Foul play is not suspected in the Saturday shooting of a fisherman on Falcon Lake, a waterway straddling the U.S.-Mexico border known for piracy and drug trafficking-related violence, the Zapata County Sheriff in Texas said.
Falcon Lake made national headlines last year as the place where American David Hartley was last seen. His wife claims he was shot in the head while they were riding their Sea-Doo watercraft and his body has not been found.
On Saturday, however, "pure stupidity" was to blame for a fisherman being shot on the lake, not criminal activity, Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said.
A fisherman on the U.S. side of the lake heard shots coming from land, Gonzalez said. Under the impression that the shots were the result of someone target practicing, the fisherman decided to get closer, Gonzalez said.
"A guy was target practicing on land. The fisherman was shot in the arm from gunfire coming from the U.S. side. It was just pure stupidity," he said.
The fisherman was airlifted to safety, Gonzalez said. No one has been arrested in the incident.
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I always use fishermen as my backstop.
Haha, that's a good one!
I seriously never would have thought to say that, but that crap was funny. My best friend is the punny one.
Damn stop being nosy
Yaaa. Erin will come get you otherwise.
And use you as a backstop for target practice.
Only if the pregnancy hormones kick in and somebody ticks me off again, like my husband did earlier...ohh, he IS a fisherman...hmmm! Lol
Considering the caliber of people shooting their mouths off here, this story surprises me not at all...
Meesa thinking he be dead?
Now target practicing over a body of water–THAT'S smart.
If it happened on the mexican side it would be criminal activity....!
I live in Canada, and don't know how I stumbled upon this page, but this is better than a sit-com...Am I correct in believing that there are people here arguing about shirts? And the use of "your" versus "you're"? Get off your high horse and stop giving everybody guns!!!!
That guy with the gun had pretty crappy aim, how do you hit an arm when you're aiming for a head?
I have custard between my toes.
Because apparently criminal activity doesn't lie in the 'stupidity' region
how do you fire a gun into open water and accidentally shoot some one? either the shooter was blind, that guys boat is faster than a speeding bullet or the shooter is an idiot with no regard to anyone's life. I think think the guy should be sentenced to some gun safety classes at least.
wow texans in the line of fire again...haha get it?
i dont have alot of issues with texas, the education system i will say is in peril just from all the negativity at least, and the fact that they harbor the Bush family like Pakistan harbors Taliban, other than that its cool.