Limerick gang member kills himself in accidental shooting [merged]

Honey-ec

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0323/collopyp.html

"Mobile phone video footage is being examined following the accidental shooting of a man in Limerick at the weekend. 29-year-old Philip Collopy accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a house in St Mary's Park, Limerick, in the early hours of Saturday morning.


The shooting was captured on video by a person at the scene with a mobile phone. This phone has since been seized by gardaí. Gardaí believe Mr Collopy was showing a friend how to kill someone when he put the gun to his own head without realising there was a round in the breach.


There were about seven people in the house at the time.
Members of the armed garda regional support unit were on patrol when a man came running out of the house and alerted them to the shooting.

Mr Collopy died in the Mid Western Regional Hospital at 8.30pm last night.
A post mortem examination, due to be carried out by the Deputy State Pathologist this afternoon, will confirm the cause of death and establish if he had any drink or drugs taken at the time.


Philip Collopy was well known to gardaí as one of the Keane/Collopy criminal gangs which has been involved in the ongoing feud with the McCarthy/Dundon gang. He was a target not just of Limerick gardaí but also of the Criminal Assets Bureau, which seized a house, two cars and a substantial amount of cash from the gang."


Darwin Award ftw...

Nodin

"Mobile phone video footage is being examined following the accidental shooting of a man in Limerick at the weekend.

29-year-old Philip Collopy accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a house in St Mary's Park, Limerick, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The shooting was captured on video by a person at the scene with a mobile phone. This phone has since been seized by gardaí.

Gardaí believe Mr Collopy was showing a friend how to kill someone when he put the gun to his own head without realising there was a round in the breach."

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0323/collopyp.html

Darwin Award winner here 'fo sho'.

'Breach' should be 'breech' too, if I'm not mistaken

Drummerboy08

Good riddance to the b*stard.

TerrorFirmer

lol

Zadkiel

If only the rest of them did the same

gazzer

Darwin award winging its way to Limerick

Latchy

Never point a loaded gun at anybody unless you are going to use it ...opps .

Gurgle

What a waste.
A golden opportunity missed - if only he had been showing his mates how to make explosives.

Amberjack

Karma

JCDUB

Good enough for him, filthy scumbag.

ShooterSF

Darwin ceremony. Edit - Oops I mean how sad. RIP.

Borneo Fnctn

Just as well he blew his own head off rather than somebody else's. Anybody who handles a firearm like that is a dangerous moron.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

disney should make a movie out of this

Turd Ferguson

If he was using a knife this wouldnt have happened....how ironic

The_Minister

There is already another thread on this.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Michael Moore should make a movei out of this (animated, of course).

Gran Hermano

The_Minister wrote: »

There is already another thread on this.

Is that on the cool vids and pics thread?

The_Minister

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Is that on the cool vids and pics thread?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055519592

stovelid

Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »

disney should make a movie out of this

Christopher Walken should play Mr Collopy. I can just see him, dressed in a unpleasant polyester trackie and Reeboks, enacting this scene in a cage dipped in the Shannon.

Nodin

The_Minister wrote: »

There is already another thread on this.

Looking at the OP's, it would seem that great minds were thinking alike at exactly 15.33....

herr0

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0323/collopyp.html

Mobile phone video footage is being examined following the accidental shooting of a man in Limerick at the weekend.
29-year-old Philip Collopy accidentally shot himself with a handgun in a house in St Mary's Park, Limerick, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The shooting was captured on video by a person at the scene with a mobile phone. This phone has since been seized by gardaí.
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Gardaí believe Mr Collopy was showing a friend how to kill someone when he put the gun to his own head without realising there was a round in the breach.
There were about seven people in the house at the time.
Members of the armed garda regional support unit were on patrol when a man came running out of the house and alerted them to the shooting.

Mr Collopy died in the Mid Western Regional Hospital at 8.30pm last night.
A post mortem examination, due to be carried out by the Deputy State Pathologist this afternoon, will confirm the cause of death and establish if he had any drink or drugs taken at the time.
Philip Collopy was well known to gardaí as one of the Keane/Collopy criminal gangs which has been involved in the ongoing feud with the McCarthy/Dundon gang.
He was a target not just of Limerick gardaí but also of the Criminal Assets Bureau, which seized a horse, two cars and a substantial amount of cash from the gang.

Only in ireland :pac:!

robtri

Honey-ec wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0323/collopyp.html


There were about seven people in the house at the time.
Members of the armed garda regional support unit were on patrol when a man came running out of the house and alerted them to the shooting.


Darwin Award ftw...

scumbags.... they have no respect for other people's lives and then when there is a bit of trouble in their own house, first place they go to is the garda... hope the garda laughed in his face....

