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A Peoria man that was going to be the best man in a friend's wedding was accidentally shot and killed near Prescott by the groom-to-be. The shooter told police he thought the gun was empty before intentionally pointing it at the victim and pulling the trigger.
These negligence killings piss me off and bring back really bad memories. In 1986, Steve, one of my best friends and former roommate, was shot while deer hunting in Southern New Mexico. Another person in the party had shot a deer, and he went running down a steep hillside to inspect his trophy.
He was running with his rifle over his shoulder, and when he stumbled and almost fell, he squeezed the trigger. The bullet hit Steve in the left arm near the shoulder and severed the brachial artery. There were also two other persons present. Between the three of them, no one thought to tourniquet the wound with a belt. They were miles from a hospital.
Those idiots watched him bleed out and die. It was all I could do to keep from punching the shooter in the face at the cemetery after I had helped carry Steve's body from the hearse to the grave. His unbelievable stupidity had taken a good man from the Earth, and he had the balls to show up at the funeral and tell everyone how much he was suffering.
But justice was served. Two years later, Death came calling for the killer. He died in a single car accident between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Karma extracted its price, and it allowed me to rest easier after that. I don't have any thoughts that he was treated unfairly by the Gods. He deserved that outcome.
This news story provides details of the Prescott shooting.
nypost.com
These negligence killings piss me off and bring back really bad memories. In 1986, Steve, one of my best friends and former roommate, was shot while deer hunting in Southern New Mexico. Another person in the party had shot a deer, and he went running down a steep hillside to inspect his trophy.
He was running with his rifle over his shoulder, and when he stumbled and almost fell, he squeezed the trigger. The bullet hit Steve in the left arm near the shoulder and severed the brachial artery. There were also two other persons present. Between the three of them, no one thought to tourniquet the wound with a belt. They were miles from a hospital.
Those idiots watched him bleed out and die. It was all I could do to keep from punching the shooter in the face at the cemetery after I had helped carry Steve's body from the hearse to the grave. His unbelievable stupidity had taken a good man from the Earth, and he had the balls to show up at the funeral and tell everyone how much he was suffering.
But justice was served. Two years later, Death came calling for the killer. He died in a single car accident between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Karma extracted its price, and it allowed me to rest easier after that. I don't have any thoughts that he was treated unfairly by the Gods. He deserved that outcome.
This news story provides details of the Prescott shooting.
Groom-to-be fatally shoots best man by accident on Arizona campground: sheriff
The future groom pulled the charging handle back several times before he “thought” the gun was empty, the sheriff’s office said.
nypost.com
