Limping man surprised to discover gunshot wound

[Liberal_in_LA]

Limping man surprised to discover gunshot wound

PEORIA, IL (AP) -- Tracy Durham remembers hearing the pop. But the gunshot wound the Illinois man discovered after a neighbor asked about his limp? That was a surprise.

Durham, 48, told police he thinks he was shot by a friend during a party late Sunday at his home.

Police said Durham recalled calling the friend's girlfriend ugly.

The Peoria man then heard a pop as he took a drink from a bottle of whiskey. But police said he felt no pain.

Durham told officers he went to sleep around 3 a.m. Monday and discovered the wound about four hours later.

Police questioned Durham while he was being treated at a local hospital. He declined to identify the man he suspects shot him.

http://www.news10.net/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=84170

[timtom]

1. See? Without guns

he wouldn't have a gunshot wound in his leg, and his friend's girlfriend would still be ugly.

[slackmaster]

4. She must be terribly ugly

For someone that drunk to still see her as ugly.

[KonaKane]

2. That's easier to do than you think.

I had a pal who was traveling in Venezuela, in a bad neighborhood and heard a "pop", thinking it was a kid playing with a firecracker or something. He got back to his hotel room a few hours letter to find his lower pantleg soaked in blood. He had been shot in the calf with a .22, and said he didn't even feel it when it happened.

[LaurenG]

3. that had to be at least his second bottle of whiskey

I used to wonder if drinking whiskey like they do in the movies when someone is haveing a bullet removed would work. I guess it works for gunshots anyway.