Sunday, February 22, 2009

As American As Apple Pie & Murder Committed By An Eleven Yr. Old

Junior shotguns. What next from America's marketing geniuses?
"She didn't actually eyewitness the shooting. She saw him with what she believed to be a shotgun and heard a loud bang," Bongivengo said, adding that the weapon, a youth model 20-gauge shotgun, was found in what police believed was the boy's bedroom. The shotgun, which apparently belonged to Jordan, is designed for children, and such weapons do not have to be registered, Bongivengo said. Bongivengo would not say whether the boy confessed to the shooting.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

M. Bouffant,

Over at Sadly, No! where the discussion involved what W tortured, I figure you won't see a comment I add at this late date, but here's something I came across a few years ago. It's in the NYT archives; FYI, if you access it (it costs a few bucks) you get a PDF of an image of the newspaper clipping, sans the headline. Here's the search results, with the headline and date:

Article available with Home Delivery/Times Reader subscription or for purchase. BRANDING RITE LAID TO YALE FRATERNITY [PDF]

NEW HAVEN, Nov. 7--A Yale fraternity accused by the student newspaper of burning its initiates with a brand will have its fate decided Friday by student fraternity leaders....View free preview
November 8, 1967

The torturing student in question? W. Method: light branding with a hot coat hanger.