c/usa · by BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 1yPregnant teen shot in road rage incident gives birth on life support before dying from her injuries https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/katelynn-strate-shooting-louisiana-road-rage-b2814983.html Katelynn Strate, 17, was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a bullet during the incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana 67 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world
9 Comments
JakenVeina@midwest.social · 49 pts · 1y
Shot. The word is "shot".
expatriado@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
some writers don't like to use the same word on adjacent sentences, the title had shot, so they chose hit for the subtitle
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 1y
Could've gone with murdered or fatally wounded. Of course it's all half measures when it's still passive voice. The right play is " fatally wounded when they chose to unleash their rage in a fit of ego."
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Here I was thinking “oh maybe it was a stray bullet?” Nope, just shitty passive voice journalism
mcbenavides85@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Intersected the ballistic trajectory of an inert projectile.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
"Was temporarily co-terminus with a lead mass"
Univ3rse@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
After reading that, the other driver should face charges as well. They were both brake checking other and fully engaged in the altercation.
socsa@piefed.social · -5 pts · 1y
I don't believe in the death penalty, but people who pull guns over road rage should be tortured almost to death.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 1y
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
they should be forced to drive behind my uncle and his perpetual left turn signal for the rest of their natural lives.