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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Sun Aug 23, 2015, 03:58 PM Aug 2015

Man, 31, fatally shot while teaching 24-year-old girlfriend to shoot a rifle [View all]

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A woman fatally shot her boyfriend by accident while he was teaching her to use a rifle, police in Florida have said.

The shooting happened early Thursday in their Daytona Beach Shores apartment.

The Daytona Beach Shores Police Department said in a news release: 'Robert F. Branton, 31, was shot in his apartment by his live-in girlfriend, Katie L. Begtrup, 24.'

According to Daytona Beach Shores police, Begtrup called 911 around 12:30 a.m. and told the dispatcher she unintentionally shot her boyfriend in the leg.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3204747/Man-fatally-shot-teaching-girlfriend-shoot-rifle.html

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Man, 31, fatally shot while teaching 24-year-old girlfriend to shoot a rifle [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2015 OP

How can you die from a leg wound? question everything Aug 2015 #1

Femoral artery. Groin shot. No way to apply tourniquet nt Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #3

Even if it were possible, there may jusy not have been time. sir pball Aug 2015 #8

like this: Milwaukee man dies after accidentally shooting himself in leg dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #13

He was 'teaching her to shoot' in his apartment? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #2

and at 12:30 in the morning, no less. Pool Hall Ace Aug 2015 #9

You don't usually teach rifle shooting in your apartment. bluedigger Aug 2015 #4

I have to wonder ... lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #5

It seems like he wasn't a very good teacher, at all. Electric Monk Aug 2015 #6

the daily 'responsible gun owner' story! KG Aug 2015 #7

So she says. alphafemale Aug 2015 #10

Well, the good that may come of this, is Katie Begtrup will possibly never handle a weapon again... Journeyman Aug 2015 #11

Yeah, they need to look hard at this case Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #12

I would investigate as homicide. alphafemale Aug 2015 #18

The Statement of Purpose for the General Discussion forum says this: TexasProgresive Aug 2015 #14

The OP is a host and should follow the SOP Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #16

This is not one of them but there are certain topics restricted from GD TexasProgresive Aug 2015 #17

It is because these type of posts just get into Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #20

I could go either way on this. krispos42 Aug 2015 #19

Guns. Shit happens. hunter Aug 2015 #15

Ban all guns. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #21

A microcosmic "The victor writes the history." ;-) WinkyDink Aug 2015 #22

Locking... DonViejo Aug 2015 #23