on 10/01/2019 10:51:49 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Gamecock

If Obama had a son...


38 posted on 10/01/2019 10:53:48 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; Spirochete

The OP evidently caught a sidebar advertising another story when he cut and pasted. It now reads “Missing nurse, 23, last seen leaving hospital after night shift”.

I guess they got tired of the BoJo stuff...


39 posted on 10/01/2019 11:00:21 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Gamecock

Most painful elimination of the day, Ken !

40 posted on 10/01/2019 11:00:36 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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