Cops: Woman Shot Dead at 'Blade Runner' Home

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Cops: Woman shot dead at 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius' South African home

By Cecile Antonie, John Newland and Jason Cumming, NBC News

A woman has been found shot dead at the South African home of Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, police said Thursday.

Britain's Sky News reported that the woman had been shot in the head and arm and said the 26-year-old Pistorius was being interviewed by police in Pretoria.

Citing local reports, Reuters reported that the victim was believed to be Pistorius' girlfriend and that the sprinter may have mistaken her for a burglar. Police would not confirm the woman's identity.

"We can confirm a 26-year-old man has been taken into custody following a complaint by a neighbor that there was a shooting at the home of Oscar Pistorius," a police spokesman told NBC News. "He is being charged with murder and he will appear in the Pretoria regional court later this afternoon."

The Associated Press and several South African media outlets reported that Pistorius had been arrested and was being questioned, and that a 9mm handgun had been found at his home in the luxurious Silver Woods gated community.


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9mm owners:  If you need counseling, please, get it. No need to shoot anyone because you're too proud to get the help you need.


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[kimba1]

Thought harrison ford lost it

[BSB]

That 'Blade Runner' was my first thought when I saw the headline.

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[sirs]

Why would 9MM owners need counseling?  That makes no sense, in this apparent accident     

[Xavier_Onassis]

Shooting someone ONCE might be by accident. But TWICE?

I would think that a need for counseling would apply no matter what gun was used.

[sirs]

Hmmmmmm.........still waiting for more details to emerge, but the initial non-answer as to why 9MM owners need couseling, and the latest round of news that Mr Blade Runner is being charged with MURDER, sure does put a damper into the inferred template of a mistaken person shot by the homeowner, and how they shouldn't have had the gun to defend themselves in the 1st place or this kind of "accidental tragedy" is likely to happen

[sirs]

So, how's that counseling behind the "accidental in home shooting" coming along?

[Xavier_Onassis]

Shooting someone behind a bathroom door certainly sounds paranoid to me.

A sane person would FIRST ascertain that the only other person who was supposed to be in the house was where she was supposed to me, e.g. in bed. Only then would sane person say something reasonable, like "I have a gun,and will use it. come out slowly with your arms up."

Now that you know this, you might avoid plugging an unwanted hole in Mrs sirs someday.

[sirs]

Right, because when you have someone in the bathroom, that's when you start shooting, vs calling 911     

And no need to worry about Mrs Sirs.....I have no intention to shoot at an unarmed door.

[Xavier_Onassis]

The first thought of a sane person who knows there are only two people in the house would, again, be to account for that other person before shooting anything. Even calling out her name would be logical.

Of course, only one person even knows what really happened.

No gun = no one shot.

[sirs]

Not sure, what you're trying to argue here, Xo.  Our sprinter had gone mad??  So, we're back at square one....what can we do to keep guns out of insane folks, while leaving the law abiding alone

No pulling trigger = no one shot

But I thank you for helping to debunks Bsb''s and yours nonsense about me being a gun nut.  I think its safe to say, minus a yet to be confirmed malicious intent, its pretty nutzy to shoot an innocent unarmed door

[Xavier_Onassis]

Again, no gun, no one gets shot.

It is a plus that you do not believe in shooting at closed doors.

[sirs]

Again, no one pulls the trigger = no one gets shot.  Insane person doesn't get access to gun = no one gets shot.  Crazed killer doesn't get access to gun = no one gets shot

 

[Plane]

Is there any reason to think that an athlete could not kill a person using a cricket bat?

This is a case in which the presence of a gun might not matter.

[BSB]

Almost anybody could kill almost anyone with a bat. You don't have to be an Olympic athlete. Humans have been using clubs for 10s of thousands of years. 

Guns are a problem. Face it. There are people who just aren't responsible enough to have a gun around and often you don't know who they are until it's too late. You know, you folks on the right have a serious problem facing reality. Wake up will yah, jesus key'rist.


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