Erie, PA - Guy starts shooting friend at range, other person shoots to stop the shooter

[RicInOR]

https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-shootings-police-erie-a1c4c703027a55ee0c27278fe86482fd

Not too many details, but be prepared.

Authorities probe fatal shooting, wounding at Greene Township state game lands shooting range

Robert Eppley was fatally shot and another man was wounded at the state game land shooting range in Greene Township, Erie County.

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[DB is Here]

Yikes, that's like a bad nightmare.

 

[The Heretic]

Why should there be charges?

 

[The Heretic]

Yikes, that's like a bad nightmare.

Good guy with a gun stopped bad guy with a gun.

 

[DB is Here]

Talking about the rando nutter shooting another at a range, but I get your point.

 

[ATCclears]

Two men were taking turns firing a weapon at a gun range on state game lands in Greene Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon when one of the men turned on the other and began firing at him.

A man in a neighboring shooting stall then fired his weapon at the shooter in an apparent move to stop the attack, killing the shooter, Pennsylvania State Police investigators said.

State police are trying to determine why the man killed, identified as 26-year-old Robert A. Eppley, turned the gun on his friend, said Lt. Mark Weindorfof Pennsylvania State Police Troop E in Lawrence Park Township.

No charges had been filed as of Wednesday morning.

Eppley was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting Tuesday afternoon at the State Game Lands 109 gun range by Erie County Deputy Coroner John Maloney.

A 67-year-old Erie man who state police said shot Eppley was questioned and later released as part of the ongoing investigation into Tuesday's incident, Weindorf said on Wednesday morning.

He was shooting at his friend at a gun range 'for no apparent reason.' Then, a stranger shot and killed him.

State police are trying to determine why the man killed, 26-year-old Robert Eppley, turned a gun on his friend before being shot and killed.

www.usatoday.com

 

[EHJ]

Two men were taking turns firing a weapon at a gun range on state game lands in Greene Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon when one of the men turned on the other and began firing at him.

A man in a neighboring shooting stall then fired his weapon at the shooter in an apparent move to stop the attack, killing the shooter, Pennsylvania State Police investigators said.

State police are trying to determine why the man killed, identified as 26-year-old Robert A. Eppley, turned the gun on his friend, said Lt. Mark Weindorfof Pennsylvania State Police Troop E in Lawrence Park Township.

No charges had been filed as of Wednesday morning.

Eppley was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting Tuesday afternoon at the State Game Lands 109 gun range by Erie County Deputy Coroner John Maloney.

A 67-year-old Erie man who state police said shot Eppley was questioned and later released as part of the ongoing investigation into Tuesday's incident, Weindorf said on Wednesday morning.

He was shooting at his friend at a gun range 'for no apparent reason.' Then, a stranger shot and killed him.

State police are trying to determine why the man killed, 26-year-old Robert Eppley, turned a gun on his friend before being shot and killed.

www.usatoday.com

That poor guy who had to end this.

 

[Certaindeaf]

This is why I never throw away my old frying pans.

 

[spider]

Seems like someone got triggered and the guy had the firearm and saw his opportunity.

Reminds me of the story in 2006 in Hollywood, California about a Freddy Kruger impersonator, who was getting harassed by another Freddy Kruger impersonator about how bad his dress up was and the guy straight up stabbed him in the chest with his shearing gloves.

Maybe not the same thing but kind of is, to me.

 

[bbbass]

State police are trying to determine why the man killed, identified as 26-year-old Robert A. Eppley, turned the gun on his friend,

I'm betting on a wife thing...

 

[EHJ]

I smell, "Firearm Handlers Permits" in the wind...

I'm betting on a wife thing...

Imagine...
[Guy doing friend's wife] : "Wanna go out with me while I show off my new gun?"
[Friend who already knows.] : "Lol. Yeah."

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

So strange.

 

[GrayGoose]

Well I guess they're not friends anymore.

 

[RVTECH]

I'm betting on a wife thing...

Article says ' arrived at the gun range in separate vehicles, with their girlfriends' but possibly same difference.

 

[bbbass]

Article says ' arrived at the gun range in separate vehicles, with their girlfriends' but possibly same difference.

If not due to GF hijinx, then maybe a comment was made... "You GF would sure be fine if she din't have such small tatas, a big mouth, and a fat azz!!"

That's it buddy, imma start shootin!

 

[Xaevian]

Who knows? Crazy gonna crazy. Maybe an insensitive Chris Kyle reference was made.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I smell, "Firearm Handlers Permits" in the wind...



Imagine...
[Guy doing friend's wife] : "Wanna go out with me while I show off my new gun?"
[Friend who already knows.] : "Lol. Yeah."

I lost all my friends in a boating accident.

 

[Member 5605]

I lost all my friends in a boating accident.

I lost what I thought were friends and family due to the 2020 Fraud.

They say a knife can divide flesh from bone but so can a girl or politics.

I can't imagine the scene and being the guy who ended it, that isn't something anyone wants to do on their day off.

 

[jbett98]

My take on this is that he was going to off himself after killing his friend.
It's not like he was going to just walk away without being arrested in the near future.
Who knows the reason for this, unless he left a note behind explaining his actions.

 

[P7M13]

Too bad
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