Circus elephant injured in Tupelo drive-by shooting

[Paul E Ester]

Source: The Clarion-Ledger

An elephant with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was injured in an early morning drive-by shooting in downtown Tupelo on Tuesday but is expected to make a full recovery.

The elephant, one of several performing with the traveling circus, was in an enclosure outside the BancorpSouth Arena when it was hit by a bullet in the shoulder, said the arena’s marketing director, Kevan Kirkpatrick.

“We have had the circus once a year since 1995,” Kirkpatrick said. “Absolutely this is the first elephant shooting we had.”

A security guard on the scene was able to provide some information to the Tupelo Police Department, which is investigating but “leads are pretty slim,” said Tupelo Police Capt. Rusty Haynes. “We’re dealing with a victim that can’t talk.”


Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130409/NEWS/304090044/Circus-elephant-injured-Tupelo-drive-by-shooting

[Blue_Tires]

1. A *very* disgruntled former employee??

[Paul E Ester]

2. They have a hard enough life without freaks shooting at them...sad story..nt

[narnian60]

8. Yes, absolutely.

[TheMadMonk]

17. Much more likely a dickhead redneck bored with shooting at signs. /nt

[maxsolomon]

3. Shootin' Guns sure is fun!

Pew Pew! Take that stupid innocent circus prisoner elephant!

[Paul E Ester]

4. Not sure if the "stupid" moniker fits the elephant, more likely the shooter...nt

[maxsolomon]

5. don't you know?

gun owners are either "patriots" or "thugs". "stupid" is not an acceptable description.

the "stupid" part was

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. The GOP symbol has been hit???

[KamaAina]

7. If only the elephant had been armed...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Park the elephant that was hit in drive by shooting outside the Capitol buildings in DC.

Do GOP elephants respect circus elephants? (Rhetorical question)

[Sunlei]

10. poor elephant. They have security cams in downtown Tupelo that recorded the car?

[greiner3]

11. I guess that good ole boy;

COULD hit the side of a, well, an elephant.

[OldRedneck]

12. Deer season is closed

In Mississippi, deer season closed some time ago. Guess this guy just had to shoot something.


"Hold my beer and watch this!!! Biggest damn deer I ever seen!!!"

[Ian David]

13. Just look for the newly minted gangster with the street name, "Elephant Hunter." n/t

[Earth_First]

14. PETA's lastest stunt?

[jpak]

15. Thank the Goddess no holy guns were hurt

yup

[Sgent]

16. Very unusual place for a drive by shooting

although the Arena isn't that far from high crime areas, its not located in one itself and that is usually not a high crime area.

[In_The_Wind]

18. That is sick!