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RACHEL YODER - 15 yo - Fredricksburg OH
by twinkletoes Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:04 pm
Amish teen shot and killed while driving horse and buggy in northeast Ohio
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly says 15-year-old Rachel Yoder died Friday -- a day after her brother found her
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, December 19 2011, 8:27 PM
Dan Loh/AP (File photo)
A horse-drawn hearseleads a procession of Amish mourners from
funeral services as it carries Amish sisters Lydia and Suzie King on
June 3, 1999, in Gap, Pa.
FREDRICKSBURG, Ohio — Police say a teenage girl driving a horse and buggy in an Amish area of
northeast Ohio has been shot in the head and has died.
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly says 15-year-old Rachel Yoder died Friday, a day after her brother found her outside their home in Fredricksburg, in neighboring Wayne County.
WJW-TV reports she was Amish and had attended a Christmas party for employees of a produce shop.
Zimmerly says she dropped off a friend before being shot about 3 miles from home. He says she fell from the buggy when the horse arrived at the home.
Zimmerly tells Wooster’s The Daily-Record newspaper a bullet was found in the girl’s head but no bullet holes were in the buggy and no casings were nearby.
The Amish are known for careful selectivity of technology and their peaceful ideals.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-freak-death-man-fires-gun-air-bullet-travels-a-mile-kills-15-year-old-amish-girl-article-1.994626#ixzz1i9WJXCjL
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly says 15-year-old Rachel Yoder died Friday -- a day after her brother found her
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, December 19 2011, 8:27 PM
Dan Loh/AP (File photo)
A horse-drawn hearseleads a procession of Amish mourners from
funeral services as it carries Amish sisters Lydia and Suzie King on
June 3, 1999, in Gap, Pa.
FREDRICKSBURG, Ohio — Police say a teenage girl driving a horse and buggy in an Amish area of
northeast Ohio has been shot in the head and has died.
Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly says 15-year-old Rachel Yoder died Friday, a day after her brother found her outside their home in Fredricksburg, in neighboring Wayne County.
WJW-TV reports she was Amish and had attended a Christmas party for employees of a produce shop.
Zimmerly says she dropped off a friend before being shot about 3 miles from home. He says she fell from the buggy when the horse arrived at the home.
Zimmerly tells Wooster’s The Daily-Record newspaper a bullet was found in the girl’s head but no bullet holes were in the buggy and no casings were nearby.
The Amish are known for careful selectivity of technology and their peaceful ideals.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-freak-death-man-fires-gun-air-bullet-travels-a-mile-kills-15-year-old-amish-girl-article-1.994626#ixzz1i9WJXCjL
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Re: RACHEL YODER - 15 yo - Fredricksburg OH
by twinkletoes Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:14 pm
Ohio freak death: Man fires gun into air, bullet travels over a mile and kills 15-year-old Amish girl
She was struck while driving home in horse-drawn carriage; no charges filed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 20 2011, 9:38 PM
FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio — A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Rachel Yoder was shot in the head Thursday night while traveling to her home in Wayne County, between Columbus and Akron. She had attended a Christmas party for employees, most of them under 18 years old, at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, Wayne County
sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said.
The horse continued to cart the girl after she was shot, and she fell out of the buggy near her home, Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said. Her brother found her after he saw the horse walking in circles and went to check it. Authorities initially believed she had fallen out of the buggy and hit her head until a hospital test revealed the gunshot wound.
Hunter said his department traced a trail of blood along the road for about three-eighths of a mile into Holmes County in an area of farms and rolling hills.
Zimmerly said the gun-cleaner's family came forward and his neighbors reported hearing a shot at about the time the girl was wounded.
The man had fired the gun in the air about 1.5 miles from where Yoder was shot, Zimmerly said. State investigators were checking the rifle for a ballistics match, he said.
"In all probability, it looks like an accidental shooting," Zimmerly said.
No charges have been filed.
Yoder was born in nearby Mount Eaton and attended the Old Order Amish Church, The (Wooster) Daily Record reported. She is survived by her father, 10 brothers and sisters, 26 nieces and nephews and two
grandparents.
Hunter said earlier there was no indication the shooting was related to a rash of beard-cutting attacks against Amish men in a feud over church discipline.
Still, the mystery of the shooting in the wake of the beard-cutting attacks had left the Amish shaken and "on pins and needles," Zimmerly said.
Zimmerly said he informed the Yoder family that the shooting appeared to be accidental.
"Obviously, that makes them feel a lot better than if someone might have been targeting the Amish or (if it was) a random shooting murder," he said.
Gun violence in Amish communities is rare but not unheard of. A man shot 10 schoolgirls, killing five, inside a one-room schoolhouse five years ago in Nickel Mines, Pa. The Amish were praised for their
forgiveness after the shooting and reaching out to comfort the gunman's widow.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-freak-death-man-fires-gun-air-bullet-travels-a-mile-kills-15-year-old-amish-girl-article-1.994626#ixzz1i9WJXCjL
She was struck while driving home in horse-drawn carriage; no charges filed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 20 2011, 9:38 PM
FREDERICKSBURG, Ohio — A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Rachel Yoder was shot in the head Thursday night while traveling to her home in Wayne County, between Columbus and Akron. She had attended a Christmas party for employees, most of them under 18 years old, at an Amish produce farm and was riding home alone when she was shot, Wayne County
sheriff's Capt. Douglas Hunter said.
The horse continued to cart the girl after she was shot, and she fell out of the buggy near her home, Holmes County Sheriff Timothy Zimmerly said. Her brother found her after he saw the horse walking in circles and went to check it. Authorities initially believed she had fallen out of the buggy and hit her head until a hospital test revealed the gunshot wound.
Hunter said his department traced a trail of blood along the road for about three-eighths of a mile into Holmes County in an area of farms and rolling hills.
Zimmerly said the gun-cleaner's family came forward and his neighbors reported hearing a shot at about the time the girl was wounded.
The man had fired the gun in the air about 1.5 miles from where Yoder was shot, Zimmerly said. State investigators were checking the rifle for a ballistics match, he said.
"In all probability, it looks like an accidental shooting," Zimmerly said.
No charges have been filed.
Yoder was born in nearby Mount Eaton and attended the Old Order Amish Church, The (Wooster) Daily Record reported. She is survived by her father, 10 brothers and sisters, 26 nieces and nephews and two
grandparents.
Hunter said earlier there was no indication the shooting was related to a rash of beard-cutting attacks against Amish men in a feud over church discipline.
Still, the mystery of the shooting in the wake of the beard-cutting attacks had left the Amish shaken and "on pins and needles," Zimmerly said.
Zimmerly said he informed the Yoder family that the shooting appeared to be accidental.
"Obviously, that makes them feel a lot better than if someone might have been targeting the Amish or (if it was) a random shooting murder," he said.
Gun violence in Amish communities is rare but not unheard of. A man shot 10 schoolgirls, killing five, inside a one-room schoolhouse five years ago in Nickel Mines, Pa. The Amish were praised for their
forgiveness after the shooting and reaching out to comfort the gunman's widow.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-freak-death-man-fires-gun-air-bullet-travels-a-mile-kills-15-year-old-amish-girl-article-1.994626#ixzz1i9WJXCjL
twinkletoes- Supreme Commander of the Universe With Cape AND Tights AND Fancy Headgear
- Job/hobbies : Trying to keep my sanity. Trying to accept that which I cannot change. It's hard.
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