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Another magic bullet?
I'm not really interested in the story itself. I reads like a somewhat unusual crime story. 
I'm trying to understand the trajectory of the bullet...
How does a bullet fired at waist height(?) enter an upright person in the leg and finish in the stomach?
Theories?
I'm trying to understand the trajectory of the bullet...
MOBILE, Ala. - An 81-year-old woman shot a homeless man after finding him washing his clothes in her laundry room, police said.
Ethel Sanders told police she heard noises in her laundry room Monday morning, so she grabbed her handgun and found a man standing in his underwear near the washing machine, police spokesman Officer Eric Gallichant told the Press-Register.
Sanders, who normally uses a walker, shot the man when he came at her, Gallichant said. She was knocked to the ground by the force of the gun and the man grabbed it from her, Gallichant said. The man pointed the gun at Sanders, took his clothes from the washing machine and fled, Gallichant said.
Officers quickly found the nearly naked suspect at a nearby community centre. He had been struck by a bullet that went through his leg to his stomach. He was expected to survive, and will be charged with first-degree burglary when he is released from the hospital, police said.
Sanders told the newspaper she bought the pistol about four years ago to protect herself because she lives alone, but had never fired it before.
"Whenever I hear a noise, I just go grab my gun," she said.
Ethel Sanders told police she heard noises in her laundry room Monday morning, so she grabbed her handgun and found a man standing in his underwear near the washing machine, police spokesman Officer Eric Gallichant told the Press-Register.
Sanders, who normally uses a walker, shot the man when he came at her, Gallichant said. She was knocked to the ground by the force of the gun and the man grabbed it from her, Gallichant said. The man pointed the gun at Sanders, took his clothes from the washing machine and fled, Gallichant said.
Officers quickly found the nearly naked suspect at a nearby community centre. He had been struck by a bullet that went through his leg to his stomach. He was expected to survive, and will be charged with first-degree burglary when he is released from the hospital, police said.
Sanders told the newspaper she bought the pistol about four years ago to protect herself because she lives alone, but had never fired it before.
"Whenever I hear a noise, I just go grab my gun," she said.
How does a bullet fired at waist height(?) enter an upright person in the leg and finish in the stomach?
Theories?
Isn't a walker a pretty big gun ? I guess that she couldn't lift the gun so it was aimed against him - instead she shot the floor and the rickochet went up trough the leg into stomach.
Quick, shoot that burglar again! 
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