Ban athletes running on blades

[ChicosBailBonds]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/8946820/olympic-sprinter-oscar-pistorius-charged-murder-girlfriend-reeva-steenkamp

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Blades should be regulated. Tragic story

[warriorchick]

Another "hero" goes down in flames.

I had heard earlier he was claiming that he mistook her for an intruder.  I guess they are not buying it.

[Archies Bat]

Another "hero" goes down in flames.

I had heard earlier he was claiming that he mistook her for an intruder.  I guess they are not buying it.

Might be able to buy the intruder angle with 1 or 2 shots.  Heard reports she was shot 4 times.

[Tugg Speedman]

January 18, 2012 the New York Times Magazine did a profile of Pistorius.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/oscar-pistorius.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

It contained this now interesting passage ...

Pistorius lives in the house with a friend from high school, an engineer who moonlights as a mixed-martial-arts fighter. Pistorius had recently broken off a relationship with his longtime girlfriend, though another young woman was visiting when we got there. As he put together lunch for all of us — fruit smoothies, breaded chicken fillets he pulled from the refrigerator — he mentioned that a security alarm in the house had gone off the previous night, and he had grabbed his gun and tiptoed downstairs. (It turned out to be nothing.)

I asked what kind of gun he owned, which he seemed to take as an indication of my broader interest in firearms. I had to tell him I didn't own any. "But you've shot one, right?" Actually, I hadn't. Suddenly, I felt like one of those characters in a movie who must be schooled on how to be more manly.

"We should go to the range," he said. He fetched his 9-millimeter handgun and two boxes of ammunition. We got back in the car and drove to a nearby firing range, where he instructed me on proper technique. Pistorius was a good coach. A couple of my shots got close to the bull's-eye, which delighted him. "Maybe you should do this more," he said. "If you practiced, I think you could be pretty deadly." I asked him how often he came to the range. "Just sometimes when I can't sleep," he said.

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Apparently, this is the gun that was used.  Also it is also being reported that in recent weeks the police were called to Pistorius  house several times for a "domestic dispute."

[Hards Alumni]

Whatever you do, don't look up his girlfriend's twitter account.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

over/under until the drug stories (roids or PEDs and/or coke) break:  3 days.

[BrewCity83]

Whatever you do, don't look up his girlfriend's twitter account.

OK, I'll bite...why?

(I'm not on Twitter or I'd look it up myself)

[JWags85]

Might be able to buy the intruder angle with 1 or 2 shots.  Heard reports she was shot 4 times.

It seems like an awfully strange time to do it if it was premeditated. And if I remember reading correctly, she was hit in multiple spots, not a few center mass or anything.  If there was an intruder, you freaked out, adrenaline pumping, you'd never shot someone before, I can see more than 2 shots in rapid succession.

It will be interesting seeing more details come to life, but I'm leaning more towards tragic accident at this point.

[Hards Alumni]

OK, I'll bite...why?

(I'm not on Twitter or I'd look it up myself)

https://twitter.com/reevasteenkamp/status/301656335106310144

There was also a RT about something something, "a shot in the dark"

[warriorchick]

https://twitter.com/reevasteenkamp/status/301656335106310144

There was also a RT about something something, "a shot in the dark"

Now this is creepy - it's the big Nike ad they have on billboards in South Africa.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Obviously he's guilty and doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I heard this morning he may have been involved in in incident in Los Angeles last year.  Police plan to reopen and investigate further now after this.

[🏀]

I heard this morning he may have been involved in in incident in Los Angeles last year.  Police plan to reopen and investigate further now after this.

Damn. Did this guy think he could walk on water or something?

[keefe]

January 18, 2012 the New York Times Magazine did a profile of Pistorius.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/oscar-pistorius.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

It contained this now interesting passage ...

— he mentioned that a security alarm in the house had gone off the previous night, and he had grabbed his gun and tiptoed downstairs.

He's lying! That sonuvabitch has never tiptoed anywhere in his life!