NASCAR Fan Accidentally Shot at Texas Motor Speedway
11-03-2008, 07:52 PM
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NASCAR Fan Accidentally Shot at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A NASCAR fan in her recreational vehicle at Texas Motor Speedway was wounded by a stray bullet after someone apparently fired a gun into the air, police said.
A bullet suddenly pierced through the motor home's roof Sunday morning before the Dickies 500 race, hitting a woman in the right arm, relatives said.
"She immediately (screamed), 'I've been shot. I've been shot.' She took off running out the door," her son-in-law Bobby Cook told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT.
The 62-year-old woman, whose name was not released by authorities, was taken to a nearby hospital with a "significant wound" and was listed in stable condition, police Lt. Paul Henderson said Monday.
The bullet is believed to be a rifle round and appears to have been fired from a long distance because it penetrated the roof at a slight angle, Henderson said.
He said he did not have information on whether investigators had any suspects.
Some 40,000 fans in about 10,000 to 10,500 recreational vehicles camped at Texas Motor Speedway for the weekend's races, said TMS spokesman Mike Zizzo, who declined to comment on the shooting.
The speedway does not release attendance figures for any races at its nearly 160,000-seat track.
Never shoot you gun in the air
A bullet suddenly pierced through the motor home's roof Sunday morning before the Dickies 500 race, hitting a woman in the right arm, relatives said.
"She immediately (screamed), 'I've been shot. I've been shot.' She took off running out the door," her son-in-law Bobby Cook told Dallas-Fort Worth television station KTVT.
The 62-year-old woman, whose name was not released by authorities, was taken to a nearby hospital with a "significant wound" and was listed in stable condition, police Lt. Paul Henderson said Monday.
The bullet is believed to be a rifle round and appears to have been fired from a long distance because it penetrated the roof at a slight angle, Henderson said.
He said he did not have information on whether investigators had any suspects.
Some 40,000 fans in about 10,000 to 10,500 recreational vehicles camped at Texas Motor Speedway for the weekend's races, said TMS spokesman Mike Zizzo, who declined to comment on the shooting.
The speedway does not release attendance figures for any races at its nearly 160,000-seat track.
Never shoot you gun in the air
11-06-2008, 06:22 AM
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After spending a year in Iraq I believe you can definitely be shot by stray bullets falling from the sky. Had complaints about it all the time from the Iraqi civilians we would talk to since firing guns in the air is the preferred way to celebrate over there... weddings, funerals, holidays... anytime is a good time to shoot the sky.
11-06-2008, 07:13 AM
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It can happen. Back in 85' a stray bullet came threw a friend of ours travel trailer. didnt hit no one luckily.
and in Sept. 2000 , i was shot with a pistol while cleaning guns w/ my grandfather.
It mis-fired and i was hit in the abdomen. I was hospitalized
for months and had 5 surgery's. Im fine now, just have about 1 ft of colon
missing. And just June 07 my cousin was tent camping with a friend, and
someone came up to the tent and tried to break in, then shot threw the
tent and it hit my cousin n the stomach. He was hospitalized n home for
months of recovery just like i was,and is missing 1ft of colon
..Isnt that odd that two blood related people got shot n the stomach
with pistols not even 10 years apart?!
Thank the Good Lord for watching over us.
and in Sept. 2000 , i was shot with a pistol while cleaning guns w/ my grandfather.
It mis-fired and i was hit in the abdomen. I was hospitalized
for months and had 5 surgery's. Im fine now, just have about 1 ft of colon
missing. And just June 07 my cousin was tent camping with a friend, and
someone came up to the tent and tried to break in, then shot threw the
tent and it hit my cousin n the stomach. He was hospitalized n home for
months of recovery just like i was,and is missing 1ft of colon
..Isnt that odd that two blood related people got shot n the stomach
with pistols not even 10 years apart?!
Thank the Good Lord for watching over us.
11-06-2008, 07:54 AM
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The guy that shot the weapon has already contacted police. This story is not a myth. This is a very large gun and bullet. Traveled 5 miles.
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