Thursday, May 26, 2005
Redneck Roulette
Well, that's just great. A dangerous game has left one man dead, and police fear it's a game that could be gaining popularity.
William Owenby is charged with voluntary manslaughter after Buncombe County (here in Asheville, NC) Sheriff's investigators say he shot 30-year-old Jonathan Burrell in the head during a game of redneck roulette. Capt. Pat Hefner says, "one individual spun the cylinder, shut it, put the gun to his head .. it did not fire when he pressed the trigger so he put the gun to his buddies head ... pressed the trigger and the gun fired."
Police say more than 90% of roulette deaths involve alcohol or drugs. Russian roulette cases are usually labeled as a suicide. But in redneck roulette, the charge can be voluntary manslaughter or murder.
I later heard a deputy say on local news that this is the 6th incident of redneck roulette they've seen this past year. Is that the theme to Deliverance I hear?
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Well, that's just great. A dangerous game has left one man dead, and police fear it's a game that could be gaining popularity.
William Owenby is charged with voluntary manslaughter after Buncombe County (here in Asheville, NC) Sheriff's investigators say he shot 30-year-old Jonathan Burrell in the head during a game of redneck roulette. Capt. Pat Hefner says, "one individual spun the cylinder, shut it, put the gun to his head .. it did not fire when he pressed the trigger so he put the gun to his buddies head ... pressed the trigger and the gun fired."
Police say more than 90% of roulette deaths involve alcohol or drugs. Russian roulette cases are usually labeled as a suicide. But in redneck roulette, the charge can be voluntary manslaughter or murder.
I later heard a deputy say on local news that this is the 6th incident of redneck roulette they've seen this past year. Is that the theme to Deliverance I hear?
Link
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