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Cops: Weird Hitchhiker Shooting Was a Hoax

Ray Dolin did get shot—by himself

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2012 1:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – It did seem a little too bizarre to be true: The hitchhiker who told police he got shot on a Montana highway has admitted that he shot himself, reports AP. The case drew national headlines because Ray Dolin said he was hitchhiking to gather tales for a memoir he was writing called Kindness in America. He told cops that someone in a maroon pickup shot him in the arm and took off, and he was so convincing that police later arrested a driver and charged him with felony assault. Those charges were dropped, and now Dolin might face a few of his own.

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ladyrosedeky
Jun 15, 2012 4:29 PM CDT
What a f'idiot! Wonder what gave him away? He'll be lucky not every bad guy moron won't have him in their sights now.
Motherchucker
Jun 15, 2012 3:08 PM CDT
he was so convincing that police later arrested a driver and charged him with felony assault ------------------------------------------------------------ The police will believe anything; surprised they didn't 'accidentally' shoot the driver. Of course, Republican teabagger right wingers would have wanted the driver shot immediately, relying on flimsy evidence and worry about it later.
Rammrodd
Jun 15, 2012 3:00 PM CDT
Never rush to judgement. Always remain skeptical until all sides are heard.
 

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