A 40-year-old woman was seriously injured Thursday when she was shot in the chest inside a Renton movie theater, police said.
The shooting happened at around 8 p.m. at a movie theater at the The Landing in Renton during a showing of the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
"It got about 15-20 minutes into the film and I believe the lady in front of us that got shot was actually talking to her husband or significant other and that's when we heard the loud pop," said one witness, who did not want to be identified. He was sitting 3 or 4 rows behind the man when the gun went off.
And how did the brave man with the gun respond?
Just as witnesses realized it was a shooting, they saw the man make his way toward a nearby exit.
Police believe that the man was intoxicated at the time.
Of course he was because who else would bring a loaded firearm to a theater except a drunken asshole who would run away from any responsibility for his actions?
Fortunately the man's father isn't quite the POS his son is and he notified the police:
Police say the shooter's father called 911 Thursday night from his Newcastle home and told dispatchers his son was distraught and told him that he dropped his gun at a Renton movie theater and it discharged. The 29-year-old is now in custody.
"According to him, he said he dropped the gun and it went off. We have witnesses that say he came into the theater and appeared intoxicated. He went in and took a seat in theater number nine and was fumbling with a pistol when it went off and struck someone sitting in front of him," said David Leibman with the Renton Police Department.
Apparently in the NRA's America you cannot even sit down to enjoy some good old anti-Hillary Clinton propaganda without the risk of being shot by some drunk guy.
You see, if Hillary hadn't killed all of those people in Benghazi, they wouldn't have had to make this unbiased documentary about the situation and nobody would've been at the theatre to get shot. Easy.
ReplyDelete13 hours is NOT A DOCUMENTARY!! The DO NOT MAKE IT ONE.
Delete"based on Mitchell Zuckoff's 2014 book 13 Hours"
This Movie was a BIG PART>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_of_Muslims
Dear 7:21,
DeleteYou might want to familiarize yourself with the definition of "sarcasm".
Anonymous 7:21 AM wrote: 13 hours is NOT A DOCUMENTARY!!
DeleteHint: When a documentary is unbiased, it is commonly referred to as a "documentary". When something is referred to as an "unbiased documentary" this should tip you off.
Actually - no, Ted. That is not the definition. A documentary is based on a real life, usually with interviews with real people, not fictional characters. They might involve stock news footage, as part of it.
DeleteMost movies based on real events have elements of fiction.
But documentaries can be "biased"; they are always based on the filmmaker's thesis.
Dear 12:22 PM,
DeleteYou might want to familiarize yourself with the definition of "hint".
Ted, you never like being corrected, but you're sometimes in error. We're never too old to learn! Peace.
DeleteAnonymous 7:59 PM wrote: Ted, … you're sometimes in error.
DeleteAnd sometimes I fail to explain the point I am making in words of not-too-many syllables. Anonymous 6:30 AM's comment was, to Anonymous 7:34 AM and to me, obviously sarcasm. I'm (mildly) sorry you didn't get that the OP's use of the phrase "unbiased documentary" was an obvious tip-off, and that you wandered off into a lesson on what is a documentary, but I'm not going to worry over the cluefullness of someone who chooses to hide his/her identity—even when the topic doesn't call for it.
So, because your writing is unclear and muddled, you decide to sling a few ad hominem attacks my way? That REALLY makes sense. Thanks so much, Ted! Always a joy to interact with you on IM.
DeleteI don't think that word means what you think it means! :D
DeleteDoubting Thomas 6:55 AM, I agree with you. When somebody chooses to post from concealment, it is only possible to respond to the comment, not "to the person"—even if the poster claims to be the author of one or more earlier comments.
DeleteJust another shining example of the NRA's gun control policy of another good guy with a gun....
ReplyDeleteIt really is unfortunate that a "good guy with gun" did not plug this idiot full of lead. A dead "idiot with a gun" and assorted collateral wounds, would be a banner dad for the NRA>
DeleteI often wonder if the minds of these pro-gun folks change after they've been in a gun-related accident. It would be interesting to interview the families of gun violence victims after they have had time to process and reflect upon the causes and effects of their circumstances.
