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Paintball Pranksters Get Gunfire
WPVI-6 Pittsburgh ^
| 08/13/03
| AP
Posted on 08/14/2003 4:45:27 PM PDT by Notforprophet
PITTSBURGH-August 13, 2003 — Two teens who drove around Pittsburgh shooting passers-by with paintball guns were shot with real bullets for apparently targeting the wrong group, police said.
Tracey Smedley, 19, was treated at UPMC Presbyterian hospital's emergency room and released Tuesday, said spokeswoman Jocelyn Uhl. She could not provide a condition for an unidentified 17-year-old.
Smedley, the 17-year-old and an 18-year-old man drove around a city neighborhood armed with paintball guns and wearing helmets and paintball vests, Pittsburgh police Lt. Philip Dacey said.
During their drive, the teens pelted children at a playground and shot at another group down the street, Dacey said.
When the teens turned around to tell the group on the street they were only shooting paintballs, someone returned fire with a gun, peppering the driver's side of the car with more than a dozen bullets, Dacey said.
Smedley was shot in the left arm, while the 17-year-old was hit in the buttocks. The teens then drove themselves to the hospital, Dacey said.
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These two kids are lucky to be alive. If they had pulled this stunt in Texas they'd both be in body bags.
NFP
To: mhking
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:45:49 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
To: Notforprophet
Never take a paintball gun to a real gunfight.
To: Semper Paratus
Never start a gunfight with a paintball gun!
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:49:57 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: xm177e2; Semper Paratus
Gems of wisdom from both of you.
NFP
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:50:35 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
To: Notforprophet
Already
posted . Odd, doesn't show up in a search.
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:51:42 PM PDT
by
lelio
To: Notforprophet
Someone shot my car with a paintball a couple weeks ago. I was not in it at the time. I remember thinking then that if they did that to the wrong person, they might get some return fire they weren't expecting.
To: Notforprophet
These two kids are lucky to be alive. If they had pulled this stunt in Texas they'd both be in body bags. Yes they are ....
8
posted on
08/14/2003 4:52:35 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: Notforprophet
Note to self: paintballs should only be fired at unarmed women. To be sure that they are unarmed, they must not be wearing clothing under which a weapon could be concealed.
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:55:35 PM PDT
by
Physicist
To: lelio
That is odd. I searched twice, since it was a story from yesterday. Thanks for the link.
NFP
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:56:07 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
To: Notforprophet
During their drive, the teens pelted children at a playground ... A gunshot in the arm and in the butt doesn't even things up after shooting into a playground, paintball gun or not. But a few years in the slam might.
11
posted on
08/14/2003 4:56:15 PM PDT
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
To: Physicist
LOL "Hunting for Bambi"
NFP
12
posted on
08/14/2003 4:56:47 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
To: Physicist
Shooting Bambi was exposed as untrue. DARN IT!! :-)
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posted on
08/14/2003 4:57:46 PM PDT
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA - Bring 'em home, or send us back! Semper Fi)
To: JoeSixPack1
Yeah, but it sure made me want to fly out to Vegas... :)
NFP
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posted on
08/14/2003 5:00:28 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: lelio
Already posted. Odd, doesn't show up in a search.The previous post got moved to General Interest, making it invisible to searches from News/Activism.
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posted on
08/14/2003 5:11:20 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: dighton; Admin Moderator
Ah. Thanks for the info.
AM - feel free to pull, if you must.
NFP
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posted on
08/14/2003 5:13:08 PM PDT
by
Notforprophet
(A leg of lamb, a jug of wine, and thou! Alone together, whistling in the darkness.)
To: Notforprophet
The mod worked quickly and silently. Your post just got moved to General Interest (chat) like the other.
18
posted on
08/14/2003 5:28:05 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
I'm still wiping tears from my eyes....
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
08/14/2003 7:11:36 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Cedar of Lebanon
If those punks had pulled that crap here in York County (PA), they'd be dead. Many carry (CCW), and many of us have AR-10s/ AR-15s/ .50cals in our vehicles. Not very smart to aim and shoot, willynilly, at Penna Citizens. Dittoes for Columbia County (PA); Taurus .357 Titanium works just fine for me!
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