"Okay honey, smile now, one... two..." BLAM!

[phdhorn 6224]

Adds a new dimension to the term "Head Shot".

 

Texas woman shot, killed man while posing with rifle for Snapchat, police say

By Mark D. Wilson mdwilson@statesman.com

Posted Jan 15, 2019 at 5:18 PMUpdated Jan 15, 2019 at 5:18 PM

 

A Texas woman who fatally shot a man two days before Christmas was posing with a rifle for Snapchat when she accidentally pulled the trigger, according to an arrest affidavit filed on Monday.

Autumn King, 20, has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of 26-year-old Eric Charles Allen, police said.

According to the affidavit, King and Allen had been dating for two years before the shooting. They had a child together and lived with each other in the 12500 block of Rampart Drive in Austin, where the shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 23, police said.

“Autumn stated that she was holding a tan assault rifle and that Eric was holding Autumn’s cell phone because he was going to take a picture of her holding the assault rifle,” the affidavit said. King told officers she had the rifle pointed towards Allen and that “the assault rifle ‘went off.’ ”

The affidavit said the bullet struck Allen in the chest.

According to the report, King told investigators that she thought Allen was playing around and told him to get up. But when she realized that he was bleeding from his nose and mouth, she tried to drag him out to a car but couldn’t.

“Autumn stated that she ran outside and screamed for help and then went back inside and called 9-1-1 from her cell phone,” the affidavit said.

Allen was pronounced dead a few minutes after medics arrived.

During a police interview shortly after the incident, King told authorities that she and Allen had argued earlier in the day, and that Allen frequently left guns around the house where kids could access them.

She said she picked up a black rifle and put it behind the couch, then grabbed the tan rifle.

That’s when Allen asked if she wanted to take a picture with it, the affidavit said.

“Autumn stated that she did not intend to pull the trigger and that she put her finger lightly on the trigger,” the affidavit said. “Autumn went on to say that she was trying to be like Bonnie and Clyde. Autumn said that her dad always told her never touch a gun, ‘I didn’t listen.’ ”

 

 

Edited January 16, 2019 by phdhorn

[F250 28826]

3 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

During a police interview shortly after the incident, King told authorities that she and Allen had argued earlier in the day, and that Allen frequently left guns around the house where kids could access them.

She said she picked up a black rifle and put it behind the couch, then grabbed the tan rifle.

That’s when Allen asked if she wanted to take a picture with it, the affidavit said.

Hmm...

[bschoolprof 6273]

That all sounds perfectly reasonable.  Case closed.  

[Dennis Taylor 18882]

at least the first shot finished him off and she didn't have to accidentally shoot him a second time

[Blotto 23585]

The real tragedy here is that the bullet didn't ricochet and take her out also.

[BlueGreySky 1032]

Darwin fucked up and hit the snooze button too many times... this dude already procreated. 

[TwiceHorn 31584]

Hoot does not approve:

[Underdog 28804]

‘ Shot through the heart and you’re to blame...  you give love...  a bad name.” 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Autumn romance leads to fatal Fall.

[TornACL 7729]

Texas Twosome Turns to Tragedy Thanks To Trigger Touching Twat 

[Beau Vine 54471]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

That all sounds perfectly reasonable.  Case closed.  

You gotdam newb, you can't close a case until you get pics.  Eh, never mind, case closed.

[El Diablo 4232]

Story needs Pringles and wine.

[Beau Vine 54471]

Quote

A phone found at the scene contained video of Allen and King arguing 16 minutes before the 911 call was made. "Based on what the video shows the argument between the two is about them both cheating on each other and justification for doing so," detectives wrote in the affidavit. 

The Mossberg .22 caliber rifle determined to be the gun that killed Allen was shown to have a 5-pound trigger pull and was working properly, according to the affidavit.

Well then. 

[gsoda3 3283]

that's the best story she could come up with?

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

According to the report, King told investigators that she thought Allen was playing around and told him to get up.

Did she not hear the loud bang right before he fell?

[Ten Bears 2483]

It is pretty amazing how nearly all fatal "accidental" shooting hit someone in the heart or head.

[Bevo 13602]

7 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Did she not hear the loud bang right before he fell?

It was a .22 and he was probably yelling, "Put the gun down, bitch". 

[Lhorn 4970]

27 minutes ago, Ten Bears said:

It is pretty amazing how nearly all fatal "accidental" shooting hit someone in the heart or head.

Manslaughter and being deemed a dumbass is better than what actually happened  - murder one. 

[gecko 1104]

[phdhorn 6224]

4 hours ago, phdhorn said:

King told officers she had the rifle pointed towards Allen and that “the assault rifle ‘went off.’ ”

"Manslaughter," huh?

[Trey3216 15378]

“I’ve Never held a gun in my life, have you?

3rd rate romance, low rent rendezvous” 

Edited January 16, 2019 by Trey3216

[workswithseed 2123]

2 hours ago, Ten Bears said:

It is pretty amazing how nearly all fatal "accidental" shooting hit someone in the heart or head.

Would make sense since it usually is fatal 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4979]

The best part of the story is where she was mad about guns laying around so she put them behind the couch. 

[gmr548 16617]

On 1/16/2019 at 2:20 PM, Ten Bears said:

It is pretty amazing how nearly all fatal "accidental" shooting hit someone in the heart or head.

Merits of this story aside, you don't think that might be because accidental shots to most other areas are way less likely to be fatal?

[Pato del Muerto 52624]

One of them recorded their argument about cheating?

premeditation much?

[Stinkpalm 689]

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say it was his phone that had the recording. I’ll go further out on that limb and say that he actually had her phone in his hand, not to snap a photo, but to look through her old texts to see who she was cheating on him with when the gun “accidentally” went off. A five pound trigger is not heavy, but it’s also not “light”. It takes an actual pull to set off a five pound trigger. 

[The Gimp 350]

Undefeated.

[woohorn 1131]

That all sounds perfectly reasonable.  Case closed.  

How do you know she is a cop?

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

Seems to me that, given certain facts about the shooter in question, there's no need to ascribe malice. Incompetence is unquestionably a reasonable explanation.