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Nevilledog

(55,080 posts)
Fri May 12, 2023, 01:56 PM May 2023

Another "good guy with a gun". Woman killed by stray bullet as she's lying in her bed

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/bethany-mefford-killed-stray-bullet/285-7007e7bb-a760-4acb-8b71-89569399c640

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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said Mefford was sleeping when a stray bullet went through her bedroom wall around 2:30 Wednesday morning.

A neighbor allegedly fired up to 15 times at suspected car burglars in the parking lot of their apartment complex but ended up killing the beloved mother and partner.

"I personally looked through the bullet hole and saw the outside light," longtime boyfriend Ricardo Lung said.

Lung was also the father of two of Mefford’s sons. He and the youngest were actually in bed with her but only realized what happened when the alarm went off.

"She went out peacefully," Lung said. "She had her eyes closed and was sleeping normal."

Not normally is how the family will move on, at least initially.

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Another "good guy with a gun". Woman killed by stray bullet as she's lying in her bed (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2023 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Ocelot II May 2023 #1
Over a fucking car. Lock him up for life. live love laugh May 2023 #2
He'll get Man 1 at worst. maxsolomon May 2023 #5
The car thieves will get a few years in the joint. Aristus May 2023 #3
Darius Lewis has been charged. jimfields33 May 2023 #4
Kyle Rittenhouse also though you could shoot for property protection GenXer47 May 2023 #6
Freedom Johonny May 2023 #7
15 times, with no return fire? What does he think he is, a cop? marble falls May 2023 #8

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

Aristus

(72,187 posts)
3. The car thieves will get a few years in the joint.
Fri May 12, 2023, 02:04 PM
May 2023

Gun-crazed murder-boy ought to get life behind bars, and plenty of time for him to realize that it wasn't worth it.

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
4. Darius Lewis has been charged.
Fri May 12, 2023, 02:33 PM
May 2023

He’ll get life in prison hopefully. 2:30 in the morning shooting. What a jerk!

 

GenXer47

(1,204 posts)
6. Kyle Rittenhouse also though you could shoot for property protection
Fri May 12, 2023, 03:00 PM
May 2023

And this here is exactly the problem.
Vigilantism.
I'd bulldoze his fucking house.

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