Boy shot, spits out bullet

[madamesilverspurs]

A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the mouth in a drive-by shooting Sunday night literally spit out the bullet when paramedics arrived to treat him. He was not seriously injured, and police have arrested the shooting suspect.

The victim's name hasn't been released at this time, but police and paramedics at the scene said the boy was up and walking around when they arrived at the scene. He was later treated at a hospital.

One person has been arrested for the incident that occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday at the McDonald's Restaurant parking lot, 2440 8th Ave. According to police spokesman Sgt. Joe Tymkowych, several juvenile boys, 15 and 16 years old, were involved in the incident. Police have arrested a suspect they believe was the shooter, and he is being held in the juvenile center.

Tymkowych said the shooting accelerated after words were exchanged between people in a car and some boys at the drive-in, who were with a bicycle club. The teens in the car may have been gang members, police said, and were wearing gang colors.

After words were shouted back and forth between the groups, one of the people in the car fired at the bicyclists with a small-caliber handgun. The bullet hit the boy in the lip, passed through his gums, and apparently stopped in the boy's mouth.

He spit out the bullet when ambulance paramedics arrived to treat him. The boy was up and walking around when help arrived, according to Dale Lyman, spokesman for the Union Colony Fire/Rescue Authority.

He was taken to North Colorado Medical Center, where he was treated and released.

Investigation into the case continues, and anyone with information or anyone who may have witnessed the shooting is asked to call the Greeley police at 350-9600.

http://www.greeleytribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS/907279995/1051&ParentProfile=1001&template=printart

[rug]

1. 5 to 1 he can kick Chuck Norris' ass.

[TheWraith]

4. That has really GOT to be a DUzy. nt

[Aviation Pro]

5. And Superman's

....

[Fumesucker]

2. "The shooting accelerated" ???

:wtf:

Why can no one write or speak any more?

[Robb]

3. LOL It happens to journalists who hang around cops too much

...There's this tendency to overuse words like "individual," "proceeded" and "accelerated" in places no normal human being ever would. :D

[Canuckistanian]

8. I guess the shooting was going on at a normal pace, then it accelerated

That how I understood it.

[optimal-tomato]

6. Talk about taking a level in badass... n/t

[Forkboy]

7. A real life Bullet Tooth Tony!

"So what do I call you? Bullet? Tooth?"

[Tim01]

9. Remind me not to piss him off. nt

[Thickasabrick]

10. OMG it's Superboy. Awesome outcome.

[Clintonista2]

11. THROUGH the gums?

ouch!

[The Straight Story]

12. I asked my GF what she would have done, said "Swallowed"

:rofl: