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Bullet fired during KKK ceremony hits participant
AP (Salon) ^
| Nov. 24, 2003
| AP
Posted on 11/24/2003 11:41:48 AM PST by Stone Mountain
Bullet fired during KKK ceremony hits participant
Nov. 24, 2003 | JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) --
A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.
Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.
About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as
Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.
A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.
Freeman fled the ceremony but was arrested near his home, authorities said. He was released on $7,500 bail.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Tennessee
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:43:40 AM PST
by
dighton
(Neo-Conservative Power Vortex™)
To: Stone Mountain
wow ...what are the odds of that?
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:46:06 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Stone Mountain; hchutch
Serves the stupid sheethead right...
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:46:57 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
To: Stone Mountain
Bwahahahahahaha.....
The question of the day is..."How could the guy be critical when the bullet didn't hit a vital organ???"
NeverGore :^)
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:47:17 AM PST
by
nevergore
(Please return your seat trays and seat backs to their full and upright position....)
To: Britton J Wingfield
Ohhhh....that's too bad ;)
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:47:19 AM PST
by
cateizgr8
To: joesnuffy
Mine is from the local paper. This 'un from the AP. Tried to post from home at lunch, but the site kept locking on me.
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:47:29 AM PST
by
don-o
(Germany 1932)
To: Stone Mountain
A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.Being a Klansman...at least there were no vital organs that could have been injured.
To: nevergore
The question of the day is..."How could the guy be critical when the bullet didn't hit a vital organ???"Man, that bullet had tremendous penetration, to hit the guy's head and inflict severe damage after passing through his buttocks...
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:49:01 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
To: nevergore
The question of the day is..."How could the guy be critical when the bullet didn't hit a vital organ???"Man, that bullet had tremendous penetration, to hit the guy's head and inflict severe damage after passing through his buttocks...
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:49:01 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
To: Poohbah
This story would have had a happier ending if the bullet had exited his body via his scrotum.
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:49:59 AM PST
by
LanPB01
To: Stone Mountain
What goes up, must come down.
Lunacy.....
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posted on
11/24/2003 11:50:08 AM PST
by
76834
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