ReplyDeleteHow many times have we heard, "but...but...he/she is such a good kid!" from families.
Delete"accident"?
DeleteCall it what it is: "NEGLIGENT".
A round in the chamber with the safety off, unholstered in a crowded dark room, held by an intoxicated idiot.
Perhaps the CDC could study the causes and effects of gun violence.
DeleteWait, now I remember, the Repubs made that against the law.
Kudos to the dad who did the right thing in calling 911. See, $arah? THIS is called responsible parenting. Try it some time.
ReplyDeleteThis is just delicious! Trump just ran a veterans ad featuring Russian soldiers. Has Palin started working for him already?
ReplyDeletehttp://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/oops-trump-campaign-runs-veterans-ad
I would honestly love it if Sarah Palin were assassinated. Shame on me but I can't help it.
ReplyDeleteYou're not alone. I was taught to not hate nor wish anyone dead, but if you think back on what she's pulled "all these years," I truly wish that on one of her junkets she'd Ted Stevens herself into a mountain. The "uber-Christian" gets to meet her maker sooner than later.
DeleteWorks for me!
6:52 ...she would then be a martyr. She'd have sainthood, at last.
DeleteYou can't kill her only change her influence energy. The only thing we can continue to do is expose world-wide her trashy lies. Then laugh at her.
It's beginning to happen on a grander scale, mainstream media-wise, than ever. Give her microphones and her family's exposés, which just keep coming...it won't be long, folks.
BYE-bye, SP. You're toast soon enough.
No no no.....dont kill off my favorite character to watch, hear, cringe to. There is nothing like her anywhere. She leaves me speechless with her stupidly. Entertainment plus she is......
DeleteShe truly is a textbook case study in abnormal psychology for those familiar with it. I always can't believe what I'm seeing, and she's proud of it?!? Wowsers.
Delete6:52 ...she would then be a martyr. She'd have sainthood, at last.
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I want her to be alive to enjoy the transition of the general public from hatred of her to laughing at her. Se would become harmless. That's the only way to keep her from playing victim, or martyr.
Mildred
I don't wish her dead but I wouldn't mind seeing a photo of a catatonic Palin sitting in a wheelchair with a bag of urine under her seat.
DeleteNah, no assassination, more like a massive stroke that renders her unable to speak, move or communicate in any way, a vegetable for life.
DeleteThis is what happens when just anybody can walk around with a loaded gun. You're not allowed to shout "fire" in a crowded movie theatre but it's perfectly fine to take your seat, drunk, and play around with your loaded gun. There is something so wrong with that scenario.
ReplyDeleteIt is encouraging that the father called the police and that the son seemed to show some remorse for what he did. I hope that one of the consequences is AA and the loss of his right to bear arms - anywhere.
Beaglemom
AA Please-JESUS !
DeleteJAIL and Restitution..
The fact that she was shot in the back, through a movie seat, lends a bit of credibility to what the son said. Irresponsible, yes. Problem with alcohol, yes. An intentional shooting, no. He has to face the consequences, but I don't consider him a threat to society or likely to ventilate a lot of people at the next late shooting.
ReplyDeleteGun policy is one issue. People lacking critical thinking skills due to drug or alcohol abuse or psychological issues is another. He called his dad, which shows to me he had some understanding of what had just happened. Dad called police.
This is an unfortunate situation all around. But last I checked accidents do happen.
I am sure the lady with bullet hole in her back will feel the guy is not a threat to society. Gotta take 'em for the team, ya know.
DeletePeople lacking critical thinking skills due to drug or alcohol abuse or psychological issues, irresponsible behavior is a threat to society. Being at risk of being shot accidentally or intentionally is not something we should all have to just accept as everyday normal in America.
