Teen shoots butane tank, dies from ricochet

[lowendgenerator]

Mother Nature finds amusing ways to balance the pH in her gene pool, doesn't she?

 

[threedhuntr]

Hopefully that idiot "father" has at least some thought going on in his head. If he does, watching his son die is a fate worse than death.


Also, the part about police not being sure if any charges being filed, HOW ABOUT DEPORTING ALL OF THEM! Oh wait, being an illegal in this country isn't illegal anymore.

+1. He will have to live with that his entire life.

Seems fishy.

A .380 "ricochets" off a butane tank and still has enough energy to kill the shooter?

Interesting thought.

 

[turnerdye1]

Interesting thought.

Thats what I was thinking... I just took a full bullet ricochet to the forehead this past weekend with a 124gr 9mm and all I got was a knot on my head

 

[Tydeeh22]

smart kid. im all out of purple.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Are they sure he didn't just die because what was left of his brain gave up after being ignored that much?

 

[Hookeye]

Scary thought..............the GF pregnant.

 

[BlueEagle]

This is nothing more than natural selection at work. Survival of the fittest, or the smartest.

Remember what Ron White says,

"-You can't fix stupid."

Seems to me that it just got fixed.

 

[JettaKnight]

Thats what I was thinking... I just took a full bullet ricochet to the forehead this past weekend with a 124gr 9mm and all I got was a knot on my head

Which is why I think MSNBC transcribed the story incorrectly.

 

[Mark 1911]

Seems fishy.

A .380 "ricochets" off a butane tank and still has enough energy to kill the shooter?

Turns out your suspisions are well-founded. Click on the OP's link again. The story has been updated. The death occured not from a ricochet, but from a shot to the head. He dropped the magazine but apparently forgot to check the chamber. Put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Here's a snip from the OP's link:

Correction: An earlier version of this story based on a report in The Monitor of McAllen, Texas, described the wound as occurring from a ricochet. But Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino told The Monitor that the 17-year-old victim aimed at a butane gas tank, then put the gun to his head and fired.

 

[Mark 1911]

The story says something about the kid "dropping the magazine" before firing. Wonder if he actually shot himself, thinking it was empty, and the "tank" story is a lie..

Bingo

 

[Roadie]

Bingo

Sadly..

 

[mrp010]

I knew a kid in high school who shot a bowling ball with a .45. It came back and smacked him right in the forehead. It looked like it just broke the skin but it did give him a very minor skull fracture.

Given the target I guess he must have hit it dead perfect center to do that.

 

[fullauto 45]

"When she refused, Torres pulled out the gun's magazine and aimed at a butane gas tank, then pointed the gun at his head, the paper reported.
"He fires one time and shoots himself in the head," Trevino told The Monitor.
Investigators didn't find any reason to suspect foul play and haven't arrested anyone, but are looking into whether the father bears any criminal responsibility.
The family has been in the U.S. illegally for at least several years, Trevino said."

 

[BlueEagle]

I knew a kid in high school who shot a bowling ball with a .45. I came back and smacked him right in the forehead. It looked like it just broke the skin but it did give him a very minor skull fracture.

Given the target I guess he must have hit it dead perfect center to do that.

Wow; great shot. Bet he wishes that he was a worse shot.