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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:09 AM Aug 2025

Las Vegas police: Woman 'fascinated' with guns kills boyfriend while posing for photos

“In several conversations with various accounts, there was talk about her love of shooting guns, owning guns, building her arsenal and shooting people in the face,” detectives said. “There were several photographs of Allysandra holding various firearms (handguns, revolvers and rifles) in different poses to include the firearm pressed against her head, against stuffed animals’ heads and shooting bottles at an unknown location.”

https://www.8newsnow.com/crime/las-vegas-police-woman-fascinated-with-guns-kills-boyfriend-while-posing-for-photos/

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Las Vegas police: Woman 'fascinated' with guns kills boyfriend while posing for photos (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 OP
Only in America. yardwork Aug 2025 #1
True that! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #2
Sounds like True Dough Aug 2025 #3
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #4
Gun not believed to be loaded defense. bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #5
Playing ALL your favorites in the Hit Parade Of Gun Stupid!!! hatrack Aug 2025 #6
Victim "was taking photos (Polaroids) of two women" in the middle of the night flvegan Aug 2025 #7
Alcohol, loaded guns and stupidity are a lethal combination. sop Aug 2025 #8
I like the survey I saw at the end of the article. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #9
""She did not intentionally intend to kill Mark." DFW Aug 2025 #10
Darwin Traildogbob Aug 2025 #11
I guess they all got more gun porn than they bargained for. Heidi Aug 2025 #12

yardwork

(69,648 posts)
1. Only in America.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:11 AM
Aug 2025

The entire article is revolting and captures everything that is wrong with our stupid gun culture.

hatrack

(65,149 posts)
6. Playing ALL your favorites in the Hit Parade Of Gun Stupid!!!
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:32 AM
Aug 2025

EDIT

A witness described Gaughan as Blea’s boyfriend, documents said, adding Gaughan brought a gun to a gathering earlier in the evening and believed the chamber was empty.

Other witnesses, including Blea, told police the group was drinking before she and the other woman decided to take the photos, documents said.

“She stated it was an accident and admitted she has never taken any firearm safety courses and believed the firearm didn’t have a bullet in the chamber,” Blea told detectives, according to documents. “She was adamant that she did not intentionally kill Mark.”

EDIT

flvegan

(66,528 posts)
7. Victim "was taking photos (Polaroids) of two women" in the middle of the night
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:34 AM
Aug 2025

With guns, etc. Interesting evening, probably not how this was supposed to go I don't think.

FTA: In one conversation, Blea reportedly commented, “I wish I could shoot people with real guns and get away with it.”

That'll be in the prosecution's opening statement, I'll bet.

Xavier Breath

(6,680 posts)
9. I like the survey I saw at the end of the article.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 09:54 AM
Aug 2025

"Do you consider your neighborhood 'bike-friendly?'"

Apparently 8newsnow really likes to read the room.

DFW

(60,442 posts)
10. ""She did not intentionally intend to kill Mark."
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:02 AM
Aug 2025

I am fairly confident that he did not intentionally intend to be killed, either. But he is still just as dead, and she is still the one who pulled the trigger.

That does tend to happen when people acquire firearms and follow the instructions ”use as directed.”

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