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  1. apc8923 apc8923 is offline

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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:35pm)

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    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday.

    Tammy Sexton, 47, remained hospitalized three days after being wounded by her husband, who killed himself after he shot his wife. She is expected to fully recover.

    "There's no way she should be alive other than a miracle from God," said Sheriff Mike Byrd of Jackson County, Miss.

    Byrd said deputies were looking for Sexton's husband, Donald Ray Sexton, earlier in the week to give him a document ordering him to stay away from his wife. Court records show he was convicted of domestic violence and put on probation April 9 for six months.

    He showed up at their home in rural Jackson County in southeast Mississippi about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday and confronted his wife as a relative ran next door to call police, the sheriff said.

    "She was at her bed, and he shot her right in the head," Byrd said. "Then he went out on the back porch and shot himself."

    The slug from a .380-caliber handgun struck Tammy Sexton squarely in the forehead, passed through her skull and exited through the back of her head, Byrd said. A deputy arrived within minutes and was greeted by the woman.

    "When the officer got there she said, 'What's going on?' She was holding a rag on her head and talking. She was conscious, but she was confused about what had happened," he said. "She had made herself some tea and offered the officer something to drink."

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    Byrd said the bullet apparently passed through the lobes of the woman's brain without causing major damage. She was rushed to a Mobile hospital by a helicopter.

    While such cases may be rare, medical journals confirm people have been shot in the head with little or no lasting injury.

    "It's bizarre. You just don't hear of something like this. Somebody gets shot in the head and they're dead," Byrd said.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:38pm) in reply to apc8923

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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:39pm) in reply to apc8923

    WOW.

    Shes a beast imo
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:39pm) in reply to apc8923



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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:39pm) in reply to apc8923

    Mississippi ofc....
    329 6
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:40pm) in reply to Refundz

    The bullet actually passed through her brain and she lived???

    Crazy story, that is as close to a mircle as you can get.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 12:57pm) in reply to apc8923

    ...the fuck!?!?!?!?

    shoulda used the shovel imo
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:00pm) in reply to apc8923

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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:18pm) in reply to apc8923

    wow amazing story. hope she is somehow able to get on with her life, and become a happy and productive member of society again.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:22pm) in reply to marc1313

    Get on with her life maybe. Just stay away from men, she needs another man like she needs another hole in the head.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:51pm) in reply to Synappzz

    I love the miracle from God reference in the article.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:54pm) in reply to elusively

    def of airhead?
     
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 1:59pm) in reply to apc8923

    wow - nice shot!
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 2:11pm) in reply to pigalet42

    HOLY FUCK!!!!!! would have been even sicker if she was like sitting there doing her taxes while the officer came. "oh hey there, got shot in the head but i mean, it is april 14th!" not that making tea isn't complicated enough after being shot in the brain.
      
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 2:16pm) in reply to sketchy1

    Southern hospitality at it's finest iyam.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 2:17pm) in reply to Synappzz

     
    Originally Posted by Synappzz View Post

    Get on with her life maybe. Just stay away from men, she needs another man like she needs another hole in the head.

    this needs way more love. wp, sir
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 2:52pm) in reply to apc8923

    pm Phineas Gage
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 3:03pm) in reply to apc8923

    This happened to a friend of mine, first day on the job he pops a bad guy dead center in the forehead, guy goes down and sits straight up about five minutes later.

    Same thing through and through.
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 3:25pm) in reply to elusively

     
    Originally Posted by elusively View Post

    I love the miracle from God reference in the article.

    Why is bashing Christians the last acceptable form of bigotry in America?
     
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 3:31pm) in reply to gamma21

     
    Originally Posted by gamma21 View Post

     
    Originally Posted by elusively View Post

    I love the miracle from God reference in the article.

    Why is bashing Christians the last acceptable form of bigotry in America?

    lol... That reference made me laugh too. It's a horrible thing that happened to her, but it's just funny to me that a sheriff made a comment like that.

    Could it be that the bullet didn't do any irreparable, lasting damage to her brain?

    It's not like that hasn't happened before. Just LOL
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    Apr 23rd, 2009 (4/23/2009 3:33pm) in reply to Hank H1LL

    Kinda reminds me of this

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