Always ID your target

[kidicarus13]

http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/stark-county/2014/05/08/man-thinks-woman-is-groundhog-in-tall-grass-shoots-her/8861343/

[ChunkyMonkey]

RIP

[HoneyBadger]

BB gun "rifle"? Dang, that sucks.

ETA: I missread the story and thought he had a BB gun. My bad.

[<MADDOG>]

I smell bullshit on this one, sorry.

[Irving]

Why did he not know that she was there?

[jhood001]

Why were they on the same land?

[USMC_5-Echo]

Kill shot with a BB gun rifle at 100+ feet? Oh and a headshot at that? Bullshit

[GunsRBadMMMMKay]

The girl was shooting a bb gun, the farmer brown individual seen her laying in the grass shooting pop cans and thought she was a whistle pig and took the shot with his rifle (reported story, still under investigation - according to link)

[USMC_5-Echo]

Oops misheard. Still suspicious to me though

[gos]

headshot at 50yds but without ID'ing the target? sounds like murder to me

[AR_ART]

Very tragic. At 79 years old, I wonder how good/bad his eyesight is...

[osok-308]

Very tragic. At 79 years old, I wonder how good/bad his eyesight is...

That's my thought. Or how fast must he have shot after acquiring his target? Was she on his land unexpectedly? So many questions. Tragic ending for sure.

[dirtrulz]

Why is it that some people feel the need to kill anything living they see on their property. Oh my god, a groundhog, better kill it immediately.

[sniper7]

Very sad. Rip

[rondog]

Strange story, gotta be more to it. Apparently she was on his property target shooting with a BB gun, but he didn't know this? Why would anybody just go onto someone else's property randomly, and start target shooting with a BB gun? Gotta be more info, most likely another person with her, someone associated with the property and landowner who brought her there without letting the old guy know.

Sad and tragic story nonetheless.

[lc_nab]

I call bs, 165 feet with A BB gun !!? Come one...

Edit- Disregard, I had brain lag when I read the description.

[rondog]

I call bs, 165 feet with A BB gun !!? Come one...

Read it again. The VICTIM was using a BB gun, she was a 22 y.o. woman. The shooter was a 79 y.o. man, who thought he was shooting at a groundhog. The story didn't say what kind of gun he was using, but I seriously doubt it was a BB gun.

[speedysst]

JHFC, reading comprehension!!

I call bs, 165 feet with A BB gun !!? Come one...

[cfortune]

Why would anybody just go onto someone else's property randomly, and start target shooting with a BB gun?

Honestly, I don't know. I do however know a friend who has some land who people keep going out shooting real guns on. He's had his steel targets ruined because of it. So not that unheard of.

[lc_nab]

Read it again. The VICTIM was using a BB gun, she was a 22 y.o. woman. The shooter was a 79 y.o. man, who thought he was shooting at a groundhog. The story didn't say what kind of gun he was using, but I seriously doubt it was a BB gun.

Yup my mistake, it happens when one does 13 hour shifts...

[lc_nab]

JHFC, reading comprehension!!

No need for JHFC, reading comprehension, I need to stop doing long shifts and rest more often, before I read and comment, it happens, we are human.

[rondog]

No need for JHFC, reading comprehension, I need to stop doing long shifts and rest more often, before I read and comment, it happens, we are human.

Well have yourself a couple three shots of Fireball and get some rest! We'll be here.