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Man kills wife, 22 weeks pregnant, cleaning a loaded firearm
Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:27 pm
He was a Pa. State Trooper.
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1st.. extremely tragic and I feel for the rest of the family and those kids that will grow up without a mom.
2nd.. teaching proper gun safety in schools, may prevent stupidity like this. There is no excuse for anyone to ever die, in a gun cleaning accident, if this is truly what happened.
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Police released the identity of a pregnant woman accidentally shot to death Friday afternoon in Montgomery County by her husband, a state trooper.
JoAnne Miller, who was 22 weeks pregnant, was taken to Mercy Suburban Hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body. She died soon after she was admitted. Doctors performed an unsuccessful emergency cesarean. "The baby never had its own breathing or heartbeat," said the Montgomery County coroner, Walter Hofman.
The shooting in the home on the 3000 block of Stony Creek Road in East Norriton occurred around 2:30 p.m. Friday, police said. The officer pulled the trigger while taking apart his .45-caliber handgun for cleaning but did not realize the gun was loaded, police said.
"He's been distraught, cooperative," said Kevin Steele, Montgomery County first assistant district attorney.
An autopsy was performed on the woman and fetus Saturday morning.
The couple's two young children were in the home at the time and were unharmed.
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1st.. extremely tragic and I feel for the rest of the family and those kids that will grow up without a mom.
2nd.. teaching proper gun safety in schools, may prevent stupidity like this. There is no excuse for anyone to ever die, in a gun cleaning accident, if this is truly what happened.
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Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:30 pm to Alahunter
If he was a cop I assume at some point he was taught proper gun safety
Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:31 pm to Alahunter
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He was a Pa. State Trooper
Key word "Was"
Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:33 pm to Alahunter
Using this to cover up a murder.
Posted on 3/10/14 at 3:59 pm to Alahunter
You're a state trooper, you've been carrying a loaded firearm every day for however many years.......how do you forget you've got a round in the chamber?
Posted on 3/10/14 at 4:33 pm to Alahunter
All guns are loaded at all times. There really isn't much to teach.
Posted on 3/10/14 at 5:30 pm to Alahunter
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2nd... ...There is no excuse for anyone to ever die, in a gun cleaning accident
Why don't folks clean their guns in a room by themselves? I never clean a gun when others are around.
Posted on 3/10/14 at 8:30 pm to Alahunter
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teaching proper gun safety in schools, may prevent stupidity like this. There is no excuse for anyone to ever die, in a gun cleaning accident, if this is truly what happened.
He was a cop. He had gun training.
He was just an idiot who didn't first check to see if it was unloaded. That's the first thing you do before cleaning a gun...you don't need training to have common sense.
Posted on 3/10/14 at 9:28 pm to Alahunter
Accidents like this are bound to happen. These incidents are why I do not support concealed carrying and firearms in general.
Posted on 3/11/14 at 7:24 am to Alahunter
Posted on 3/11/14 at 12:44 pm to Alahunter
you people make me sick
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