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作者 標題 Ohio man cleaning gun killed Amish girl found in buggy
時間 2011年12月22日 Thu. PM 10:51:48
Ohio man cleaning gun killed Amish girl found in buggy
Kim
By Kim I. Hartman
Dec 21, 2011 - 17 hours ago
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......"Zimmerly said the bullet had traveled about 1.5 miles before striking Yoder in the head
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Fredericksburg - The shooting of a 15-year-old Amish girl who was driving a horse-drawn buggy appears to be accidental, say police. A man came forward and admitted to shooting his muzzle-loader into the air when cleaning it at the time she was struck by the stray bullet.
The mystery behind the bizarre shooting of Rachel Yoder, who was shot on her way home from a Christmas at an Amish produce farm in Ohio, has been solved, reports Associated Press.
Yoder was found with a single gunshot wound to her head near her home after her brother saw the family horse walking in circles and went to check on her. She had apparently fallen from the buggy and hit her head, causing confusion about her injuries, until an exam at the hospital revealed she had been shot in the head by a single bullet.
Wayne County Sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said, "investigating officers traced a trail of blood along the road for about three-eighths of a mile into Holmes County in an area of farms and rolling hills." No bullet holes were found in the buggy and a thorough search of the area failed to turn up any bullet casings, said police.
Unable to determine the origin of the weapon involved, or any suspects, officers were investigating the case as a homicide. Police had warned residents of the Amish community to report any suspicious activity and to avoid traveling the roads alone.
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said a man came forward and confessed to shooting his gun while cleaning it. The AP reports, "his neighbors told police they had heard a shot at about the time the girl was wounded."
Zimmerly said the bullet had traveled about 1.5 miles before striking Yoder in the head. The official ruling on her death is pending the ballistic report, but investigators believe "in all probability, it looks like an accidental shooting,"
No charges have been filed against the man.Yoder lived in Wayne County and attended the Old Order Amish Church, reports Fox News. She is survived by her father, 10 brothers and sisters, 26 nieces and nephews and two grandparents.
Zimmerly said the Yoder family was relieved to find out their daughter was not a victim of the violence that has plagued Amish communities across the country. "Obviously, that makes them feel a lot better than if someone might have been targeting the Amish or if it was a random shooting murder," he said.
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