Posted on 05/05/2009 9:20:43 AM PDT by arbooz
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL -- A central Florida radio talk show host has lost his job, several days after being arrested for allegedly shooting and injuring his wife and dog.
Officials at Clear Channel Communications terminated 43-year-old Shannon Burke's contract on Monday. He had hosted a show on Real Radio 104.1
Authorities say Burke was at his Altamonte Springs home Thursday night when he fired a shot that went through his dog's leg and then grazed his wife. Burke told deputies that he had become angry with the animal and began waiving around the gun, which he thought was unloaded. That turned out not to be the case.
Burke's bail was set at $10,000, but he was still being held Monday for an Orange County probation violation.
No big deal
Please tell me he was fired for being a moron and a thug who has no idea how to handle firearms, and not because the animal rights advocates are upset that he shot the dog too "by accident".
I guess he’ll miss that dog.
..And I thought I had a face for Radio. Yikes...
Don’t tell me he hosted Gun Talk.
Ed Schultz shot and killed his dog and now he’s on MSNBC. This might have been a calculated career move.
Always smile for your mugshot.
He was angry at the dog so he thought waving a gun around at it might scare it into beahaving as he liked? I don’t get it.
Sounds like an idiot - and a lame excuse.
Does the wife have a version of the story?
A central Florida radio talk show host has lost his job, several days after being arrested for allegedly shooting and injuring his wife and dog.
Democrat? The dog I mean...
You can’t fix stupid!
Yeah. She's standing by her man.
Savage has been banned from England for extreme views (on Drudge right now) ....
All the elements you need for a country song are there...
I miss my ex-wife but my aim is improving.
Practice, practice, practice.
You’re right- it’s no big deal- except that it was a really, really STUPID thing to do..
Sound like a jerk. Waving a gun and not checking it first violates many safety rules.
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