Colorado woman shot dead while on phone with 911 for 13 minutes

[alcibiades_mystery]

(CNN) -- A Denver woman's frantic phone call with a 911 dispatcher was fatally cut short when her husband allegedly shot her, police say.

The phone call was in its 13th minute, and police had not yet arrived when the shot was fired.
Richard Kirk, 47, was arrested on suspicion of first degree murder.

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She told the dispatcher that there was a gun in the house, but that it was in a safe.

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/us/colorado-woman-killed/index.html

Yeesh.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. They're blaming it on marijuana.

Police investigate possible pot role in Denver woman's killing; husband, Richard Kirk, arrested

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/richard-kirk-arrested-in-wifes-shooting-death-on-st-paul-street-near-university-of-denver




Anything to distract from the 13 minute response time.

[Politicalboi]

2. But guns keep people safer

Gun lobby to the rescue!!!!

"Police are investigating whether Kirk had smoked marijuana or taken other drugs, as some reports allege".

Yes folks we told you about "Reefer Madness"

[Lizzie Poppet]

3. When seconds count...

...the police are only minutes away.

Thirteen fucking minutes into a "frantic phone call" and no police response...in the largest city in the state? Long response times out in the country are to be expected, but in a city the size of Denver? WTF?

[upaloopa]

4. women living in homes in which guns are present are at much higher risk of being shot

For women, guns in the home prove especially deadly

February 24, 2014|By Scott Martelle


http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/24/news/la-ol-guns-women-increased-risk-of-being-shot-studies-20140224

So much for the argument that a gun in the house makes you safer. And it’s especially not true for women.

Atlantic Cities has a roundup piece Monday of recent studies of gun ownership and violence. It concludes that women living in homes in which guns are present are at much higher risk of being shot — most often by a spouse or partner — than women in homes without gun access. The most recent study is in the Annals of Internal Medicine, and its overall conclusion is direct: “Access to firearms is associated with risk for completed suicide and being the victim of homicide.”






According to the study, there is a pronounced risk for a woman being the victim of a firearm homicide if she lives in a home in which guns are present. And often the shooting is accompanied by the suicide or attempted suicide of the shooter, most often a spouse or partner.

[JI7]

5. why did it take so long ?

[mnhtnbb]

6. Many, many years ago--late 70's--I called 911 in Los Angeles and was on hold for 45 minutes.

When they finally answered, I told them I was glad I wasn't in danger of being shot.