Stolen shotgun hits trigger on stolen rifle, kills burglary suspect
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — A burglar died when a rifle he'd just stolen was jostled and fired during a ride down a bumpy farm road, Polk County authorities say.
Detective John Williams says investigators found a shotgun and the rifle Sunday morning, side by side on the passenger-side floorboard of a stolen farm truck, barrels pointed at the driver.
Williams says it appears that a lever on the shotgun got into the trigger guard of the rifle and fired it.
The weapons were among other goods taken from a nearby house on the farmland near Independence.
Williams says detectives found no indication anybody else had been in the truck, whose engine had been running for hours.
The man was identified as 19-year-old Genaro Hernandez Mendoza.
Could Geraro be - excuse me - could Genaro have been an illegal alien?
Poetic Justice! Ain't Karma a B****!
oh this farmer is in deep trouble, not properly securing his weapons and leaving a truck out where some one could steal it, that idiots parents are going to sue him so bad, (note humor)
Opps..
@rangerTess karma is a b*tch lol
@wrestler172 Yup. Doncha love it?!
I can't stop laughing...the comments on this thread make the whole thing worth it all!
This guy must have listened to Joe Biden and decided on a shotgun over an assault weapon. Way to go Joe!
@souptonuts Seems like the Veeps like shotguns..Cheney did too.
@Phil @souptonuts Your right, I had forgotten that, old age maybe. Like two peas in a pod. You know it is really hard to get good help in politics.
Finally some good news.
Oh Genaro, you should have stayed in Mexico. Â I guess the American tax payers will have to fund your funeral and burial costs, but - somehow - this is one expense I don't mind.
"Son, I am handing this rifle down to you, Â it's been a good rifle. Â Over the years it has killed 4 Elk, 16 deer, 3 black bears...and one incredibly stupid thief".
I certainly hope there was no damage to the stolen pickup that couldn't be handled with soap and water!
don't look down the end of a barrel.Â
dumb criminal.Â
Such a cool story! You'd swear it was made up if you were told this at work and didn't see it in the paper.
Goodbye Mr. Mendoza..thanks for the zhitz and giggles
@flor3nc3
I don't approve of what he did, obviously, but he was someone's son.Â
And I am sure they are grieved. Â And I am appalled at your lack of human compassion.Â
@Jason Marks @flor3nc3 I suspect he is one of Obama's sons on the Hispanic side.
That is certainly well within your right. Perhaps you could make a donation to the Mendoza family to further demonstrate your compassion.
Most likely, any funds for the Mendoza family would have to be sent to Mexico.
Now I'm waiting for Mendoza's family to file a lawsuit against the homeowner for leaving a loaded gun unlocked and their criminal son lost his life because of it! Darwin award?Â
I just hope, I mean I REALLY hope that it was Independence ammo in that rifle! That is the only thing I can think of that would make this story funnier!
@stevets Well given the cost of ammo, right now, that one shot might have cost a couple of bucks.
And when St Peter met with him at the Perly gates he laughed so hard that he peed himself!
One less thief to feed and pay some lawyer to protect their rights....
GOOD JOB....GOOD USE OF A GUN...if he had not stollen the gun it would not have hurt him...I'm not sorry for the loss of life in this situation...not at all...too bad
That's one background check that is not needed. What is it they say, "poetic justice".
Hee hee hee..he was driving AND riding shotgun at the same time!
He either self deported, or late term aborted.
I love sad stories like this.
Bad karma strikes every now and then. A good lesson for all you thiefs out there steal a gun be prepared to die.
See??!! Guns really DO kill people!!  I can just hear the anti-gun nuts now........
@JJ97477 See? Guns DO kill! I'm not a nut, but, that's what guns are made for-killing...
Yeah they do kill especially thiefs,taliban,burglars and oh yeah animals that I hunt almost forgot that one.
@ntk0716Â HAHAHAHA!!Â
@umpqua rafter Spare me Mr Uneducated! If you really believe that, then that means that you can blame spoons on being fat, cars for DUIs, and jerking off for your carpal tunnel!
@umpqua rafter @OregonOrator @TAKEDOWN Go row your boat - upstream this time and at the head of a waterfall perhaps.  Large number of school children could be saved if there were a school official with the training, the weapon, and the guts it takes to face down a maniac.
@umpqua rafter You're just jealous because you didn't come up with the riding shotgun" joke!
Guffaw!
@OregonOrator @umpqua rafter @TAKEDOWN Â
Guffaw?? Learn a new word at the retirement home today? Better put your teeth back in, it's almost supper time.
 LOL
@umpqua rafter @TAKEDOWN Then you better sell all those guns you supposedly have (guffaw!)
@TAKEDOWNÂ Â
You forgot to mention large numbers of school children too.Â
OUT GD STANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A great example of why you should NOT have trigger locks on your firearms.
Now that's what I call Justice!Â
Huh, what do know. He really was shot by a gun. One less thief to clothe and feed.