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Charleston Shooter Tried to Kill Himself, But ‘He Ran Out of Bullets’
New York Post ^ | June 21, 2015 | Rebecca Harshbarger

Posted on 06/21/2015 3:47:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The racist madman who slaughtered nine people in a historic South Carolina church tried to kill himself after the massacre, according to the son of one of the victims.

“He pointed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger, but it went ‘click,’ because the chamber was empty,” Kevin Singleton, whose mother, Myra Thompson, 59 was killed, told The Los Angeles Times .

“His plan was never to leave that church.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; charleston; dylannroof; kevinsingleton; myrathompson; scchurchshooting; secondamendment; southcarolina; suicide
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To: Popman
"...or dropped the magazine out first...and then tried to off himself... "

Forgetting about the round in the chamber...

61 posted on 06/21/2015 6:31:59 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Karl Spooner

He couldn’t get through the 9th grade, so he dropped out!!!!


62 posted on 06/21/2015 7:09:36 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: BenLurkin

Back in the day, we had a saying about “kicking everybody’s butt” and starting with yourself so you didn’t miss anyone.


63 posted on 06/21/2015 7:23:35 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: Sooth2222

WM stops Ammo sales at 8PM IIRC.


64 posted on 06/21/2015 10:57:01 PM PDT by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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To: newnhdad
I wonder what ACLU leftist will use an affirmative defense to defend this guy in court claiming he was distressed at the time..

They will NOT defend this miscreant He violated their rules. He is white and shot and killed ‘brothers’

65 posted on 06/22/2015 3:02:22 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.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Not all semis lock the slide back when the last round is fired. It is also very possible to fire the last shot and not notice the slide is locked back - lots of noise and no ear protection have an effect and not telling how he was holding the weapon when firing the last few rounds - might not have been in line of sight.


66 posted on 06/22/2015 3:24:03 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: nickcarraway

Provide him a bullet.


67 posted on 06/22/2015 9:38:00 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Vaquero

They defended Illinois Nazis.


68 posted on 06/22/2015 10:44:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Recently? Or in the 60s. Sounds like the blues brothers. But I do remember the actual occurrence being many decades ago. Times change


69 posted on 06/22/2015 10:54:39 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.)
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To: MAKOTHEDOG

He was apprehended, without a fight, 250 miles or so away.

I’m sure there were plent of nice trees and bridge abutments along the way that he could have kamikazied into at 120mph. Slightly messier than putting a bullet into your head, but just as if not more effective.

He’ll do ok in genpop. Prisons have pretty decent representation by members of the Aryan Brotherhood and other white supremicist terrorist orgs. They’ll see him as a hero and will protect him.


70 posted on 06/22/2015 11:09:10 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Vaquero

1977


71 posted on 06/22/2015 11:14:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Near 3 decades. ACLU is much more marxist then they were back then. Thanks to the regime’s paradigm. They would at least pretend to be even handed back then.


72 posted on 06/22/2015 11:27:44 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.)
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