FL: Crazy MIL shoots SIL w/ .22 Beretta, then lies to LEO's.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/ ... roward.php
Mod edit: Video in link contains profanity and graphic violence

The above is a text story as well as iPhone video of a crime.

In Tamarac, Florida, a 39 year old man went to his inlaws' house to pick up his son for a scheduled visit.
He was in the midst of a messy divorce and turned on his iPhone to record any problems that he would encounter
with his mother in law. He sure got a lot more than a cussing out.

She hid a .22 Beretta pistol behind her grandson's pillow, pulled it, shot 3 times, and hit the SIL twice. He survived by falling on
her and the gun jammed, preventing any further rounds from coming his way.

The MIL is now arrested for edit ATTEMPTED murder. She originally lied and told police that the SIL had pulled the gun and she gained
control of it and shot him in self defense.

SIA

[Thomas]

The MIL is now arrested for attempted murder. She originally lied and told police that the SIL had pulled the gun and she gained
control of it and shot him in self defense.

#correction

[The Annoyed Man]

.........She hid a .22 Beretta pistol behind her grandson's pillow, puled it, shot 3 times, and hit the SIL twice. He survived by falling on her and the gun jammed, preventing any further rounds from coming his way.

The MIL is now arrested for murder. She originally lied and told police that the SIL had pulled the gun and she gained control of it and shot him in self defense.

SIA

Reminds me of that joke.....a commuter plane with 20 souls on board crashes exactly on the Texas/Oklahoma state line. On which side do they bury the survivors?

[Pawpaw]

.........She hid a .22 Beretta pistol behind her grandson's pillow, puled it, shot 3 times, and hit the SIL twice. He survived by falling on her and the gun jammed, preventing any further rounds from coming his way.

The MIL is now arrested for murder. She originally lied and told police that the SIL had pulled the gun and she gained control of it and shot him in self defense.

SIA

Reminds me of that joke.....a commuter plane with 20 souls on board crashes exactly on the Texas/Oklahoma state line. On which side do they bury the survivors?

This is Texas. We don't bury survivors... unless they're Okies!

I think that fellow was quite charitable in his conversation with his MIL after she shot him. I believe I would have been putting all of my effort into turning her face into a puddle of goo.

[v-rog]

Note to self: Don't cross Mother-in-law this Christmas...and collect weapons at the door!

[The Annoyed Man]

.........She hid a .22 Beretta pistol behind her grandson's pillow, puled it, shot 3 times, and hit the SIL twice. He survived by falling on her and the gun jammed, preventing any further rounds from coming his way.

The MIL is now arrested for murder. She originally lied and told police that the SIL had pulled the gun and she gained control of it and shot him in self defense.

SIA

Reminds me of that joke.....a commuter plane with 20 souls on board crashes exactly on the Texas/Oklahoma state line. On which side do they bury the survivors?

This is Texas. We don't bury survivors...

Exactly.....which is why I was surprised to see that they apparently do bury the survivors in Florida.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

Thanks for alerting me to my faux pas about initially posting "murder" instead of the correct "attempted murder".
I have now edited the initial post to reflect that.

The police had not commented on who owned the gun.

If the gun actually belonged to the victim, but was taken from him without his knowledge by the wife or MIL,
maybe that's why the MIL thought she could shoot him and make up the "self defense" lies.

But if the Beretta's sales records from the FFL show that it was the MIL or SIL bought it, that's another nail in
the conviction coffin for MIL.

SIA

[tbrown]

I never understand why someone gets a shorter prison sentence just because their victim is lucky enough to survive.

[rp_photo]

Another lesson learned is that immediate, extended, and former family is often more of a danger than random strangers.