Posted on 03/18/2019 5:09:08 AM PDT by simpson96
A BB pellet may be stuck in a man’s neck for the rest of his life after he was shot by a woman with a BB gun in a North Side Chicago Starbucks Wednesday.
The man said he was sitting next to a woman in the middle of the afternoon at an Andersonville Starbucks when she unexpectedly opened fire.
“She was sitting right next to me so I was hit in the neck,” the victim, who wished to remain anonymous for safety concerns, said. “Of course everyone in Starbucks was standing up, staring at me, and somebody said, ‘You’re bleeding.’”
Police said they responded to a “mental health disturbance” just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 5300 block of North Clark Street. Authorities said a woman fired shots from a “pellet gun” leaving “several victims” wounded.
“Had it been a real gun we probably wouldn’t be talking today because she was standing about three feet away from me when she shot it,” the man said.(snip)
Rich McMurray was in the coffee shop when the pellets began to fly.
“We heard a noise and everyone was kind of looking around,” he said. “I saw a couple people holding their neck—and everyone was just kind of shocked, it seemed like, and wasn’t really sure what happened.”
The 50-year-old victim who was shot in the neck said an x-ray determined the pellet was lodged and cannot be removed.
“It’s safer to leave the BB in my neck instead of performing surgery on my neck, which could be riskier,” he said.
The victim said that he’s not only grateful for his life, he’s also thinking of the woman involved.
“I don’t feel angry,” he said. “I feel like I just hope that she gets the help that she needs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
Concealed carry is legal in Chicago. She’s lucky she wasn’t killed on the spot.
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Tweezers. If you can see it, remove it.
No description of the shooter, which is in itself a description.
Blanca Montanez
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/03/14/starbucks-pellet-gun-blanca-montanez-aggravated-battery/
Ron White was at a Starbucks in Chitcago? d;^)
You don’t really need a description of the shooter, it’s Chicago. I am sure it was a DemoRat...Lib.
“THe moose shoulda told you. It could break the skin
He should have been carrying and returned fire, killing his assailant.
If it’s a steel pellet, a rare earth magnet will suck it out in a jiffy.
Okay, news experts, that’s obviously NOT a pellet.
Heh, great reference!
BB
She fired at others too. Then resisted arrest outside. She apparently did not pull the gun on the coppers
because two things would have happened, one good one bad. The good, she would have been terminated. The bad, the coppers would be facing scrutiny and perhaps fines and jail for killing some POS who only had a BB gun.
“I don’t feel angry,” he said. “I feel like I just hope that she gets the help that she needs.”
That’s sweet.
Thanks.
Oh no. He said he isn’t angry and just wants her to get help. Pfft. What crap.
There goes my Red Ryder.
Shameless flirt. She needs to get la*d.
Is her phone number etched on the BB?
There's no "fire" involved when shooting a BB gun...
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