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Weird Accidental Discharge in Atlanta UPDATE
allen griggs
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Prominent Atlanta business executive Diane McIver was accidentally shot and killed as the SUV in which she was riding passed by Piedmont Park in the waning hours of Sunday night, according report issued late Thursday night.
The unwitting gunman: her husband, Atlanta lawyer Claud "Tex" McIver.
The Fulton Daily Report, a publication specializing in news about the legal community, reported that McIver inadvertently killed her. He was on the lookout for carjackers when the shooting occurred, the publication reported. They cited a family spokesman, Bill Crane. Reached by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Crane declined to confirm the account.
The McIvers owned a farm in rural Putnam County about 90 miles east of Atlanta. They hired a driver - so far, unidentified - to bring them back to their Buckhead home Sunday evening, the publication reported. Diane McIver sat in the front passenger seat; her husband settled in the seat behind her. Their ride, a 2013 Ford Expedition, headed back toward Atlanta.
The driver exited at Edgewood Avenue to avoid a traffic jam on the Downtown Connector, the paper reported. After some wrong turns, it wound up on Piedmont Avenue. Fearing a carjacking, McIver armed himself with a handgun in the SUV, according to the article. It went off, fatally injuring his wife.
The driver rushed the wounded passenger to Emory University Hospital on Clifton Road, Crane said. There, Diane McIver died just a few minutes before 1 a.m. Monday.
The account of what happened highlights a case in which officials have remained nearly silent. The Atlanta Police Department released an incident report of the shooting on Wednesday, more than two days after officers responded to a call of a gunshot victim at the university hospital.
The report had little to report. It did not list who was in the SUV, other than Diane McIver. An officer talked to the driver, but didn't include in the report what the driver said. Nor did the report say why the driver took the injured woman to a hospital on Clifton Road, 4 ? miles away. Piedmont Hospital is less than half that distance from the shooting scene.
Investigators want to be thorough, a police spokesman said Thursday.
"This is one of those situations we're working through very slowly," police Sgt. Warren Pickard said. "We want to get it right."
The Fulton District Attorney's Office declined comment on whether any charges are pending.
Diane McIver, whom one associate described as "extremely intellectual," made a successful career as president of Corey Airport Services, an Atlanta-based marketing company.
Her husband, a partner in his firm, is vice president of the Georgia State Election Board. In August, he assumed another seat on another board. The American Bar Association appointed him to the advisory committee of the association's Standing Committee on Gun Violence.
Prominent Atlanta business executive Diane McIver was accidentally shot and killed as the SUV in which she was riding passed by Piedmont Park in the waning hours of Sunday night, according report issued late Thursday night.
The unwitting gunman: her husband, Atlanta lawyer Claud "Tex" McIver.
The Fulton Daily Report, a publication specializing in news about the legal community, reported that McIver inadvertently killed her. He was on the lookout for carjackers when the shooting occurred, the publication reported. They cited a family spokesman, Bill Crane. Reached by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Crane declined to confirm the account.
The McIvers owned a farm in rural Putnam County about 90 miles east of Atlanta. They hired a driver - so far, unidentified - to bring them back to their Buckhead home Sunday evening, the publication reported. Diane McIver sat in the front passenger seat; her husband settled in the seat behind her. Their ride, a 2013 Ford Expedition, headed back toward Atlanta.
The driver exited at Edgewood Avenue to avoid a traffic jam on the Downtown Connector, the paper reported. After some wrong turns, it wound up on Piedmont Avenue. Fearing a carjacking, McIver armed himself with a handgun in the SUV, according to the article. It went off, fatally injuring his wife.
The driver rushed the wounded passenger to Emory University Hospital on Clifton Road, Crane said. There, Diane McIver died just a few minutes before 1 a.m. Monday.
The account of what happened highlights a case in which officials have remained nearly silent. The Atlanta Police Department released an incident report of the shooting on Wednesday, more than two days after officers responded to a call of a gunshot victim at the university hospital.
