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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.


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1 posted on 11/24/2003 11:41:49 AM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: Stone Mountain; All
Related thread.
2 posted on 11/24/2003 11:43:40 AM PST by dighton (Neo-Conservative Power Vortex™)
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To: Stone Mountain
wow ...what are the odds of that?
3 posted on 11/24/2003 11:46:06 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Stone Mountain; hchutch
Serves the stupid sheethead right...
4 posted on 11/24/2003 11:46:57 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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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 :^)
5 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....)
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To: Britton J Wingfield
Ohhhh....that's too bad ;)
6 posted on 11/24/2003 11:47:19 AM PST by cateizgr8
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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.
7 posted on 11/24/2003 11:47:29 AM PST by don-o (Germany 1932)
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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.

8 posted on 11/24/2003 11:48:23 AM PST by Onelifetogive
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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...

9 posted on 11/24/2003 11:49:01 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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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...

10 posted on 11/24/2003 11:49:01 AM PST by Poohbah ("Beware the fury of a patient man" -- John Dryden)
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To: Poohbah
This story would have had a happier ending if the bullet had exited his body via his scrotum.
11 posted on 11/24/2003 11:49:59 AM PST by LanPB01
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To: Stone Mountain
What goes up, must come down.
Lunacy.....
12 posted on 11/24/2003 11:50:08 AM PST by 76834
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