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Whovian

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7. Mass. grandmother shot while rocking her granddaughter to sleep

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:41 PM

Jan 2013

CBS) LAWRENCE, Mass. - While she was rocking her granddaughter to sleep on her front porch on Saturday night, Nelida Lozada was shot in the back, according to CBS Boston.

She had been on the front porch of her north suburban Boston home with her granddaughter when, around 10:30 p.m., a man with a gun ran up to Lozada and began shooting.

"She was just sitting there rocking the baby and some guy just came up and shot at her," the victim's daughter told CBS Boston.

Lozada immediately covered the baby and ran back inside the house. As she tried to escape the gunfire, she was also shot in the shoulder, her daughter told the station.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57488389-504083/mass-grandmother-shot-while-rocking-her-granddaughter-to-sleep/

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Grandmother chases off armed robber with gun... [View all] Archae Jan 2013 OP

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Hey, the Admins and Hosts can banish stories like this back to the Gungeon at any time... LAGC Jan 2013 #3

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I agree here. Archae Jan 2013 #14

For every story like this one there are about a hundred others involving Chorophyll Jan 2013 #15

There are cases where, yes, having a gun can help you protect yourself Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #20

Thanks goodness she wasn't having hallucinations like my FIL when I had to take his guns away Hoyt Jan 2013 #16

We should look at guns with a more responsible attitude. Archae Jan 2013 #17

um, yes you can. notleftwing Jan 2013 #18

I'm talking about LEGAL. Archae Jan 2013 #19

To exercise my legal right safeinOhio Jan 2013 #22