Hug Triggers Officer's Gun, Kills Woman

[fannypacker]

This simply sounds implausable to me.

[recaffeination]

Maybe if he was dancing on a table.

[74novaman]

I think there just might be a little more to this story.....

[steveincowtown]

Same thing happen to my Uncle Mike.

[RHenriksen]

I think the folks in this forum are probably unaware of the, um, intimate nature of modern dancing. It's actually pretty easy for me to picture a 'dancing' configuration that would generate the appropriate angles, but describing it would probably violate the 8 year old daughter rule in effect here!

[teri]

Did I understand correctly: it was a party at his house and he didn't know the girl?

[philip964]

Made Houston Chronicle and Drudge Reports today. Obviously guns are unsafe even when worn by professionals.

I suspect this will get a lot of mileage now.

[RPB]

Did I understand correctly: it was a party at his house and he didn't know the girl?

correct

[C-dub]

Did I understand correctly: it was a party at his house and he didn't know the girl?

correct

Yup. She was a guest of another invited guest.

[C-dub]

I think the folks in this forum are probably unaware of the, um, intimate nature of modern dancing. It's actually pretty easy for me to picture a 'dancing' configuration that would generate the appropriate angles, but describing it would probably violate the 8 year old daughter rule in effect here!

I don't know about that. I still remember break dancing.

[bigbang]

I think the folks in this forum are probably unaware of the, um, intimate nature of modern dancing. It's actually pretty easy for me to picture a 'dancing' configuration that would generate the appropriate angles, but describing it would probably violate the 8 year old daughter rule in effect here!

The story said he was dancing with his wife when the other woman was shot. Based on that style of dancing, it makes it even more likely the interloper was shot by his wife instead of it being some freak dance accident.

[JJVP]

Some additional details here

 David Balash, a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner, told the AP:
"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue. I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 110 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."

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[Right2Carry]

Some additional details here

 David Balash, a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner, told the AP:
"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue. I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 110 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."

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Gotta agree. I don't believe the officers story at all. Now maybe if the deceased was a midget it might be plausible but still highly unlikely.

[VMI77]

Some additional details here

 David Balash, a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner, told the AP:
"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue. I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 110 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."

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Gotta agree. I don't believe the officers story at all. Now maybe if the deceased was a midget it might be plausible but still highly unlikely.

But note something else from the article.....the media managed to get a couple of quips in to serve their agenda:

The mother of a Detroit woman shot and killed while dancing with an off-duty police officer questioned Monday why he would carry a loaded gun at a party in his own backyard.

See, there is something nefarious about having a gun in your own backyard --even for a cop. On duty is one thing...but in your own backyard?

"Why do you need a gun at your own house? Why do you need a gun at your own party?" she asked. McNair said she would be watching the police investigation closely.

Why does anyone need a gun at their own house? Ya see, the police should check their weapons in at the station when they go off duty, like those sensible Europeans do --because NO ONE needs a gun at their own house.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

Yes, why would a LEO who arrests bad boys all day in his job, ever have to worry about someone harming him?

SIA