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UPDATE: Police say downtown shooting was self-inflicted
South Bend Tribune ^ | 16 Jan 2012 | Jeff Harrell

Posted on 01/17/2012 11:27:49 AM PST by smokingfrog

SOUTH BEND -- A daylong celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ended when a South Bend teenager allegedly shot himself fleeing police.

The 16-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was seen lying on the ground next to the Knute Rockne statue in front of the College Football Hall of Fame when police and emergency medical units arrived Monday following the days MLK events at the Century Center.

South Bend Police Division Chief Gary Horvath said the teen suffered a very superficial gunshot wound to the left arm.

The incident occurred at about 5:30 p.m. as a large crowd exited the Century Center following the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

(Excerpt) Read more at articles.southbendtribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: banglist; martinlutherking; shooting

1 posted on 01/17/2012 11:27:57 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Historical reenactment gone horribly wrong?


2 posted on 01/17/2012 11:32:07 AM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25% MORE sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: smokingfrog
A pearl-handled handgun believed to be the firearm witnesses saw brandished earlier by the victim was recovered by police from a snowbank near the Century Center about 20 minutes after the teen was hauled away to an area hospital.

"Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whore house would carry a pearl-handled revolver."


3 posted on 01/17/2012 11:40:04 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: smokingfrog

Since that crap newspaper had no comments after the article I may assume that the idiot was Amish or a yute. But NO we cannot ask our “betters” what culture exactly are we talking about that makes our cities so dystopic.


4 posted on 01/17/2012 11:54:03 AM PST by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: smokingfrog
This gives new meaning to “gun control” — perp shoots himself with his own gun while fleeing the cops? How cool is that?
5 posted on 01/17/2012 12:00:48 PM PST by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: smokingfrog

By next sunday’s editorial page it will have become an ‘urban assault weapon’ this poor unfortunate youth was forced to carry to defend himself against roving tea partiers.

Shot himself while turning his life around and lost his balance.


6 posted on 01/17/2012 12:55:04 PM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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