Woman says, ‘We’re ready for Ferguson,’ accidentally shoots self in head

Fox 13 SLC ^ | 24NOV2014 | Ashton Edwards

[Jack Hydrazine]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A woman appears to have accidentally fatally shot herself in the head with a gun bought to prepare for possible Ferguson-related unrest, according to sources briefed on the police investigation.

The shooting occurred Friday night in downtown St. Louis, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said, in an area dominated by vacant lots beside a football stadium.

The female victim, identified in a police report as Becca Campbell, 26, was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident.

Her 33-year-old boyfriend was driving, the sources told CNN.

The boyfriend, who wasn’t identified, told police that the couple had bought a gun because of fears of unrest related to the pending grand jury decision on the shooting of Michael Brown, the sources said.

He told investigators that as they drove late Friday night, the victim waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson, the sources said.

He ducked to get out of the way of the gun and accidentally rear-ended another car.

He said the accident caused the gun to go off and she was struck by a bullet in the head, the sources said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital but died.

The investigation is continuing because police want to be sure the story as told by the boyfriend is correct, the sources said.

Police are awaiting gun trace results, as part of the ongoing investigation.

[Baynative]

Ferguson protesters show crowd what matters to them.

[louie2]

Is there a blonde joke in here somewhere?

[Telepathic Intruder]

The boyfriend ducked to get out of the way? I would think everyone knows you don’t wave a loaded gun around like it’s a toy.

[jonrick46]

[Vaduz]

Have gun will travel ends in a bad way.

[sharkhawk]

I seen on other sources that the idiot was a brown/Obama supporter

[TexasCajun]

Thanks, saved me the time.

Waving a loaded & cocked firearm in a car is a sure recipe for an accident.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Sad, but stupid.

Why were they carrying a loaded gun now?

[Impy]

Never point a gun at something you aren’t prepared to kill.

[the OlLine Rebel]

They don’t buy, they steal.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Non-sequitur?

[Rainier1789]

Not only that. It also gives you the right to worship and peaceably assemble your gun.

[the OlLine Rebel]

You neglected, “don’t load a gun unless you want to use it”.

Never mind she was being so careless with it.

[jmacusa]

Basic gun safety: Treat every gun as if it were loaded. Know where the safety is and how to engage/disengage it. NEVER, NEVER draw a gun unless you intend to use it and use it to kill in defense or life or limb. And always double-tap.

[the OlLine Rebel]

No other witnesses?

He rear-ended a car!

[PLOM...NOT!]

I say bullsh*t to the BF story.

[vladimir998]

Actually he said, “When you pull a gun kill a man!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fDttVl_2PY

[Iron Munro]

Cleaning out the gene pool.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Uh, they were in an accident.

It is completely possible for the gun to end up pointing at her and hit in such a way to fire, never mind if her finger was on it.

Why does everyone assume safeties are on in these stories?