Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
Here is an update on the alleged Purdue shooting that transpired last month. If you can make it through the entire article without saying "what were they thinking?", you are indeed strong.
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Charges offer view into prank turned deadly | jconline.com | Journal and Courier
Charges offer view into prank turned deadly
By SOPHIA VORAVONG
A Purdue University student had previously handled a .45-caliber handgun that was used in the Aug. 22 fatal shooting of a friend, court documents allege.
Cory S. Lynch, 22, of Carmel was charged Wednesday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court with reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and pointing a firearm. All three counts are felonies.
He's scheduled to appear before a Tippecanoe County magistrate Friday morning. Contacted Wednesday, both Lynch and his attorney, James Bell with Indianapolis firm Bingham Hale, said they had not reviewed the charges.
Lynch referred questions to Bell.
"This was a tragic situation," Bell said. "We'll allow the court process to run its course."
Lynch is accused of firing a handgun -- believed to have been unloaded -- at his friend, Landon Siela, 22, of Fort Wayne, during an apparent prank Aug. 22.
A bullet struck Siela in the throat, and he died shortly after at St. Elizabeth Central hospital in Lafayette.
The incident happened at an apartment at 204 Wiggins St., near the Purdue University campus, that Lynch shared with Siela's longtime friend, William Calderon, 22, of Fort Wayne.
Calderon was charged Wednesday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 with misdemeanor counts of pointing a firearm and false informing. He's scheduled to appear before Judge Les Meade on Sept. 21.
Tippecanoe County's online court database did not indicate whether Calderon has obtained an attorney. A phone number could not be found to reach him for comment.
Calderon is accused of initially lying to West Lafayette investigators about which firearm he was pointing. He apparently claimed to be holding an airsoft gun but later admitted to grabbing Siela's.
An airsoft gun fires rubber pellets at relatively low velocities.
The handgun Lynch fired belonged to Calderon.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the charges against Lynch, all three men had been drinking alcoholic beverages and were playing around with an airsoft gun before the fatal shooting.
Both Lynch and Calderon said Siela had locked them out of their apartment as a joke and, when Siela went to the bathroom, they allegedly decided to give him a "good scare."
Officer Daniel Griffin of the West Lafayette Police Department, who was one of the first emergency responders, said Lynch repeatedly commented as Siela was being removed on a stretcher.
The comments were to the effect of "Why did he leave the gun loaded? That was so stupid to have a loaded gun."
Among the evidence recovered were two semi-automatic .45-caliber handguns, both of which had their hammers cocked and their safeties on the off position. An airsoft pistol was found in the living room.
One handgun, which Calderon apparently kept loaded for protection, had a magazine with four live rounds and a live round in the chamber. The second handgun, which belonged to Siela, was not loaded.
Lynch told investigators he had grabbed a firearm from Calderon's nightstand and that he believed he "cleared" it first. He estimating drinking about four beers and taking three shots that day.
Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said Lynch is still enrolled this semester and is a senior in the College of Technology. Both Calderon and Siela were enrolled at the West Lafayette campus in fall 2007.
Siela most recently attended Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
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Charges offer view into prank turned deadly | jconline.com | Journal and Courier
Charges offer view into prank turned deadly
By SOPHIA VORAVONG
A Purdue University student had previously handled a .45-caliber handgun that was used in the Aug. 22 fatal shooting of a friend, court documents allege.
Cory S. Lynch, 22, of Carmel was charged Wednesday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court with reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and pointing a firearm. All three counts are felonies.
He's scheduled to appear before a Tippecanoe County magistrate Friday morning. Contacted Wednesday, both Lynch and his attorney, James Bell with Indianapolis firm Bingham Hale, said they had not reviewed the charges.
Lynch referred questions to Bell.
"This was a tragic situation," Bell said. "We'll allow the court process to run its course."
Lynch is accused of firing a handgun -- believed to have been unloaded -- at his friend, Landon Siela, 22, of Fort Wayne, during an apparent prank Aug. 22.
A bullet struck Siela in the throat, and he died shortly after at St. Elizabeth Central hospital in Lafayette.
The incident happened at an apartment at 204 Wiggins St., near the Purdue University campus, that Lynch shared with Siela's longtime friend, William Calderon, 22, of Fort Wayne.
Calderon was charged Wednesday in Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 with misdemeanor counts of pointing a firearm and false informing. He's scheduled to appear before Judge Les Meade on Sept. 21.
Tippecanoe County's online court database did not indicate whether Calderon has obtained an attorney. A phone number could not be found to reach him for comment.
Calderon is accused of initially lying to West Lafayette investigators about which firearm he was pointing. He apparently claimed to be holding an airsoft gun but later admitted to grabbing Siela's.
An airsoft gun fires rubber pellets at relatively low velocities.
The handgun Lynch fired belonged to Calderon.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the charges against Lynch, all three men had been drinking alcoholic beverages and were playing around with an airsoft gun before the fatal shooting.
Both Lynch and Calderon said Siela had locked them out of their apartment as a joke and, when Siela went to the bathroom, they allegedly decided to give him a "good scare."
Officer Daniel Griffin of the West Lafayette Police Department, who was one of the first emergency responders, said Lynch repeatedly commented as Siela was being removed on a stretcher.
The comments were to the effect of "Why did he leave the gun loaded? That was so stupid to have a loaded gun."
Among the evidence recovered were two semi-automatic .45-caliber handguns, both of which had their hammers cocked and their safeties on the off position. An airsoft pistol was found in the living room.
One handgun, which Calderon apparently kept loaded for protection, had a magazine with four live rounds and a live round in the chamber. The second handgun, which belonged to Siela, was not loaded.
Lynch told investigators he had grabbed a firearm from Calderon's nightstand and that he believed he "cleared" it first. He estimating drinking about four beers and taking three shots that day.
Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg said Lynch is still enrolled this semester and is a senior in the College of Technology. Both Calderon and Siela were enrolled at the West Lafayette campus in fall 2007.
Siela most recently attended Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Douche bags. All of them. Now he has to live the rest of his life knowing he killed his friend. That's punishment enough.
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