jeffhoard's Avatar
jeffhoard 8
959 Asked
3784 Answered
1396 Best
0
No one has voted on this question yet :(
3 years, 3 months ago

What was the name of the guy Dick Cheney shot in the face?

Can you find any classic articles and videos from the incident?
Tip for best answer: M$2.00
Separate topics with commas, or by pressing return. Use the delete or backspace key to edit or remove existing topics.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

What is Your Answer?

0
0
0

4 Answers

1
nativenerd's Avatar
nativenerd | 3 years, 3 months ago
6
Guy shot was: Harry Whittington
People in party were: himself, Bo Hubert, Pam Willeford, Jerry Medellin, Katharine Armstrong, Sarita Armstrong Hixon, Harry Whittington, and Oscar Medellin.
Time: Saturday, February 11, 2006 at approximately 5:30 pm

No medical report was ever released, but what has been showed that he was shot in face/neck/chest at about 30yds. One of the pellets later migrated to his heart, causing a heart attack (not uncommon in gunshot wounds).

The following link has the full Sherrif's report along with additional details and maps.
http://cryptome.org/veep-report.htm
"Mr. Cheney told me that on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at approximately 5:30 pm on the Armstrong Ranch there was a three vehicle hunting party that consisted of himself, Bo Hubert, Pam Willeford, Jerry Medellin, Katharine Armstrong, Sarita Armstrong Hixon, Harry Whittington, and Oscar Medellin. Mr. Cheney told me the sun was setting to the west when the dogs had located a covey. Around the same time, Oscar Medellin notified the hunters he had also located a covey. After the group shot at the first covey he and Pam Willeford proceeded to the second covey because Harry Whittington was looking for his downed birds. Mr. Cheney told me he and Pam Willeford had walked approximately 100 yards from the first location and met up with Oscar Medellin and the hunting guide Bo Hubert. There was a single bird that flew behind him and he followed the bird by line of sight in a counter clockwise direction not realizing Harry Whittington had walked up from behind and had positioned himself approximately 30 yards to the west of him. Mr. Cheney told me the reason Harry Whittington sustained the injuries to his face and upper body was that Mr. Whittington was standing on ground that was lower than the one he was standing on. Mr. Cheney told me if Mr. Whittington was on the same ground level the injuries might have been lower on Mr. Whittington’s body.

The weapon Mr. Cheney was using at the time of the incident was an over under twenty- eight gauge shotgun. It had a brand name of Perazzi Brescia and was made in Italy. The serial number on the weapon read 115288. "

Here's the Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunting Accident and Incident Report:
http://cryptome.org/veep-report.jpg

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
1
michaelcheung's Avatar
michaelcheung | 3 years, 3 months ago
3
The Dick Cheney hunting incident occurred on February 11, 2006, when U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
0
norcaltuna's Avatar
norcaltuna | 3 years, 3 months ago
4
That would be Houston-based lawyer, real estate investor and political contributor Harry Wittington. His body likely contains an unextracted 150-200 pellets of shotgun ammo fired from Dick's swanky "Perazzi-Brescia over-under 28-gauge" shotgun- about $9,000.
source(s):
Wiki, google, Cabela's

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$
norcaltuna's Avatar
norcaltuna | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

I haven't found a primary source for the manufacturer of the gun, just mentions of it on a few pages, which themselves aren't cited, the most interesting of which is linked below. The NYT (link below) confirms the rest of the facts for you, and then some. As for the price of the gun, it was estimated from like items on Cabela's used section (below) and new prices from other outlets.

http://www.myscienceproject.org/shooting.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/politics/13cheney.html

http://www.cabelas.com/guns-1/11653.shtml

jeffhoard's Avatar
jeffhoard | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

That is a swanky gun, do you have links to these sources you cite? It's just a convenience thing to link to the source, I see your answer, but without a source I still need to go to a search engine to find the source.

albanian's Avatar
albanian | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

While the gun information is useful, if you read your sources it is clear that only perhaps 100 pellets would have hit him and most of those would not have penetrated. Apparently the guy was back practicing law when a paper followed up in 2008, but he did still have some pellets that were not removed.

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
0
devildogslady's Avatar
devildogslady | 3 years, 3 months ago
3
THE GUY WAS Harry Whittington

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel

Learn something new with our FREE educational apps!

Private lessons in the comfort of your own home. Get back in shape or finally pick up a guitar with our great experts guiding you the whole way!
Learn Guitar
Learn Hip Hop
Learn Pilates