South Carolina Gun Shop Owner Fatally Shot Worker In Prank Gone Wrong

[Zappa]

Lots of FAIL here:

South Carolina gun shop owner fatally shot worker in prank gone wrong

A South Carolina gun store owner faces a involuntary manslaughter charge after police say he shot one of his employees in the face in an attempted prank.

www.wsoctv.com

 

[BigTimber]

 

[MisterHappy]

Why was there ammo in the gun, in a store? Was it a package deal?

 

[Tinkermatic]

Should’ve shot himself in the face and done everyone a favor.

 

[Welder1]

This story seems to have a lot of information gaps

 

[Tinkermatic]

Why was there ammo in the gun, in a store? Was it a package deal?

Exactly. Not only did he not grab the BB gun (LOLZ!) but grabbed a freaking loaded one instead?!?

 

[enbloc]

Classic Pranks are the best...

 

[Tinkermatic]

Classic Pranks are the best...

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[SKumar]

So he thought he picked up a fake gun but instead it was a real gun?

Where have I heard this before?

 

[free]

And no matter the gun he thought he picked up. . . pointing it at a person?

 

[cathouse01]

Does not pass the smell test. What gun store keeps loaded guns on display? Who would think shooting someone in the face with a BB gun would be a prank? (As a kid I was accidentally shot in the face by a CO2 BB gun. Hit my nose 1 1/2 inches from my eye and angled up to right under my eye. Had to have a ENT specialist remove it, spent 3 days in the hospital. A little bit up and over and I’d have lost the eye.) And he owns a gun shop but can’t tell the difference between a BB gun and a real one?

 

[MadatMarek]

The only thing we can be sure of is that the gun used to shoot the fatal round was not a fortay

 

[mibro]

Whitley is a retired major in the South Carolina National Guard and former reserve deputy for the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, The Post and Courier reported.

Mrgan, 36, was a former member of the Army Special Forces, according to the newspaper.

So I have this odd theory that sometimes murders are disguised as contrived accidents. The victim gets dead and the perp gets a light or no prison sentence.

This is a good deal for the perp compared to the black and white proposition of committing an overt murder where there is a risk you will be caught.

 

[knoxy]

Alec Baldwin approves.

 

[timbo]

Classic Pranks are the best...

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I know this a bit off topic but the hell,happened here…

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Exactly. Not only did he not grab the BB gun (LOLZ!) but grabbed a freaking loaded one instead?!?

When I lived in Rochester, NY I noticed one gun in the display that was loaded and mentioned it to the owner. He told that was intentional and was his extra grab gun (he wore one as well) in case he needed a loaded gun quickly.

 

[Christian]

Story is horseshit, the dude smoked the other dude for some reason we'll probably never know.

 

[enbloc]

I know this a bit off topic but the hell,happened here…

I think it was a prank packing peanut cannon grossly overcharged...

 

[drgrant]

Terminally stupid, like whatever happened to like going to the guys house and leaving an upper decker, or throwing his keys on the
roof, or even banging his wife?

 

[Matt_SERE]

More here:

Gun shop owner charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of shooting employee

Jon Whitley's arrest comes four weeks after Stefan Mrgan died inside Coastal Firearms, a gun store off Clements Ferry and Cainhoy roads.

www.postandcourier.com

The document stated Whitley’s actions were unintentional, but also described them as “reckless” and a “departure from common firearm safety practices.”

Berkeley County deputies spent the 27 days since Mrgan’s death investigating the shooting, ultimately obtaining video footage from Whitley’s store, Crumley said.

 

[Spanz]

Jesus, now WE have our own Baldwin?

 

[Pyromancer]

This is why only cops and military should have guns.

 

[556USER]

More here:

Gun shop owner charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of shooting employee

Jon Whitley's arrest comes four weeks after Stefan Mrgan died inside Coastal Firearms, a gun store off Clements Ferry and Cainhoy roads.

www.postandcourier.com

The document stated Whitley’s actions were unintentional, but also described them as “reckless” and a “departure from common firearm safety practices.”

Berkeley County deputies spent the 27 days since Mrgan’s death investigating the shooting, ultimately obtaining video footage from Whitley’s store, Crumley said.

The article describes the guy as: "Whitley, “a firearms expert,”" Is he one of the experts that the cops go to when they find an "arsenal" in some citizen's home? I'd bet he IS an expert at pricing merchandise LOL.

 

[Mark from MA]

Alec Baldwin approves.

I'm sure he didn't pull the trigger either.

 

[Hailstorm]

The guy Special Forces as well? WTF

 

[paul73]

I'm sure he didn't pull the trigger either.

damn you beat me to it. 'baldwin`s defense'.

 

[mikeyp]

I'm sure the loaded Glock felt the same as a bb gun when he picked it up

 

[Manomet]

And the weight was similar as well.

 

[lowbuckbob]

 

[snubnose]

it probably will turn out to have been a sig