Paralympics star Oscar Pistorius Held 'For Shooting Girlfriend'

[Newsjock]

Source: Sky News

Paralympic and Olympic star Oscar Pistorius has reportedly shot dead his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder.

A body was discovered at the athlete's home in the Silverwoods estate in eastern Pretoria, South African police said.

A journalist in South Africa has told Sky News that Pistorius' girlfriend was allegedly shot as she woke him, trying to surprise him on Valentine's day.

... South African journalist Kalay Maistry told Sky News: "It is alleged that he thought his girlfriend, who’d come in to try to surprise him for Valentines Day, was an intruder. It’s alleged that he shot her at least twice in the arm and head.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1051959/oscar-pistorius-held-for-shooting-girlfriend

[wake.up.america]

1. Wow - it's a violent world. Guns, guns and more guns.

[malaise]

2. Holy shite!!

Huh? This one sounds very strange

[magellan]

3. He shot her as she woke him?

He was clear enough to grab his gun but not to recognize her before shooting?

Not buying it.

[JI7]

4. i think he killed her on purpose, but even if he thought she was an intruder

it seems just as bad considering the stupidity of it.

[malaise]

5. He has been arrested

His story makes no sense

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/feb/14/oscar-pistorius-girlfriend-shot-dead
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South African police have arrested star sprinter Oscar Pistorius for allegedly shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria.

Police said they had opened a murder investigation after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in the upmarket Silver Lakes gated community on the outskirts of the capital, where the Paralympic and Olympic runner lives.

"We found a 9mm pistol at the scene. A 26-year-old man was taken into custody," a police spokeswoman said.

Details about the incident remain unclear. There was speculation in the local media that Pistorius may have mistaken her for a burglar and the shooting could have been a result of a Valentine's Day surprise gone wrong. Local media suggested that Steenkamp may have been trying to surprise her boyfriend in his home on the heavily guarded compound and had been mistaken for an intruder. She was shot four times in the head and the arm.

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Who shoots an intruder four times in the head???

Please - one more highly strung athlete - hope there are blood tests.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. "Who shoots an intruder four times in the head"? Some DUers would

Such as one who felt a gun used to injure, but not kill, a burglar was not powerful enough, and should have been using both hollow point bullets (banned by the Hague Convention) and armor-piercing bullets: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2145794

Sadly, it doesn't take drugs to get someone to want to kill anyone who breaks into a house. When they're typing it on the internet, anyway.

[malaise]

9. The truth is that there appears to have been a history of domestic abuse here

http://www.2oceansvibe.com/2013/02/14/oscar-pistorius-update-police-suggest-history-of-domestic-incidents-at-pistorius-home/
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Police Suggest History Of “Domestic Incidents” At Pistorius’ Home

[Dorian Gray]

6. If true

that is horribly sad.

If it's a lie, it's terribly disappointing. His story was one of the more inspirational ones at the Olympics last summer.

[malaise]

7. That would be his track and field story

The media has kept the other side of his life rather qiuet.

You see Oscar has a history of abusing women and this is not the first time police showed up at his home.

[MissB]

11. How sad.

Folks the world over do love to glorify Olympic athletes.

The poor woman. She had a law degree and a good future.

[malaise]

16. Police were called two hours before her murder

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-02-15-oscar-pistorius-arrives-in-court


http://mg.co.za/article/2013-02-15-00-reports-of-aggression-haunt-oscar-pistorius-social-relationships

[Dorian Gray]

15. That seems to be coming out now

I guess the "story line" of being successful despite two prosthetic legs and a history of abusing girlfriends wasn't as appealing to NBC to air.

[malaise]

17. You'd be surprised to know that agents and sponsors

often 'intimidate' or 'silence' victims.
These superstar athletes are 'big business'.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Devastating--apparently he was also a bit paranoid

from what I have read this a.m.

[cbdo2007]

12. He's gonna have a tough time running away from this one.

harharharharhar

Seriously though, if he did this he's a giant asshole. 1) for killing his gf on valentines day which is just rude, and 2) for getting us all to feel sorry for him and turn him into a minor celebrity at the olympics.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I'm not buying the "accident" explanation.

I think this was willful murder. I guess we'll see.