TX: Drunk teen killed by own ricocheted gunshot

[WildBill]

MCALLEN, Texas – A drunk 17-year-old died in southern Texas after a bullet he shot at a butane tank ricocheted back and hit him in the head.

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Moral of the story?
Never shoot with an empty head.

There, I fixed it for you

Never shoot at an empty head.
There, I fixed it for you.

Maybe the family tried to disquise the fact when they originally said that he shot at the tank and it ricocheted. If they didn't change their story before the autopsy, the medical examiner would have been able to tell from examining the bullet recovered from the man's head.

[TexasComputerDude]

We shoot propane tanks all the time in NM.


Of course by the time the bullet gets to it we have had time to set the rifle down and take a drink lol.

[emcee rib]

He was shot while committing a crime. That makes his accomplices guilty of murder.
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The whole family is in the United States illegally, Treviño said. The boy’s parents moved to the country several years ago, but their two sons had just arrived about six or seven months ago.

[3dfxMM]

What crime would that be?

[E.Marquez]

What crime would that be?

Well it's a crime by all federal standards and most normal folks to be in the country illegally.. Only the POTUS and his fine fellow believe otherwise.

[3dfxMM]

What crime would that be?

Well it's a crime by all federal standards and most normal folks to be in the country illegally.. Only the POTUS and his fine fellow believe otherwise.

It is not a crime to be in the country without authorization. It is a crime to enter the country illegally, but the government has found that to be very hard to prove so they usually don't even try.

[E.Marquez]

On second thought disregard.... this is off the topic, and only going down a path of thread lock.

[smoothoperator]

What crime would that be?

Do you need a list?

[JeepGuy79]

nice shot, man.

[3dfxMM]

What crime would that be?

Do you need a list?

I'll grant you that it sounds like they were not on a property out in the country so messing with the firearm was probably not legal.