Fort Bragg wife shoots husband
Art sends us a link to an article about an Army husband who surprised his wife with breakfast and was rewarded with a bullet in his chest;
Fayetteville Police say Zia Segule, 28, left for work. His wife, 27-year-old Tiffany Segule, set the home alarm system. Zia Segule returned to the home unannounced to surprise his wife with breakfast. The alarm sounded and Tiffany Segule, who had gotten back in the bed, shot her husband in the chest through their closed bedroom door. Police said her husband had entered through the front door, but it’s unclear whether he ever announced himself or tried to turn off the alarm.
Zia Segule was able to walk and talk following the shooting, said police. He has been released from Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. He declined to speak in detail with media when he returned home early Friday afternoon, but said “I’m good.”
Police say that there have been a number of break-ins in the neighborhood which might have put Tiffany on edge. But, you should always identify your target before engaging it, Tif.
Category: Guns
So…I guess I’m done with that whole, “Surprise honey, I got ya breakfast in bed cause I love ya so much!” From now on, once I’m healed anyway, it’ll be a call from each cell phone, plus tossing in a flash bang before I head into the bedroom. 😀 😀 😀
I am sorry for this couple though. I can only imaging she feels awful about this whole scenario.
Not to belittle the guy but what the hell did he think she was going to do?
I suspect they had rehearsed some battle drills.
He might have wanted to include a friend or foe ID immediate action drill.
He’s not particularly bright, is he?
“Surprise, honey! I’m not really a burglar even though I’m acting like one.”
Firing through a closed door at an unidentified target constitutes criminal negligence. But, in her defense, she was just doing what Vice President Biden told her to do.
She only fired once, apparently. So she’s still smarter than Shotgun Joe.
Saying she’s “smarter than Shotgun Joe” is like saying “She has better vision than Stevie Wonder”, or “She can run much faster than Stephen Hawking”. 😉
How true …
Dick Cheney literally shot a guy with a shotgun when he was VP and you call Biden “Shotgun”?
I’ll let Shotgun Joey explain it:
http://youtu.be/eatJYdLCGcI
First, I didn’t invent the nickname “Shotgun Joe” as it applies to Biden. It’s a reference to his infamous stupidity-fueled interview (I know, I need to be more specific) in which Biden advised all the women in America to recklessly discharge shotguns if they hear a suspicious noise. I take it you missed that one somehow.
Second, nobody mentioned Cheney in any context. I wouldn’t trust him with a weapon either, but he didn’t go on national TV and explicitly tell people to flagrantly violate every firearms safety rule there is. Ergo, Cheney may not be bright, but his stupidity was not pertinent to the topic at hand.
Nice try trolling, though.
Inside the house with no reasonable expectation that the person on the other side of the door was a friendly, she heard the alarm beep and knew someone was in the home?
Nope she was well within her bounds. she had no room to retreat nor was she required to by law
Sorry, wrong. Refer to the generally accepted firearms rules of safety:
Rule #1: Treat all guns as if they are loaded.
Rule #2: Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
Rule #3: Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
Rule #4: Be sure of your target, backstop, and beyond.
There simply is no excuse for firing at something when you are not certain what the target is. None whatsoever. And this case is a pretty good indicator as to why.
Actually, it’s not. I know, I know, just because you say so, you think it is, but you would be wrong.
An innocent man took a bullet in the chest because his armed wife was careless enough to fire through a door without identifying her target. This is a very good example of the gun rules listed, and Hayabusa is right on this one.
I was taught from childhood that when you pull a trigger, you’re responsible for anything and everything that round hits.
Would I shoot through a wall or closed door? Maybe, but only if I was already taking fire through that same door or wall.
I absolutely would shoot through a closed door. It depends on circumstances but can establish that the person wasn’t invited into your home. Particularly when talking about an interior door. In the case of two home occupants and one not being there, it’s obviously different.
Oooops!
Well, if there have been a number of break-ins in that neighborhood, I can’t say that I blame her for being twitchy, but she should have let him open the door first and ID himself.
Well there..guess no biscuits and gravy for her now…
“returned to the home unannounced to surprise his wife”
Armed or not, the first rule of preserving a marriage is never, ever come home unannounced, especially at a time you are not expected.
Forgot your keys and need to swing back by the house? Caught an earlier plane back from your business trip? Only a fool does not call ahead. At best it prevents you from finding out something you don’t want to know that would then force you to do something about it. At worst it prevents you from being shot. It’s a win all around.
If I returned home to find out something I might not want to know … I might be doing the shooting.
“Bye honey, I’m going to work now. Should I return unannounced, I just thought I should say I love you now should you decide to kill me dead!”
“Always be sure of your target.”
Christ, lady…Identify your target. Never shoot through a closed door! Hell, even if the person you hit is a legitimate intruder, you can still get charged!
Ask Oscar the Bladerunner what happens when you shoot thru a closed door…
See if she gets surprise breakfast brought home again any time soon…
Absolutely ridiculous.
Divorce time.
Get to feeling better, Sergeant; try doughnuts next time, and get your wife a bigger gun.