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NEWS ABOUT: gunshot wounds

gunshot wounds stories: 9 news summaries

 McNair Autopsy: 
 3 Distant Shots, 1 Close-Up 

Kazemi shot with gun touching head

Jul 7, 09 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the four gunshots that killed Steve McNair came from more than 3 feet away, while the fourth was close-range, the football star's autopsy concludes. His girlfriend’s wound came from a contact shot, meaning the gun was touching Sahel Kazemi’s head, the Tennessean reports. But that doesn’... More »

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NFL • crime • Tennessee Titans • murder • murder-suicide • football • autopsy • Steve McNair • Nashville • gunshot wounds • Sahel Kazemi

(Newser) - A Phoenix gun-safety advocate accidentally shot himself in the head yesterday while demonstrating gun safety, the Arizona Daily Star reports. The man was explaining to two others the necessity of keeping guns unloaded in the house. To demonstrate, he placed his own gun—which he thought was unloaded—to... More »

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Arizona • Phoenix • firearms • handgun • gunshot wounds • head trauma • gun safety • loaded gun • pistol

Mo. Paper Axes Journalist Shot on the Beat 

Reporter was wounded in '08 Kirkwood city council rampage

Apr 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A St. Louis-area reporter shot last year while covering a city council meeting has been laid off from his paper, the Riverfront Times reports. Todd Smith spent days in the hospital last February after taking a bullet in the hand in an attack that left seven dead. “This is... More »

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layoffs • St. Louis • recession • reporter • editor • Kirkwood, Missouri • gunshot wounds • newspaper industry • Todd Smith

GLOSSIES

 Rapper Gravy 
 Gets Another 
 Shot at Fame, 
 This Time as BIG 

Hefty entertainer to portray the far more notorious BIG

Dec 15, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - His debut album was shelved, but Jamal “Gravy” Woolard still has a shot a fame, the New Yorker reports. The rapper, who notoriously took a bullet in the butt outside a radio studio in 2006, killed his music career with what was widely perceived to be a publicity stunt.... More »

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music • film • rapper • actor • movies • Notorious BIG • gunshot wounds • Jamal Woolard

OPINION

 Plax, Call Diddy (and Other Tips) 


Dec 2, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Plaxico Burress has a lot to answer for, but he can take some cues from the current economy and hip-hop history, writes Chloe Hilliard in the Village Voice. Almost every aspect of his gun infraction has precedent. Her suggestions:
  • Contact Diddy: The rap impresario has had experience
... More »

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NFL • New York City • list • Diddy • New York Giants • arrest • Plaxico Burress • hospitalization • gunshot wounds

Hospital Failed to Report 
Plaxico Gunshot to Cops

Probe widens in aftermath of self-inflicted wound

Dec 2, 08 2:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York City hospital where Giants star Plaxico Burress was treated after accidentally shooting himself in the leg failed to notify authorities about the gunshot wound, reports the New York Times. State law requires officials to report gunshot wounds to the police. An employee at the hospital, New York-Presbyterian/Weill... More »

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Michael Bloomberg • Plaxico Burress • gunshot wounds • NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell • gun possession • Latin Quarter • Daniel J. Castleman

 8 Shot in Harlem Rampage 

Teens in hospital after gunman seeks revenge

May 27, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least seven young people are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooter went on a rampage in Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. Cops believe the gunman was taking revenge after being jumped at a basketball tournament earlier in the day. The victims, all but one... More »

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New York City • revenge • Harlem • shooting rampage • gunman • shooting • gunshot wounds

 Tryst Backfires for Chicago Man 

Escapes robbery critically injured

Apr 15, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Call this a lesson of love. A Chicago man was shot multiple times earlier this morning by a carjacker who tried to rob him during a midnight romp with a prostitute, the Chicago Tribune reports. The 29-year-old John had picked up a hooker and was with her in his car's... More »

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Chicago • armed robbery • prostitute • carjacking • gunshot wounds

Tragic Bond Links Heart Donor, Recipient

Men married same woman, committed suicide 12 years apart

Apr 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton... More »

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suicide • obituary • heart transplants • organ donor • transplant • heart failure • heart surgery • organ donation • gunshot wounds

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