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POTTER VALLEY

Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self


Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 6:42 a.m.

A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

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The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

-- Glenda Anderson


Comments

  1. drevlo says...
    July 8, 2008 5:17:15 am

    Somewhere Mr. Darwin is sobbing about the missed opportunity....

  2. pdwatcher says...
    July 8, 2008 6:13:35 am

    Was the woman arrested for negligent discharge of a firearm in an occupied dwelling resulting in injury?

  3. poreflay says...
    July 8, 2008 6:56:38 am

    LMFAO TFF Crazy b*tch with a shoulder holster in her trailer. Cmon now y'all dont hunt mice with a .44, wont be nothing left to cook.
    JERRY- JERRY - JERRY.

  4. timothyroymartin says...
    July 8, 2008 7:35:52 am

    Got to luv someone going after a mouse with a 44 Magnum. Wonder what she would use on a Mountain Lion?

  5. notablef says...
    July 8, 2008 7:38:01 am

    I think the Mendo County Sheriffs need to look more closely at the mice. I think they may have had something to do with this incident. I think they are also intimidating the victims into telling police this crazy story.

  6. code30 says...
    July 8, 2008 8:04:26 am

    These people are allowed to breath our air, function amoung us and breed.

    This is also what should scare people about having a "Jury of our peers" in legal proceedings.

    In fact, if this had happened in Sonoma County, Stephan P. and his Uh-oh squad would have charged her with attempted murder and used the mice, after lots of coaching, as the primary witness pool.

    This world is totally doomed.

    I thought I had seen and heard it all....Until this story.

  7. Amsterdam-born says...
    July 8, 2008 8:29:56 am

    Sounds like the Clampetts from "The Beverly Hillbillies"

  8. bigdogridr says...
    July 8, 2008 8:58:14 am

    Goedemorgen mijn mooie vriend. Hoe was uw weekend?

    My ex-wife lives in Potter Valley, but she carried a .357 mag. Wonder if she's upgraded to a .44. Hmmm.

  9. Amsterdam-born says...
    July 8, 2008 9:13:58 am

    Hoi bigdoggie, ik was in Santa Rosa in het weekende...heb wat vrienden bezocht. Ik hoop dat het goed gaat met u.

    I think the law should be changed to: "The right to bear arms, except for people in (travel) trailers"

  10. dtmadigan says...
    July 8, 2008 9:18:33 am

    You people aren't being fair at all!!!!!! You should have much more compassion for your fellow human beings! She had to use a 44 cal....the mouse had an ak-47!

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