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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:01 PM Apr 2014

Denver Woman's 13-Minute-Long 911 Call Ends With Fatal Gunshot

A Denver woman who spent nearly 15 frantic minutes on the phone with a 911 dispatcher was killed Monday night by a bullet to the head before help arrived.

The gunshot was the last sound 911 dispatchers heard on their call with Kristine Kirk, 44, which lasted for approximately 12 to 13 minutes, said Denver police officer Raquel Lopez.

Kirk's husband, Richard, 47, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, Lopez said. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

In her call to 911, Kirk said her husband was "talking about the end of the world and he wanted her to shoot him," according to a probable cause statement filed in the case. There was a gun in their house, Kirk said at the beginning of the phone call, but it was locked in a safe.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/denver-womans-13-minute-long-911-call-ends-fatal-gunshot-n81816

I love how the cops are investigating marijuana use...trying to cover up this pathetic response...yeesh!

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Denver Woman's 13-Minute-Long 911 Call Ends With Fatal Gunshot (Original Post) joeybee12 Apr 2014 OP
"Took marijuana" - yeah, right. That is pathetic. djean111 Apr 2014 #1
It does...I think people with that mindset are attracted to police work... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #3
Unnacceptable response times, citizens should be in an uproar..... Historic NY Apr 2014 #2
yup, he took him some marijuana, and police took their damn sweet time. 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #4
So now it must be scientific fact Tsiyu Apr 2014 #5
 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
3. It does...I think people with that mindset are attracted to police work...
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:24 PM
Apr 2014

And their bring their very rigid ideology to their jobs.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
4. yup, he took him some marijuana, and police took their damn sweet time.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:33 PM
Apr 2014

This is the third "it was the marijuana, whut did it" type thread I've seen today. Looks like somebody is starting a bullshit campaign to try to prevent pot legalization.

They need pot to keep the prisons full.

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
5. So now it must be scientific fact
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 01:23 PM
Apr 2014

that cannabis use causes very slow response times by law enforcement?

Unbelievable.

I'll guarantee there was a knot of cops somewhere nearby surrounding some teenager's car, looking for weed.

Priorities, man.



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