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2022-01-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Welcome to Atlanta - Stray bullet kills visiting English astrophysicist

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. (AP) — A stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist while he was inside an Atlanta-area apartment, authorities say.

Matthew Willson, 31, of Chertsey, Surrey, England, was visiting his girlfriend in the United States when he was hit by a bullet that pierced the wall of the apartment. The shooting happened early Sunday morning, only three days into his visit.

"He was supposed to be here for three months because we’ve been long distance for a while," Katherine Shepard, his girlfriend of three years, told WSB-TV. "I picked him up from the airport, took him to his favorite eating location, and the next day, he’s gone."

Shepard, whose apartment is in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, who told the television station that the couple woke up on Jan. 16 to the sound of more than 30 gunshots coming from an apartment complex directly behind Shepard’s. A bullet traveled through Shepard’s wall, hitting Willson, she said.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-22 10:59|| || Front Page|| [25 views ] Top

#1 Oh, an astrophysicist.

So, this is like meteor impacting Earth type-odds?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-22 14:06|| 2022-01-22 14:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Oye! See the other thread on this. I mentioned that exactly.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-22 14:12|| 2022-01-22 14:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Aye; you must have read further than the title, or an odds-crazy comment?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-22 14:46|| 2022-01-22 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Pure co-inky-dink.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-22 14:49|| 2022-01-22 14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Craaaazy...this guy is getting odds busters well into the afterlife.

Now I'm curious if he had a personal journal. You know, maybe thoughts about the future~~, bookie ideas~~?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-22 14:53|| 2022-01-22 14:53|| Front Page Top

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-22 14:58|| 2022-01-22 14:58|| Front Page Top

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