Elegante shooting gets man 10 years behind bars
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:00 pm
This was a sad but intriguing situation, and it really hits a nerve as I too travel and spend many months in hotels.
I have a close relative who is in management at the Elegante Hotel who gave me a copy of the report; I will share more if and when I find it.
The victim, Gregory Fleniken was found in bed with a bullet wound to his groin and his door was locked from the inside. The police could find hardly any evidence. Fleniken was well respected and had a solid reputation. For days everyone was befuddled as to how and why would someone with this guy's credentials be killed.
In the neighboring room, Lance Mueller was drinking with others. He was drunkenly showing off with a 9mm and pointing it at the others. The gun discharged and penetrated the wall hitting the sleeping Fleniken in the groin. The bullet continued upwards, broke a rib which then hit the heart and shocked it. If the bullet had been 2" higher it would have missed the body but may have hit Fleniken in the chin. Poor guy, nice family man, living by the rules & minding his own business.
Mueller patched the hole in the wall. (tooth paste and toilet paper if I recall correctly) The next morning Mueller and his roomate saw the activity in and around the victim's room. He realized that he probably had shot someone. He later contacted a lawyer who locked the gun in a safe. Mueller then went back to his home in Wisconsin.
I dont remember the details but the lawyer was dealing with the police while asserting the attorney/client privilege. I was worried that this guy would get off a lot easier than he did.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/ ... to-3660863
I have a close relative who is in management at the Elegante Hotel who gave me a copy of the report; I will share more if and when I find it.
The victim, Gregory Fleniken was found in bed with a bullet wound to his groin and his door was locked from the inside. The police could find hardly any evidence. Fleniken was well respected and had a solid reputation. For days everyone was befuddled as to how and why would someone with this guy's credentials be killed.
In the neighboring room, Lance Mueller was drinking with others. He was drunkenly showing off with a 9mm and pointing it at the others. The gun discharged and penetrated the wall hitting the sleeping Fleniken in the groin. The bullet continued upwards, broke a rib which then hit the heart and shocked it. If the bullet had been 2" higher it would have missed the body but may have hit Fleniken in the chin. Poor guy, nice family man, living by the rules & minding his own business.
Mueller patched the hole in the wall. (tooth paste and toilet paper if I recall correctly) The next morning Mueller and his roomate saw the activity in and around the victim's room. He realized that he probably had shot someone. He later contacted a lawyer who locked the gun in a safe. Mueller then went back to his home in Wisconsin.
I dont remember the details but the lawyer was dealing with the police while asserting the attorney/client privilege. I was worried that this guy would get off a lot easier than he did.
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/ ... to-3660863
Pretty much the same for all types of crimes.