The report had little to report. It did not list who was in the SUV, other than Diane McIver. An officer talked to the driver, but didn't include in the report what the driver said. Nor did the report say why the driver took the injured woman to a hospital on Clifton Road, 4 ? miles away. Piedmont Hospital is less than half that distance from the shooting scene.
Investigators want to be thorough, a police spokesman said Thursday.
"This is one of those situations we're working through very slowly," police Sgt. Warren Pickard said. "We want to get it right."
The Fulton District Attorney's Office declined comment on whether any charges are pending.
Diane McIver, whom one associate described as "extremely intellectual," made a successful career as president of Corey Airport Services, an Atlanta-based marketing company.
Her husband, a partner in his firm, is vice president of the Georgia State Election Board. In August, he assumed another seat on another board. The American Bar Association appointed him to the advisory committee of the association's Standing Committee on Gun Violence.
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A.d.? I can't comprehend that.....
It was either intentional, or he's a complete idiot that has no business handling a gun or a steak knife.
My .02.
Peace
Dan
The McIvers retrieved their gun - a .38 snub-nose revolver - from the center console of the 2013 Ford Expedition, alarmed about recent unrest surrounding several Black Lives Matter protests in the area and fearing a carjacking, Crane told The AJC.
The couple, who were being driven by an unidentified individual, left the area unharmed. But several blocks later on Piedmont Ave. near the park, the SUV hit a bump and the gun fired, Crane said. It was still wrapped in a plastic Publix bag in which it had been stored, Crane said.
Crane said McIver does not remember firing the gun. He was leaning back in the seat and nodding off when they hit the bump, the gun in his lap, Crane said.
Tex McIver was in the SUV's back seat. Diane McIver was seated in the front passenger seat.
I had assumed that this was a semi auto. Fairly easy to get an AD from a semi auto if you are a dumb *.
An AD from a .38 revolver? This is murder.
if i had a driver that took wrong turns like he did, he would have been fired long ago
ajc.com
The McIvers retrieved their gun - a .38 snub-nose revolver - from the center console of the 2013 Ford Expedition, alarmed about recent unrest surrounding several Black Lives Matter protests in the area and fearing a carjacking, Crane told The AJC.
The couple, who were being driven by an unidentified individual, left the area unharmed. But several blocks later on Piedmont Ave. near the park, the SUV hit a bump and the gun fired, Crane said. It was still wrapped in a plastic Publix bag in which it had been stored, Crane said.
Crane said McIver does not remember firing the gun. He was leaning back in the seat and nodding off when they hit the bump, the gun in his lap, Crane said.
Tex McIver was in the SUV's back seat. Diane McIver was seated in the front passenger seat.
I had assumed that this was a semi auto. Fairly easy to get an AD from a semi auto if you are a dumb *.
An AD from a .38 revolver? This is murder.
He has some explaining to do....either he had the hammer cocked (why?) or he pulled that DA trigger. IMO there is no such thing as an accidental discharge, only unintentional. Using the word accident implies that it was unavoidable, when in fact there is always something that could have been done to prevent it.
Did he follow a single safe gun handling rule? Apparently not...assuming it was not a ricochet, how does he account for having the gun pointed at his wife and not down at the floor?
Is the driver an accomplice?..hmmmmm
I do not claim to know a lot about police work, but the circumstances of the death would seem to call for a complete homicide investigation. It could turn out to be accidental, but APD needs to put a team of experienced investigators on this.
Neal
And why an unidentified driver... ???
Hard to point a gun that 'may go off by accident' AND drive at the same time.
"The report had little to report" ---- that says it all
I do not claim to know a lot about police work, but the circumstances of the death would seem to call for a complete homicide investigation. It could turn out to be accidental, but APD needs to put a team of experienced investigators on this.
Neal
It is a homicide, so I imagine they are investigating it as they would any homicide. What is released to the media, and what is actually in the initial report are often two different things. We The initial officer's report is not likely to contain the detailed investigatory information either. The police are only required to release very basic information on FOIA requests of active investigations.