Man Takes Gun to Bed, Accidentally Shoots Girlfriend

Worst boyfriend of the week: A Queens man was arrested after shooting his girlfriend, who had been sleeping in bed in their Queens apartment. Police suspect Larry Smith had been cleaning his (illegal) gun when it went off and shot Felicia Crawford in the chest. A police source tells the Post that Smith had the firearm in bed because "He heard a noise and he got up to get his gun." Crawford is in stable condition at Mary Immaculate Hospital. A neighbor says Smith "feels very bad about what happened."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 24, 2008 9:17 AM

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ides_of_march

Cancel the fertility treatments honey, I'm not shooting blanks!

Felix Hoenikker

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Yeah sounds fishy to me too.

At least he didn't use the 'some black/mexican guy did it' excuse.

Pull My Finger

I wanted to pop a cap in her ass and I missed.

jaycjay

So people are really buying his "I was cleaning it" story? OK. I'm sure the cops investigating aren't.

Papercutninja

you shouldn't be cleaning a gun in bed.

soopaman

This is exactly why I clean my gun in bed. Lucky prick. I guess i will keep trying.

Bizzle

I said, I DON'T WANT TO CUDDLE!

Snoopy

Everyone who owns a gun gets up in the middle of the night to clean them when they hear a noise.

woodendesigner

Crap...... someone beat me to "dumbass".

goyogago

nobody's out to take your guns, limbaugh, relax...

Wza

dumbass.

Kojak

Call me crazy, but this might hurt his chances of getting any nookie tonight.

zodak

oops, did i just shoot you in the chest? my bad.

whitecastlerock

I don't think their relationship will ever be the same...

spiritross

still a gun none the less that he owned

Its okay

At least he held the King of England at bay and stopped british soldiers from quartering in his home

Quidnam

Cue stream of comments calling for even more draconian gun laws -- ignoring the fact that this was an illegally owned gun in the first place.