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Soldier admits shooting man trying to cure hiccups
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A Fort Hood soldier has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, saying he shot his friend accidentally while trying to scare away his hiccups.
Fort Hood officials say Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, of Spartanburg, S.C., was sentenced Thursday to 3½ years in military prison. He also was busted to private and will receive a bad-conduct discharge.
Myers fatally shot Pfc. Isaac Lawrence Young in September while they were watching a football game at a Killeen apartment. Myers told police he thought the weapon had dummy rounds and was trying to scare his friend so his hiccups would stop.
Young, of Ash Grove, Mo., was 22.
Read More: http://www.kait8.com/story/20932598/soldier-admits-shooting-man-trying-to-cure-hiccups
pangaia
(24,324 posts)in the Army at Fort Hood. "Home of America's Armored Corp.' ??
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Jumping John
(930 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Don't know for positive, but I think miliatry sentences do not come with parole.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Time sentenced is time served, and it's served turning large rocks into small rocks.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Trying to cure some woman's hiccups he drew his weapon pointed it at her and "SOMEHOW" it went off.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)A hiccup is s spasm in your midriff, when the evolutionary really old parts of your nervous system think you are a fish out of the water.
I use a method, where I basically just calm down as much as possible. Shallow, regular and controlled(!) breaths.
It takes a while to find the right feeling for your body, but since I discovered this method, I never had a hiccup that lasted longer than a minute.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)dairydog91
(951 posts)The guy isn't hiccuping any more.
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