Cheenys accident report is up - including graphic representation of wounds

[Jemmons]

PDF file:

http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2006-02/21942343.pdf


Quote: "Game law violated: yes"

[alphafemale]

1. That graphic. OW!!

Thanks for finding and posting this.

[greyl]

2. It's no big deal. (the graphic)

The pdf is worth reading over, but there's no "ow" to that graphic, imo.

[Jemmons]

5. Oh - its mighty sexy in terms of establishing the distance between

Cheney and Whittington.

We still dont know exactly how many pellets went into Whittington - its gone from 40 to "anywhere between 10 and 100" in the spin - but this might be important if the real situation was a bit different from the "pepper" scenario spun by Armstrong:

Cheney, half drunk and trying to impress the Armstrong daughters jokingly takes aim at the old man. Someone tries to push the gun out line with Whittingtons face, but this accidentally makes Cheney fire the gun.

or

"I wanna hear you squeal like a pig! SQUEAL you fuck or im gonna shoot your ears off!"

[maddezmom]

3. so looks like cheney was hum ting without the appropriate license

Will he even pay a fine? :eyes:

[threadkillaz]

4. Wait, it says right side...

.. but the left side is colored on the frontal view. The right side is colored on the side view however.

weird.

[obxhead]

13. His lawyers are already working on that....

[rfkrfk]

6. nice pattern, full choke?

10 inches at 30 yards, is what choke on a 28G ?

[Jemmons]

7. Just one witness really, but who?

From WaPo:

"Armstrong; her sister; Cheney; Whittington; and Pamela Pitzer Willeford, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, went out on the ranch to hunt quail. Armstrong said the protocol they used was to have three hunters shooting at one time: While two sat in the hunt vehicle, the other three were hunting. They would then rotate.

The hunters, wearing bright-orange vests and caps, walked in a line across a pasture. From what Armstrong said she saw as she sat in the hunt vehicle about 100 yards from Cheney and the other hunters, Whittington walked back, away from the line, to look for a bird that he had shot but that a dog did not find."

[free4now]

8. Oh Boy

Probably shouldn't have left her phone number visible!

[HeeBGBz]

9. That's a pretty tight cluster

To be termed "peppered." IMO

[Jemmons]

10. From the report:

"Shotgun wound to the right side of face, neck

Safety position: unknown

Topography: Flat
Visibility: Fair
Type of Cover: Light
Lightning: Sunny
Weather : Clear
Distance from muzzle to victim in yards: 11-50
Shooter involved in hunting related activity? yes
Shooters activity at time of incident: Stalking
Victim involved in hunting related activity? yes
Victims activity at time of incident: Stalking
Victim clothing worn: Blaze orange cap
Blaze Orange cont./vest.
Blue or green trousers



Victim covered by shooter who was swinging on game


Whittington downed a bird and went to retrieve it. While he was out of the hunting line another covey was flushed and Cheney swung on a bird and fired striking whittinton in the face, neck and chest at approximately 30 yards. Cheney was using a 28 gauge shotgun loaded with 7½ shot, Immediate medical attention was rendered from Cheney’s staff. "

[Jemmons]

12. Cheney must have either aimed at Whittington or closed his eyes:

Topography: Flat
Visibility: Fair
Type of Cover: Light
Lightning: Sunny
Weather : Clear
Victim clothing worn: Blaze orange cap
Blaze Orange cont./vest.
Distance from muzzle to victim in yards: 11-50

[obxhead]

11. wow... Very poor blackouts....

[Jemmons]

14. Armstrongs tale:

"From what Armstrong said she saw as she sat in the hunt vehicle about 100 yards from Cheney and the other hunters, Whittington walked back, away from the line, to look for a bird that he had shot but that a dog did not find.

He then walked forward toward Cheney, approaching from behind and to the right of him and the other hunter when the vice president shot at a quail and hit the lawyer."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021300452_2.html