Former Colts running back Zurlon Tipton dies in accidental shooting at Michigan car dealership

[UrbScotty]

Source: CBS 4

A former Indianapolis Colts running back died Tuesday after a gun in his car was accidentally discharged.

Tipton pulled into the service bay at a Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership in Roseville, Michigan around 9:30 a.m., according to WJBK.

He went to take a duffel bag out of the trunk of his vehicle, and one of the two guns inside the bag reportedly went off. He was struck in the stomach. Tipton was taken to the hospital in good condition, but later died. He was 26 years old.

Read more: http://cbs4indy.com/2016/06/28/former-colts-running-back-zurlon-tipton-dies-in-accidental-shooting-at-michigan-car-dealership/

[Iggo]

1. Impossible.

Guns don't kill people.

[villager]

3. Why this could just as easily have happened with a bag full of ninja shooting stars or piano wire!

nt

[secondwind]

14. or knives, or ropes, or a car

[KG]

21. or a swimming pool!

[yeoman6987]

6. Former? He was only 26. Didn't he play long?

[haele]

8. Running backs usually don't last long.

Especially if they were running backs in college and did a full 4 years. Wear and Tear at that position is brutal, and the average NFL "lifespan" is usually only 3 - 6 years before running backs shift to an easier position or just cash out. Most retire before 30.

(Dad was a running-back as a sophomore in high-school, finished out the last two years as a tackle when he started filling out. He used to say it hurt more to be a running back than a tackle; you were constantly moving.)

Haele

[wolfie001]

47. 2 years, 38 yards rushing

Sadly, will not end up in Canton.

[Happyhippychick]

11. +1

[Purveyor]

2. Fucking semi-auto most likely. I'm a revolver person just because of the

accidents that are so prevalent with semi pistols.

[scscholar]

9. Something could still catch the hammer

Cops used to have a lot of accidents with guns just going off back when they carried revolvers.

[Purveyor]

19. Both my rev's are the hammerless type, double action. eom

[metroins]

27. Don't keep it chambered

And he wouldn't have this problem. Revolvers are pretty safe, I just don't like them personally.

Poor gun safety.

The odds of actually needing your gun to protect you are much much lower than the odds of having an accident. If the extra second to cock a semi auto costs you your life, you were probably done anyway.

I'm super pro gun but much more safety conscious.

[PJMcK]

32. Excellent points, metroins

I'm super not a gun guy but I respect the way the 2nd Amendment and various laws have been interpreted. It is what it is, whether I approve or not.

Regardless, you wrote, "Poor gun safety." Doesn't it seem to happen far too often that it's negligence that results in too many gun deaths? I heard a story this morning (or yesterday or last week, etc.) where a 6 year old shot his younger brother with their mother's gun that wasn't secured. As you said, poor gun safety.

The gun owners I know, with one notable (asshole) exception, are responsible and respectful of the awesome power these weapons have. If only more American gun owners were aligned with my anecdotal experience.

[ManiacJoe]

41. Being careless with dangerous equipment can have deadly consequences.

[Skittles]

44. gun humpers are not known for their intellect

[Duckhunter935]

50. So are any DU members ammosexuals?

[Duckhunter935]

53. Who is and am I one?

[Duckhunter935]

57. So who are the DU members that are

You made the charge, now have the fortitude to back it up.

[Duckhunter935]

59. So all you have is personal insults, typical

Make a broad brush attack on DU members and fail to back it up. I am happy I have nobody on ignore. Civil discussion is best and hard to do if to have to censor people.

[SoCalMusicLover]

5. Thankfully Only The Gun Owner Died

It's pure luck that the bullet did not go into and kill some innocent bystander.

Guns....when they're not keeping you safe, they're sometimes killing you.

[passiveporcupine]

31. Yeah, but that's not always the case.

80-year-old woman killed in Clackamas apartment complex shooting

Police say 80-year-old Donna Doris McQueen was accidentally shot and killed Friday night. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office released McQueen's name after an autopsy.

The Milwaukie woman died from a single gunshot wound.

Noelle St. John, 21, was arrested in connection with the shooting. A Sheriff's release said St. John fired a gun at the Clackamas County Trails Apartment complex, 10425 S.E. Cook Street near Milwaukie, and hit McQueen. However, officers say McQueen was not the intended target of the shot.

http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2016/06/80-year-old_woman_killed_in_cl.html

[SoCalMusicLover]

7. CARS MUST BE BANNED!!

Clearly it's the fact he was at a car dealership, which resulted in his death. Like swimming pools, cars are dangerous, and should be confiscated as they cause so many needless deaths.

Had he not been going to buy a car, he would still be alive.

[locks]

10. Without tongue-in-cheek:

Cars and swimming pools should be improved for safety. One LITTLE difference: they are rarely invented, designed, manufactured or used with the purpose of killing human beings.

[Shrike47]

12. Didn't read the post, did you? He was in for a service, shot himself accidentally.

If he hadn't had a loaded weapon in a duffle in his trunk, he wouldn't be dead.

[Midnight Writer]

46. At least cars are registered, sales are recorded, and competency tests are required to operate

And by the way, there is nearly zero support for confiscating guns, from either side of the aisle.

The argument is over sales, background checks and registration. Even the scary "assault weapons ban" is about future sales, and there is NO proposal in Congress to confiscate existing guns. NONE.

