Woman Killed with Shot to Head from Gun Bought for Ferguson Unrest

Corwin Parks | November 23, 2014

 

 

Here is some news out of Ferguson, MO, a woman accidentally shot herself in the head with a newly purchased gun that she bought in preparation for the riots in Ferguson due to the highly controversial shooting of Michael Brown. According to the CNN: 

The female victim, identified in a police report as Becca Campbell, 26, was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident. Her 33-year-old boyfriend was driving, the sources told CNN.

 

Apparently they bought the gun for fear of the unrest, however when driving late Friday night, Campbell  "waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson." Her boyfriend, who is unidentified, was driving and ducked out of the way of the gun. In doing so he rear-ended a car which the impact cased the gun to go off shoot Campbell in the head.

Of course there is an ongoing investigation as the authorities want to make sure the story from the unidentified boyfriend holds true.