Hey may have to change title a bit:
A West Virginia man who told authorities that he was hitchhiking across the country and writing a memoir about kindness was injured in a seemingly random drive-by shooting near Montana’s booming Bakken oil patch.
Ray Dolin, 39, was shot in the arm as he approached a pickup on Saturday evening thinking the driver was offering him a ride, said Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier.
The shooting took place about three miles west of Glasgow, along rural U.S. Highway 2, a major route into and out of the oil patch.
A 52-year-old Washington man, Lloyd Christopher Danielson III, was arrested about four hours later near Culbertson. Authorities say the suspect was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They released no motive in the shooting.
“He was sitting down to have a little lunch, and this guy drives up. He thought he was going to give him a ride, and, as he approached the vehicle, the guy pulls out his weapon and shoots him. It’s as simple as that,” Meier said.
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9 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.Aaaaand the world’s perception of Amurrica goes down another notch.
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It’s hard to imagine how that is possible, but I suspect you are correct.
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I would defer to Judge John Hodgman to be certain, but I smell buzz marketing.
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I liked the banner ad declaring MSU Billings to be Montana’s urban university.
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That there are dicks doesn’t mean that there isn’t kindness.
It seems like one for irony corner but one doesn’t cancel out the other.
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Things are getting really weird in this country. In Chicago we’ve had over 50 shootings over the past couple of days. Apparently this is not entirely isolated to the Windy City. WTF is going on around here? We can only hope President-Elect Mittens can cure this insanity. (I hated typing that last sentence BTW.)
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That’s going to be a short book…
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Hitchhikers and even roadside pedestrians have been targets for red-blooded amerikkkans for quite awhile. After all, they’re all dirty fucking hippie fags so shootin’ ‘em down for GI Geebus is the patriotic thang to do. Yeehaw!
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Apparently, he made the the story up… but actually shot himself. Very bizarre. Perhaps he accidentally shot himself, then created the story out of embarrassment? Who knows? what a maroon…
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-montana-hitchhiker-20120615,0,2411070.story
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