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Oscar Pistorius (South African "Blade Runner") shot his girlfriend... not in a good way
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| Lira |
| quote: | Oscar Pistorius questioned after girlfriend shot dead
South African athlete may have mistaken girlfriend for a burglar, local media reports
South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is being questioned by South African police for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria, local media are reporting.
Johannesburg's Talk Radio 702 said Pistorius was understood to have shot his girlfriend in the head and arm, although the circumstances surrounding the incident were unclear. He may have mistaken her for a burglar, the radio report said.
South African police confirmed a 26-year-old man was being questioned in relation to a fatality at Pistorius's home.
A police spokeswoman told Reuters that a woman had been found dead at the house but declined to give any more details.
Pistorius, who races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades after he was born without a fibula in both legs, was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics and reached the 400 semi-finals in London 2012.
South Africa has some of the world's highest rates of violent crime and some home-owners carry weapons to defend themselves against intruders. |
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God, I'd hate to be this guy right now. Coming from a rather violent country myself, I can't see why people don't leave guns to the police and gun clubs: We're fallible creatures, this is the sort of thing you should leave to professionals... |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| I think the home defense thing was completely unfounded and was just speculation on the radio's part. He's being charged with murder now, and there are reports that the police had been called to the residence in the past on domestic abuse issues. So. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
I think the home defense thing was completely unfounded and was just speculation on the radio's part. He's being charged with murder now, and there are reports that the police had been called to the residence in the past on domestic abuse issues. So. |
| quote: | Pistorius lives in the house with a friend from high school, an engineer who moonlights as a mixed-martial-arts fighter. Pistorius had recently broken off a relationship with his longtime girlfriend, though another young woman was visiting when we got there. As he put together lunch for all of us — fruit smoothies, breaded chicken fillets he pulled from the refrigerator — he mentioned that a security alarm in the house had gone off the previous night, and he had grabbed his gun and tiptoed downstairs. (It turned out to be nothing.)
. . . “We should go to the range,” he said. He fetched his 9-millimeter handgun and two boxes of ammunition. We got back in the car and drove to a nearby firing range, where he instructed me on proper technique. Pistorius was a good coach. A couple of my shots got close to the bull’s-eye, which delighted him. “Maybe you should do this more,” he said. “If you practiced, I think you could be pretty deadly.” I asked him how often he came to the range. “Just sometimes when I can’t sleep,” he said. |
Link: www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine...wanted=all&_r=0 |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| so getting acquitted |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
so getting acquitted |
I doubt it, he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Kinda gives new meaning to taking your girlfriend out on valentines day.
Too soon? |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| those was some elephant caliber wise cracking. I think they will do anything to keep the focus of AIDS, racism and the silliest name ever given sported by their chief justice healthy in regards to some of the good stuff in SA like his gold medal. |
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| itsamemario |
| Why didn't he try to run away from the cops? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I doubt it, he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Kinda gives new meaning to taking your girlfriend out on valentines day.
Too soon? |
Not if she tried to pull his leg. |
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| Scoops |
| Oscar Pistorius.. Proof that even a man with no legs has a better shot than Fernando Torres. |
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| DJ RANN |
| Maybe he thought she was a Replicant? |
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| Trance-MB |
Apparently?
And now it's Pistolorius by the way. |
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