An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice in his backyard on Christmas is believed to have shot and killed an elderly woman a few blocks from his home, authorities said.

Cody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting, court filings show.

The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche when she was shot Thursday afternoon, according to the probable cause affidavit. She was holding a baby in her left arm while seated on a love seat when she was struck in her right upper arm, according to the affidavit. The bullet then entered her chest cavity, it said.

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[–] 78 points 10 months ago (8 children)

A "backstop" is not a shooting range...

It's usually just a pile of dirt.

It's wild for a bunch of people in a neighborhood to all be doing this, because even if the first couple are kind of safe about it, every idiot starts thinking jt's safe to just shoot at a can or anything. All they know is they hear gunshots

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  • [–] 43 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Sounds like a terrible neighbourhood to live in, shots going off from everyone all the time

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    My parents have a place to shoot in their yard. It's a stack of old railroad ties four deep, two wide and ten tall with dirt piled up around the back. There is an empty field for over a mile behind that. I can't imagine using it if anyone was any closer.

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