DeleteDrunks with loaded guns in crowded places == "unfortunate situation". Your KID takes the bullet... well, maybe, just a trifle more serious than "unfortunate". Criminal? Nah. Your KID is tough, manly, and eager to have bullets dug out of his body. My kid? Not so much.
DeleteAnonymous 7:34
DeleteGet fucking real. Would u have the same attitude if the woman that was shot was ur mother?
Anyone who gets drunk and walks around in public with a loaded gun is a threat to society,dimwit.
DeleteNot a threat to society? Are you serious?
DeleteMaybe he had PTSD.
DeleteI disagree that you don't think he is a threat to society, he just proved that he definitely is a threat.
DeleteOMG are you for real? Not a threat to society?
DeleteHe just shot a woman in the chest, do you know what the health consequences of that are?
"likely to ventilate a lot of people at the next late shooting."
Well if he keeps putting bullets in them they are going to get a lot of ventilation.
Why was he taking a loaded gun to a movie? Was he planning on shooting those bad Mooslims on the screen? Or did he think ISIS was going to raid the theater and he being sober and all was going to take them out.
There is a difference between "accident" and "negligence."
DeleteI would like to see liability insurance requirements and criminal charges filed for stupid incidents like this. Being drunk does not and should not get him off the hook for stupidly fiddling around with a loaded gun in a movie theater any more than driving while drunk gets someone off the hook for injuries caused by their negligence.
Yes, please stop calling these "accidents."
DeleteWould you feel the same way if that was your wife or daughter and the bullet ended her life?
DeleteHe was drunk, he had a loaded weapon and, after the shot, he LEFT THE THEATER before the police arrived.
Sorry, but that does NOT qualify as an accident.
Not to pile on, but are you serious?????? Did the guy ever take a ticket stub to a shooting range? THAT'S an accident,
DeleteGoogle "Gunshot wounds" in pictures. They're not a tiny hole with a few drops of blood as we always see on television. Then google the term "accident" in pics.
See? Easy Peasy, just don't step on a crack
OT, but look at Sarah's latest FB post about the Marines who went missing. She's trying to kiss up to the military now that they scolded her for using PTSD as a political prop. Instead of apologizing like a grown-up, she is, to use her stupid phrase, pussy-footing around with empty condolences.
ReplyDeleteNo way will I give that bitch clicks, and that accident happened DAYS ago! I thought the military was first and foremost in her heart; she's just a prayin' and prayin' fur awl uf em. Pfffft!
DeleteJust now getting around to it, $arah? Gee, even the most ignorant can see the motive behind it. Opportunistic FRAUD.
What a disgusting POS she is. My apologies to sh**t.
DeleteIn a CBS interview that Levi gave after the Vanity Fair piece came out, he said he had only given small bits information on Sarah and that he had much more damaging stuff he could have said but was not going to discuss it at that time. Only hope that if Trump does give Palin the VP slot, Levi will disclose the dirt that he has kept hidden all this time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5X0VmCwttc
Hey, "shit happens", we're reminded by future commander in chief Jeb!. (giggle).
ReplyDeleteLike your arch conservative co-worker, friend, neighbor or relative likes to say: "If it doesn't affect me or my immediate family directly, I'm not gonna worry about it."
Once the full implementation of the NRA's masterful "ALL GUNS, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME" agenda is complete - and it'll happen sooner than you think - this sort of "oopsie" is gonna be commonplace.
Random, accidental discharge of firearms is what Thomas Jefferson or some other Foundling Father called "the unavoidable price of freedoms, yo!" GET USED TO IT!
Soon, every time we hear some idiot 'accidentally' fire a handgun he had no business carrying in the first place we'll all learn to appreciate it as the ringing of the golden bell of liberty. All of us, except anyone unlucky enough to be struck by flying lead, that is. But, everyone else will thank Jeebus for reminding the original authors of the Constitution to amend it to add "unlimited concealed and/or open carry of firearms for our personal entertainment because we like them" to the document. Yay!