Sofiztikated

He's still someones son. There's a parent today with out a child, etc. I want to know will Terry start handing out bans and all to people on this thread, like he did with the Jade Goody thread. (Btw, i'm not comparing this moron to Goody.)

BennyLava

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ejmaztec

or even have a Limerick remake of The Deerhunter...

ScumLord

Screw him, it's karma, Earl was right.

ejmaztec

Sofiztikated wrote: »

He's still someones son. There's a parent today with out a child, etc. I want to know will Terry start handing out bans and all to people on this thread, like he did with the Jade Goody thread. (Btw, i'm not comparing this moron to Goody.)

Hate to Godwin this, but Adolf was also someone's son.:p

Tech3

he will be remebered by his loving family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRh_PNq_qPc

Gummy Panda

I love how they go running to the garda when something goes wrong for them.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Photo of the gun used!.

Stupid bastard.

khmk

"16 in the clip and 1 in the hole"

someone forgot about the 1 in the hole

stevoman

in the words of nelson muntz - ha ha!

biko

Sofiztikated wrote: »

(Btw, i'm not comparing this moron to Goody.)

He wasn't a Goody, he was a Baddy :pac:

too soon?

0ubliette

how very considerate of him

damonjewel

So is this the discussion thread or condolence thread?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

rofl
why would this idiot get a condolence thread?

Sofiztikated

ejmaztec wrote: »

Hate to Godwin this, but Adolf was also someone's son.:p

Which is true. I'm just playing devils advocate, due to the fact that a thread on death appeared both yesterday and today, with completely differing attitudes. Anyone that mentioned a bad word about Goody was infracted or banned, and the first 10 or so posts here are vicious about this chap. When is it ok to laugh at someones death? When its an accident? When its a highly publicised event?

Turd Ferguson

damonjewel wrote: »

So is this the discussion thread or condolence thread?

It's the Poetic Justice thread. I wonder if he was one of those cunts that attacked the American tourists

Nodin

tech2 wrote: »

he will be remebered by his loving family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRh_PNq_qPc

Limerick, you're a lay-deee.....
your shabby tango tan brings tears of joy that flow.....

Tech3

Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »

rofl
why would this idiot get a condolence thread?

for all the work hes done for his gang. the man must be a legend over at that side of the city

Alcatel

I seem to recall a few years back some eejit let one off into his own leg (and his "hard mates" dumped him out of the car they were all riding in). Guns aren't toys, they're made for serious people who respect the safety precautions. Idiots flying around with them will shoot themselves and earn a darwin award.

Shall we distribute more guns down to Limerick, then?

Nodin

khmk wrote: »

"16 in the clip and 1 in the hole"

someone forfot about the 1 in the hole

Theres no forgetting the one in the a-hole now though.....

Turd Ferguson

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Which is true. I'm just playing devils advocate, due to the fact that a thread on death appeared both yesterday and today, with completely differing attitudes. Anyone that mentioned a bad word about Goody was infracted or banned, and the first 10 or so posts here are vicious about this chap. When is it ok to laugh at someones death? When its an accident? When its a highly publicised event?

Because he brought this on himself, whereas Jade was an "inncoent victim" so to speak. I could rant about my dislike of Goody all day but there is a forum for that sort of stuff which is why I stayed away from the condolence thread.

prendy

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Which is true. I'm just playing devils advocate, due to the fact that a thread on death appeared both yesterday and today, with completely differing attitudes. Anyone that mentioned a bad word about Goody was infracted or banned, and the first 10 or so posts here are vicious about this chap. When is it ok to laugh at someones death? When its an accident? When its a highly publicised event?

and this is more likely to be seen by the guy in Limerick's family as its an Irish site.

yoshytoshy

Well at least no one can say ," He fired blanks "

Alcatel

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Which is true. I'm just playing devils advocate, due to the fact that a thread on death appeared both yesterday and today, with completely differing attitudes. Anyone that mentioned a bad word about Goody was infracted or banned, and the first 10 or so posts here are vicious about this chap. When is it ok to laugh at someones death? When its an accident? When its a highly publicised event?

Person dies of cancer / criminal person shoots self with gun he'd just as happily have shot someone else with. Clear distinction.

damonjewel

Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »

rofl
why would this idiot get a condolence thread?

there were 2 threads (now merged it seems) my jape was just pointing out the fact that someone else who had died recently also got two threads too.

Mr.Lizard

RIP

garylarson

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

It's the Poetic Justice thread. I wonder if he was one of those cunts that attacked the American tourists

Thought that happened in Tipp?

Sofiztikated

And for the record, hahahaha, silly ****.

Dragan

Pretty sure i talked to that guy a few times.