Getting rid of mice in trailer

[Lorene W]

POTTER VALLEY
Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 6:42 a.m.

A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

[Bob H]

Yeah, but what happened to the mice?

[paulw]

They probably died laughing...

[Alf S.]

Hi: Naw... Hickory dickory doc,
The mice ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The other got away with minor injuries!!!
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[Byron Kinnaman]

Funny and lessons to be learned.

[Scott S.]

almost a Darwin Award there.

[Robert Brummett]

Well, like Robert Ruark used to say, "Use enough gun."

[Darwin Maring]

When I was living in Augusta, GA a fisherman shot a snake with a 357Magnum when it droped from a tree into his aluminum boat that was soon to be his fishing submarine.

[Bob H]

I can't even chuckle eather. My Uncle shot a hole in the bottom of my Dads new jonboat with a shotgun. Snake got away and everyone swam to shore.

It all in the family...
ConwayBob