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Man shot by friend when prank goes wrong
ABC2News ^
| May 15, 2012
| staff reporter
Posted on 05/15/2012 9:22:52 AM PDT by Daffynition
ELKTON, Md. (WMAR) - A man is recovering after being shot by his best friend in a prank that went wrong.
Cecil County spokesperson Lt. Michael Holmes says deputies responded to the 600 block of Blue Ball Road in Elkton at about 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
Holmes says the victim in this case was a recent victim of a home burglary and was telling his friend about it and saying that he could easily be a victim as well and that he needed to better secure his home.
The victim went to his friends home early that morning to pull a prank on him, just to show him how unsafe his home was. The victim wiggled a door handle that lead to where his friend and his 9-year-old child were sitting inside.
The shooter quickly grabbed his 9-millimeter handgun and opened the door. The victim rushed inside the home and growled at his friend, at that point, the shooter shot his friend in the chest.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: banglist; oops; prank; shooting
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To: Daffynition
Reminds me of the family camping in bear country...teenage nephews pretended to be bears trashing the uncles tent at night...uncle fired his model 29 through the tent killing 1 nephew.
Not an overly bright practice joke...in retrospect
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posted on
05/15/2012 10:45:27 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
Prankster was lucky the load wasn’t FMJ.
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posted on
05/15/2012 10:48:55 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Daffynition
Consider it a public service. Now I know that when somebody comes bursting through my door growling I will NOT shoot him with a 9mm handgun.
I'm thinking in terms of buckshot. Two warning shots to the torso, one to the head, and then yell "halt!" At that point if he says "just kidding" we'll pop a top on a brewski and laugh the whole thing off.
To: taxcontrol
To quote Foxworthy: “Here’s you sign!”
To: Billthedrill
I was thinking in a similar vein....a 12 gu. at close range would be very, very ugly.
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posted on
05/15/2012 10:57:10 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Daffynition
Gee, I wonder if alcohol was involved?
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posted on
05/15/2012 10:57:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: JaguarXKE
Uhhh ...
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posted on
05/15/2012 11:06:01 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
("No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full" (Sulla))
To: BlueLancer
Do’h! Well, I guess that’s my sign!
To: Hot Tabasco
Producers are probably just filling a need....
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posted on
05/15/2012 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Daffynition
The victim went to his friends home...to show him how unsafe his home was.He succeeded.
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posted on
05/15/2012 11:24:11 AM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
(See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
To: Daffynition
The victim went to his friends home early that morning to pull a prank on him, just to show him how unsafe his home was. Afterwords they were going to go break into the tiger's cage at the zoo.
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posted on
05/15/2012 11:42:31 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Migrating elephant herds react badly to flaming motor homes and dry ice doesn't repel killer bees)
To: Daffynition
Gu.—Gu.— wake up, very very stupid, or is that your idea of an abbreviation for “gulp”?
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posted on
05/15/2012 11:46:54 AM PDT
by
Gertie
To: Gertie
>>Gu.Gu.<<
Is that code for *double tap?*
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posted on
05/15/2012 1:18:58 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Hunton Peck
Must be the origin of the maxim: *Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.*
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posted on
05/15/2012 1:20:47 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
To: Daffynition
Take that zombie Bill Murray.
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posted on
05/15/2012 1:31:45 PM PDT
by
sbMKE
To: taxcontrol
The home owner did the right thing - protect his home against a perceived threat. By rushing and growling, the attacker proved the perception reasonable by acting as an attacker.
We can’t let teens get off on “I’m not robbing, it’s a prank!” for entering others homes.
And this adult should have known better.
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:54:49 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: taxcontrol; All
ROTFLMAO well said & in this case it sure does .
To: Daffynition; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ..
I’m thinking Darwin Award. Does anybody know if the victim had kids?
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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posted on
05/15/2012 9:37:39 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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