Man charged with manslaughter after target shooting death

Lets put this in perspective in a nation with 350 million people

Accidental shooting deaths USA 2024 = 438
Drunk driving deaths USA 2023 = 12,429
Deaths in hospitals due to medical mistakes per YEAR = 225,000 +

Accidents happen. It's VERY sad
Yup. If we truly cared about preventing deaths, we'd demand breathalyzers in every vehicle and have stricter driving standards in general....but we don't.
 
Yup. If we truly cared about preventing deaths, we'd demand breathalyzers in every vehicle and have stricter driving standards in general....but we don't.
So you'd give up your gun if drivers agree to breathalyzers in every vehicle? 😇

Careful there, careful...the people who demand one of these usually demand the other as well.
 
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The article states that every house in the block has a backstop except his. I'm curious what the neighborhood looks like.
So am I so here you go, I come up with the address of 3520 E Cherokee Rd. I think many assume a neighborhood and I am not so sure why that assumption. Should not assume without knowing the facts. I believe a horrible accident based on what I can find, including his address online and these images. Im certainly not justifying his misfortune and carelessness. He will live with this the rest of his life and most likely also spend time in jail. I do believe the police reports that he broke down crying.
Its looks pretty rural to me...
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Above google view and Apple Maps confirms the area
https://maps.apple.com/place?address=3520+E+Cherokee+Rd,+Duncan,+OK++73533,+United+States&coordinate=34.463165,-97.9063732&name=3520+E+Cherokee+Rd

So with a satellite image there is a house, I would guess, about 1/3rd a mile back behind his house. With his house being the top right and the home behind at the bottom left.
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/3520+E+Cherokee+Rd,+Duncan,+OK+73533/@34.4624484,-97.9069073,219m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87ad5a4f5f4133fd:0x23c57a3ed8121e5!8m2!3d34.4631697!4d-97.8998615?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3M0gBUAM=
 
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I think many assume a neighborhood and I am not so sure why that assumption.
No one assumed anything. The original article stated, "Law enforcement investigating the shooting canvassed several residences to the north of the deadly shooting...", implying that there's a number of neighboring homes. From the satellite images / links you posted, presuming they're correct, the only home immediately north is the shooter's.
 
So am I so here you go, I come up with the address of 3520 E Cherokee Rd. I think many assume a neighborhood and I am not so sure why that assumption. Should not assume without knowing the facts. I believe a horrible accident based on what I can find, including his address online and these images. Im certainly not justifying his misfortune and carelessness. He will live with this the rest of his life and most likely also spend time in jail. I do believe the police reports that he broke down crying.
Its looks pretty rural to me...
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Above google view and Apple Maps confirms the area
https://maps.apple.com/place?address=3520+E+Cherokee+Rd,+Duncan,+OK++73533,+United+States&coordinate=34.463165,-97.9063732&name=3520+E+Cherokee+Rd

So with a satellite image there is a house, I would guess, about 1/3rd a mile back behind his house. With his house being the top right and the home behind at the bottom left.
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/3520+E+Cherokee+Rd,+Duncan,+OK+73533/@34.4624484,-97.9069073,219m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87ad5a4f5f4133fd:0x23c57a3ed8121e5!8m2!3d34.4631697!4d-97.8998615?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3M0gBUAM=

Oh wow....yea that's very negligent of him to do that with a house that close literally downrange. I would bet he was never taught the firearm safety rules.
 
No one assumed anything. The original article stated, "Law enforcement investigating the shooting canvassed several residences to the north of the deadly shooting...", implying that there's a number of neighboring homes. From the satellite images / links you posted, presuming they're correct, the only home immediately north is the shooter's.
Disagree with what people assume as I was replying to someone else regarding a neighborhood.
It is a little dicey getting the address though this is the address online.
Furthermore it would line up with him admitting he was shooting to the south and there is that home behind his yard guessing maybe 1/3rd of a mile. If the map location is correct shooting to the south would line up with being in his backyard.

All this is speculation. Address could also be from a previous home. As far as everything in the press who knows what is accurate or not.

"After being read his Miranda rights, Adams allegedly acknowledged that he was shooting south from his residence on Thursday with the Glock handgun, which had been loaded with approximately eight and then 10 rounds of Winchester .45 caliber ammunition, according to the affidavit. "

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Source https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/cody-adams_id_G2694778566913478134
 
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Speaking of weapons uncertainties in the reported news - they all use the same initial info sources.

So if the initial sources contain a Honda Camry or a Toyota Accord - that's what will get in the news first. It will get ironed out later, usually. But they have to start with what they've been fed.
 
