College OTR: Jena 6 Alumni Mychal Bell Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Chest

Jena 6 Alumni Mychal Bell Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Chest

Posted by Dr. Manhattan 12/30/2008 11:36 AM
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Six black guys beat up a white guy in Louisiana after other white kids hung a noose from a tree at their school. That is the one sentence story of the Jena 6 incident, but what followed was a legal controversy that still hasn’t been fully fleshed out to this day

The story is making headlines again today as one of the six, Mychal Bell, has accidentally shot himself in the chest while cleaning a gun. Originally this was being reported as a suicide attempt, but it’s become clear that is not the case. Plus, who commits suicide by shooting themselves in the chest? People who want a 50/50 shot of not being dead?

Bell underwent surgery for the injury and is expected to recover. All in all this really shouldn’t be a national news story since I’m sure hundreds of people a day accidentally shoot themselves somehow. When it was a suicide attempt story it had relevance, but now it’s just an unfortunate accident.

Photo: AP

+ 2 comments

Anonymous says,

Thats not what bells mother says. She says:
"Rosie and M. Bell stated Mychal had made comments over the past two days that because of the current media attention he had because of a shoplifting arrest he did not feel like he could live anymore," Posted 01/03/2009 1:12 PMReply

Anonymous says,

the police report says.
Bell's Christmas Eve arrest came after security guards at the shopping center were told Bell and a male friend were seen stuffing clothing into a bag in a menswear section of Dillard's, according to the investigative report.

Once spotted, the men split up, police said. Bell, chased by security guards, ran from the store to a parking lot, where he tried to hide under a car, Davis said. As a store security officer tried to pull Bell out, "Bell swung his arms wildly" and hit the guard with his elbow, the report says. Davis said the guard was hit in the face.

Bell admitted to the thefts, which police said included four shirts and a pair of jeans, Davis said. The merchandise was photographed by store security and returned to stock, he added. Bell was taken to jail and booked. Davis said the second man escaped.

A officer responded to a 911 call from his grandmother's Monroe, Louisiana, home, where Bell lives. The grandmother, Rosie Simmons, told the officer that she had hidden the gun after the shooting "for Mychal's safety so he did not try to shot [sic] himself again,"

Stop taking up for this thug. No matter what he does people keep saying he didn't do it. Your just going to have to stop and admit that you are wrong he is a thug. Posted 01/03/2009 1:14 PMReply