# Is it possible to shoot someone by accident? Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend by mistake.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-shoot-someone-by-accident-oscar-pistorius-shot-his-girlfriend-by-mistake/650266 "2013-02-14T08:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-shoot-someone-by-accident-oscar-pistorius-shot-his-girlfriend-by-mistake/650266/121 "2013-02-27T17:54:15Z")

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> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> At this point, I have to rethink my position.  
> If somebody is living alone in a home, and it is dark, and there is\* no reason to believe that anybody else \*should be in the house, I believe that he should be allowed to keep shooting until he hears a body hit the ground.

Is this supposed to be about Pistorius? He didn’t believe he was home alone. Steenkamp had been there all night. They spent the evening of the 13th at his house and went to bed together. He says he opened fire in the bathroom because he didn’t know she wasn’t in bed.

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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-shoot-someone-by-accident-oscar-pistorius-shot-his-girlfriend-by-mistake/650266/122 "2013-02-27T18:08:47Z")

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> [@drew870mitchell](#):
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> Am I missing out on a forum in-joke or is that your actual shower?

Sorry. Didn’t see you there.

Yes, with my youngest added for scale.

Actually, she had to take pix of the house for some school project, so I just grabbed it from her folder.

Please forgive the mess.

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