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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:40 PM Aug 2025

'Guide my bullets like you guided David's rock': Woman says prayer before shooting neighbor

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/guide-my-bullets-like-you-guided-david-s-rock-woman-says-prayer-before-shooting-neighbor-whom-she-believed-was-murdering-people-cops-say/ar-AA1KGMNn?ocid=sapphireappshare

64-year-old Minnesota woman allegedly said a prayer before shooting her neighbor because she thought the victim was "murdering and raping" people and heard her "digging graves" in the basement, according

Ava Leone Kock, 64, stands accused of second-degree attempted murder and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, deputies with the Winona County Sheriff's Office responded around 10 p.m. Tuesday for a call about a shooting in Elba, a small town in southeast Minnesota.


The victim said she pulled her Jeep into a parking lot when someone started shooting at her. Bullet fragments struck her eye and and entered her brain, cops said. Her Jeep had been struck by bullets seven times, detectives concluded. Cops later learned that Kock lived in a nearby apartment.


Deputies went to speak with Kock, who was allegedly "very cooperative." She claimed she heard noises from outside but did not go outside to investigate. Cops noted there were seven holes in the bathroom screen which were roughly the same size as the bullet holes in the car, the affidavit said. Kock allegedly said the holes were there when she moved into the apartment about a year prior.


"Defendant told Deputies she believed Witness and Victim were murdering and raping people," detectives wrote. "She indicated she has heard them digging graves in the basement of their apartment and believes he has people and kids buried there. Defendant stated she had to intervene because the justice system hasn't done anything to stop Witness and Victim's criminal behavior."

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'Guide my bullets like you guided David's rock': Woman says prayer before shooting neighbor (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2025 OP
Religion and RW media are making people crazy lapfog_1 Aug 2025 #1
We posted at the same time malaise Aug 2025 #3
Reads like serious mental health issues here malaise Aug 2025 #2
Crazy people should not be allowed to get guns. Add in a believe system in a super natural being that ... Botany Aug 2025 #4
These type of people worry me. bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #5
Q-on religious fanatic? Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #6
Did God hold her beer while she was following his orders? Ping Tung Aug 2025 #7

lapfog_1

(31,980 posts)
1. Religion and RW media are making people crazy
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:48 PM
Aug 2025

This story and another about a woman that kidnapped a father and his 2 daughters ( under 13 years old ) who were fishing because the elderly woman THOUGHT the father was abducting and raping the young girls...

These older women ( probably glued to FOX news and the local evangelical pastor ) both decided to become prosecutor and judge on other people they IMAGINE were doing horrible things. Brain washed.

malaise

(297,953 posts)
3. We posted at the same time
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:54 PM
Aug 2025

These women may both have been rape victims of church people.
We don’t know. What we can assume is that both are insane and should not have guns

malaise

(297,953 posts)
2. Reads like serious mental health issues here
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:48 PM
Aug 2025

Sadly these days they leave it to guns and religion - a deadly combo.

Botany

(77,863 posts)
4. Crazy people should not be allowed to get guns. Add in a believe system in a super natural being that ...
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:01 PM
Aug 2025

…. hears her prayers because that being has a special plan for you and you are in deep shit. This weekend
in Ohio and maybe in Central Ohio we will have more murders by guns then nation of Japan will have in
a year. The reason being is the availability of guns in America.

bucolic_frolic

(55,821 posts)
5. These type of people worry me.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:02 PM
Aug 2025

There's no rhyme or reason to them. They could go off fully loaded at any time.

Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)
7. Did God hold her beer while she was following his orders?
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:05 PM
Aug 2025

She should be required to hire a new God. The one she has is mean and dangerous.

And, he probably overcharges her for forgiving her sins.

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