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    Andover Marine admits he shot himself


    Published August 21, 2003 WELT21


    A Marine who told Anoka County authorities that he was shot while trying to help a stranded motorist has admitted that he shot himself, a sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday.

    Adam D. Welter, 20, of Andover was released Monday night from Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, where he was treated for a wound to his left shoulder.

    Welter reported that he was shot early Monday after he stopped in the 14800 block of Prairie Rd. to help a man whose black, rusted pickup truck was disabled. Investigators searched and found no evidence of a shooting.

    Welter, an Anoka High School graduate, was home on leave and had been scheduled to return to active duty on Monday.

    He called the Sheriff's Office on Tuesday afternoon and admitted making up the shooting story, said sheriff's Capt. Bob Aldrich. "I think he felt bad and wanted to tell the truth," Aldrich said. "He was trying to do the right thing. . . . He was awfully apologetic."

    Welter was apparently despondent about an impending long-term overseas military assignment, according to investigators. Welter had been in training for about a year to intercept and decode radio messages, and he was to be stationed in Hawaii, said Valerie Welter, his mother. Attempts to contact Welter on Wednesday were unsuccessful.

    The case will be forwarded to the county attorney's office where possible charges for giving false information to deputies will be considered, Aldrich said. He would not say where Welter got the gun he used but said it will be returned to its owner.

    Jim Adams
    http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4052308.html

    Wonder if the Marines can/will charge him with attempting AWOL to avoid hazardous duty..... or maybe just extreme idiocy.
    Your look more lost than a bastard child on fathers day.

  • #2
    Re: Jarhead shoots self to Avoid deployement

    Originally posted by Stinger

    Wonder if the Marines can/will charge him with attempting AWOL to avoid hazardous duty..... or maybe just extreme idiocy.
    Gross Negligence?

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    • #3
      a bit off topic but ....

      Do the US Marines have their own police or do they use US Navy Shore Patrol and US Navy CID when needed?

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      • #4
        Can anyone hear that? It's the sound of a can of whoop-ass opening.
        Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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        • #5
          Whoops, I posted this in the social forum, didn't see it here.

          That guy is from my homestate.
          "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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          • #6
            This guy is facing a bundle of potential charges, not the least of which is destruction of government property(him).

            Hawaii eh? Boo-FUCKING-hoo.

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            • #7
              Dude, I'd shoot HIM to go to Hawaii for a year!
              Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

              Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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              • #8
                Hawaii for a year what a moron shoots himself to avoid that kind of opportunitygeez :-(

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                • #9
                  The kind that's been inhaling...
                  Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

                  Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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