[Duckhunter935]

54. Not required to register a car to OWN one

Sales are not recorded. I have purchased many cars from private sellers and it was cash and hand over title. If I do not use it on public roads registration is not required.

[Tortmaster]

51. Or, we need mandatory ownership laws ...

... for mechanics at car dealerships. A responsible mechanic gun owner present would have been able to draw a bead on that duffel bag and shoot it out of this poor man's hands.

Time to go all Australia on guns.

[Duckhunter935]

55. Another one calls for confiscation

"Nobody wants to take your guns"

[Tortmaster]

61. If you can't distinguish between ...

... an anonymous poster on the internet and a candidate for elected office, you probably shouldn't own a gun.

But, yes, I'm a gun-grabber, and there are lots of us out there and more joining our ranks every bloody day.

[Happyhippychick]

13. Too bad a good guy with a gun in his duffle bag

wasn't able to prevent this tragedy.

[IronLionZion]

15. See, if he had a gun, then this shooting would never have happened

He could have shot the duffle bag in defense.

also people like this should have never been allowed into our country. Anyone who is born or raised or lives in the country where he is from should be deported immediately until we figure this out and feel safe again.

[bigwillq]

16. RIP

[Human101948]

33. yeah, "THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!"

okay, took care of that.

[rocktivity]

17. Part of being a responsible gun owner

is knowing how to travel with them.


rocktivity

[onethatcares]

18. outlaw duffel bags

you never know when they'll go to the dark side.

[maxsolomon]

20. Condolences to his loved ones.

Another pointless tragedy.

[AntiBank]

22. Former Indianapolis Colt arrested after gun incident at girlfriend’s house

http://cbs4indy.com/2015/12/25/former-indianapolis-colt-arrested-after-gun-incident-at-girlfriends-house/

GREENWOOD, Ind. ( December 25, 2015) — Former Indianapolis Colt Zurlon Z. Tipton was arrested early Friday morning and charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon after he reportedly went to his girlfriend’s home and shot a round from a Colt AR-15 assault rifle into the house.

Greenwood Police responded to the call shortly before 1a.m. Friday in the 1400 block of Round Lake Road. Upon questioning of witnesses there, they discovered that Zurlon and his brother, Cortez Tipton, had left a party in Brownsburg upon receiving texts from Zurlon’s girlfriend that her life was in danger due to threatening text messages from her ex-boyfriend.

However further investigation revealed that the boyfriend was not inside the house and upon firing the rifle, both Zurlon and his brother fled the scene but were stopped shortly thereafter by Greenwood Police who arrested Zurlon and took him to Johnson County Jail.

[niyad]

25. so, this guy was a freaking idiot, apparently.

sympathies to his loved ones.

[passiveporcupine]

34. Yep, this was karma nt

[LisaL]

36. After her shot into his girlfriends house, they still didn't take his guns away.

We don't have any gun control, clearly.

[passiveporcupine]

37. The supreme court is working on that

But in many cases, it takes an abused woman to file charges. Something many women are reluctant to do.

[Skittles]

45. especially against a gun humper

[TeddyR]

38. Oh, we have gun control

It just isn't enforced.

[LisaL]

35. So his idea of defending his girlfriend was to shoot into her house?

It's amazing this guy even made it to 26.

[vkkv]

23. A loaded gun solves all of one's problems... nt

[Throckmorton]

24. YARGO N/T

[jalan48]

26. Another dumb gun owner-but hey-it's his right!

[MariaThinks]

28. more guns, more gun deaths.

he would be alive if there wasn't a fetish about carrying guns everywhere.

[etherealtruth]

29. Another life lost ... senselessly

As horrified as i am that he was killed ... I am grateful no innocent bystanders/customers/staff were injured or killed.

[passiveporcupine]

30. I'm so fucking sick of accidental shootings

No,it's not accidental. If you didn't have a gun it wouldn't have happened. Period.

[ManiacJoe]

43. In this case, it really was accidental.

Granted it was completely preventable.
Normally these things are negligent not accidental.

[SheilaT]

39. Anyone stupid enough to carry around a loaded gun

with apparently no safety whatever, and dies when that gun "accidentally" discharges, gets no sympathy from me.

We've got to stop using the word accident or accidental in cases like this. It's arrogant carelessness, pure and simple. My one positive thought is that at least it was the idiot who owned the gun who was the one killed, not some innocent and unfortunate bystander.

[skepticscott]

40. No, not "accidentally"

Stupidly. Carelessly. The only fortunate thing is that his carelessness with a deadly weapon did not kill anyone else, as it easily might have.

[LanternWaste]

48. 'accident' is valid in both its use and the context.

It seems an accurate example of an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm-- which is the definition of accident. Though it may yet fall well within the parameters of additional descriptors, 'accident' is valid in both its use and the context.

A does not imply -B.

[skepticscott]

49. It was not an "accident" that the gun was loaded

and then just tossed into a duffel bag. It was not an "accident" that it had no trigger guard or safety engaged. It was not an "accident" that the owner was not mindful of the fact that he had a deadly weapon in the bag, and handled it in a way that caused the gun to discharge.

"Unintentional" does not equate to "accidental". The owner of a gun bears moral (and should bear legal) responsibility for the forseeable consequences of the careless, reckless or negligent handling or discharge of that gun.

[oneshooter]

60. Firearms not cased properly, not even in holsters.

Negligent discharge waiting to happen, and it did.