Or google "dropped taurus pistols" next time you're waiting in line at Wally World for the shithead in front of you to snag his fully loaded .32 caliber semi-automatic strap-on penis extender while extracting his wallet. BANG! "Oops... sorry, my bad"
It's pretty cool that he accidentally shot the woman who was talking out loud during the movie, amirite? /snark
ReplyDeleteI moved into a state with tons of "Guns save lives" bummer stickers.
ReplyDeleteI don't go to movie theaters anymore. Let the drunk idiots with small penises use their emotional therapy weapons to kill each other.
I figure I'll end up with a bullet in me any way, but why sit around in the dark waiting for it.
I haven't been to a movie theater in years. Overpriced and not putting one dime into Hollywood's pockets.
Deletehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/a-mans-dying-wish-was-that-people-not-vote-for-donald-trump
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but I wanted to post this. Apparently not everyone in this country has lost their damn minds.
Years ago I worked as a forum moderator on a quite large website. One of the members, a fanatical gun rights person, was always going on about his rights to own weapons, and to carry weapons both concealed and openly. One day he posted that he was badly injured, because he had shot himself in the leg. Did he blame himself for careless handling? No, of course not. It was the fault of the gun, because it had an inherent manufacturing defect.
ReplyDeleteI am constantly reminded of this man when I read stories like this. The forum member could have killed himself or a bystander, just the way this irresponsible person at the movie theatre could have. It is not an accident, this is willful stupidity in carelessly handling something which is designed specifically to kill things.
Archie Butt
So much go "guns don't kill people."
DeleteSo much FOR "guns don't kill people."
DeleteUnfortunately, guns are not idiot-proof. And any attempt to sell an idiot-retardant gun are met with death threats. Didn't the family of the woman who was killed when her baby played with the gun in her "gun purse" blame the manufacturer of the "gun purse"?
DeleteWith the privilege to carry a firearm comes extreme responsibility. Anyone injuring another while exercising that privilege should be held accountable for ALL costs to the other AND some serious jail time.
ReplyDeleteKilling another with a gun in public, even 'accidentally', should be a life sentence. being drunk in a movie theater and and shooting someone while playing with your penis extender is no accident.
I know nothing about guns, so my question is the article stated he was fumbling with the gun and it went or he dropped it and it went off, either what about the safety lock on the gun?
ReplyDeleteDid he have the safety lock off or could fumbling or dropping it cause the lock to open?
The round was in the chamber and the safety was off. This is not accidental.
ReplyDeleteI hope the police examine the scene carefully to determine trajectory.
A gun that has just hit the floor and is thus firing upwards could fire towards the woman's butt or legs, not the chest. Sitting person to sitting person's chest is a horizontal trajectory.
It is reported that she was talking, not whispering. My theory is that the shooter intended to threaten her into silence by waving the gun at her, but his finger slipped on the trigger. When it entered his drunk brain that he'd shot her, THEN he fumbled and dropped the gun. And fled.
The woman's escort may have something to add to the evidence, but the bullet's trajectory through her chair will be damning.
Perhaps guns should have an "alcohol" lock as well as a safety lock.
I agree. She had to have been turned towards him to have been shot in the chest, so they could have been having words.
DeleteThere are locks on car ignitions that prevent anyone whose blood alcohol level is above the limit from starting the car. Maybe we should do something like that for guns.
Delete"Who else would bring a loaded firearm to a theater except a drunken asshole who would run away from any responsibility for his actions?" That was facetious, right? How about maybe a homicidal maniac, or a good ol' boy with dreams of glory, protecting his fellow moviegoers from a homicidal maniac?
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile here in AZ, a legislator is pinning a bill to reimburse every citizen who gets a conceal carry permit up to $80.00 Oh, what could go wrong with this?
ReplyDeleteThey are saying that it will make us all safer. Oh yeah?
Where is he planning on getting the money from tax dollars? If so, I would want a refund.
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