I think you may be referring to the Randy Weaver event in Ruby Ridge, Idaho:

Vicki Weaver, Randy Weaver’s wife, was holding their infant child when she was shot and killed during the Ruby Ridge standoff in August 1992
I stand corrected it was at Ruby Ridge .
late night posing getting the better of me. :unsure:
 
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Other than the fact it wasn't in Waco but at Ruby Ridge, and she wasn't walking out in the open with a baby in her arms but behind a door, clearly unseen by the sniper, and that the bullet she was killed by was a bullet aimed at Harris who was outside and clearly armed - you got it all correct.

Sorry for letting facts getting in the way of a crunchy story. Will try not to do it again.

Thats now what I remember reading 30 years ago.
Perhaps my source was in error..
or perhaps yours.
 
Finally, and I mean this, sincerely, if you were in a fraternity that used to shoot at each other, you were actually in a gang, with thugs as “brothers”.

There is nothing fraternal, or academic, about young men shooting at each other to resolve their differences.
American fraternities are so barbarian! You need fancy jackets, funny hats, and sabres. And a rulebook. 🧐

Regarding cover/concealment: against 7.62mmx51 fired from 100m distance, you'd need at least 10cm of concrete, 24cm of bricks or 60-90cm of wood or multiple sandbags to be safe.
Preferably more, as sustained fire can significantly degrade the cover.

Pistol rounds have much lower penetrative power; they carry a fraction of the energy and are usually wider. Still, they will go through more stuff and travel further than most people think.

Danger zone when shooting with pistols and smooth-bore shotguns can extend up to 1500m; rifles up to 5000m.
 
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I hate to say it but to many firearms are just play toys used for fun instead of a tool used for a purpose. I tell the police officer next door and his kids all the time that they are going to eventually hit someone during their play time. A shot from their backyard goes through the trees, over my lower property and is dead even with the top of the railroad tracks and also across the river. It's just a matter of time until I get knocked off the mower or a kid on a four Wheeler is hit riding down the tracks or even someone on a boat. I've offered to let them come over to my house and shoot down into a section of my property where I set up targets and have zero risk of hitting anyone but I guess there is no fun in that. At least they did finally stop when they hear my mower down in the field.
 
Chronologies are easy to check on that one.


Well I just did a couple of searches and seems there is some controversy there what he actually saw or didnt see and also some conflicting testimony and if he possibly did or did not know, she was there or not.

But even so, with the most charitable interpretation possible, (which in my mind is incredolous, being something of a shooter myself) this actual trained sniper at a mere 200 meters missed a target he was aiming at and shot someonone whom he dindt see behind a partically closed door in the head?

Thats an incredolous narrative, but eys its one o the working theories.

It seems to me you are somehow implying shooting through a closed door into a houes with women and children and you can see your target is fine?

Or am I misunderstanding you?

Also riddle me this:

If the FBI shooting was totally reasonable and justifiable, how come Randy weaver wont the Civil suit and got 3.5 million USD?
Because under US legal doctrine if its inadvertent and not deliberate they would not owe a penny of restituion is it was all legit law enforcement buisiness.

Not only that under valid US law they could have charged Randy with her murder as he was the supposed "criminal" party that was being surrounded for a reason.

Yet none of that happened.

Also keep in mind this was 1993 and back then the FBI was still held by the vast majority of Americans to be absolutely above reproach (while now we know better) and large civil awards were more rare than they are now.

So I see little need for anyone to be white knighting for this organization.
 
Well I just did a couple of searches and seems there is some controversy there what he actually saw or didnt see and also some conflicting testimony and if he possibly did or did not know, she was there or not.

But even so, with the most charitable interpretation possible, (which in my mind is incredolous, being something of a shooter myself) this actual trained sniper at a mere 200 meters missed a target he was aiming at and shot someonone whom he dindt see behind a partically closed door in the head?

Thats an incredolous narrative, but eys its one o the working theories.

It seems to me you are somehow implying shooting through a closed door into a houes with women and children and you can see your target is fine?

Or am I misunderstanding you?

Also riddle me this:

If the FBI shooting was totally reasonable and justifiable, how come Randy weaver wont the Civil suit and got 3.5 million USD?
Because under US legal doctrine if its inadvertent and not deliberate they would not owe a penny of restituion is it was all legit law enforcement buisiness.

Not only that under valid US law they could have charged Randy with her murder as he was the supposed "criminal" party that was being surrounded for a reason.

Yet none of that happened.

Also keep in mind this was 1993 and back then the FBI was still held by the vast majority of Americans to be absolutely above reproach (while now we know better) and large civil awards were more rare than they are now.

So I see little need for anyone to be white knighting for this organization.
Not challenging your post.

Do want to mention the winning of the 3.5 million dollar civil suit is a completely different manner.

The attorney for the case was Gerry Spence, an attorney that never lost a case. On many circles he is the very best attorney of his generation. Although the feds have unlimited resources, I suspect the DOJ waived the white flag on the civil case knowing they were going up against Gerry Spence. I don't have personal knowledge of the civil trial, but speculation is no reason for a boxer to return for another round in the ring to get knocked out cold, when one can get technically knocked out.
 
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