Stray Police Bullet Kills Woman in Florida Bar

Cops responding to 911 calls about "gun-wielding maniac"

ORLANDO, Fla. — A bullet from the gun of an Orlando police officer killed an innocent woman in a downtown bar early Tuesday morning, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. The shooting happened at the Vixen bar at Pine Street and Orange Avenue. 

Mina said Maria Godinez, 22, was inside the club when she was struck and killed by a bullet from the gun of Officer Eduardo Sanguino. "The preliminary indication is that during this situation a bullet was discharged from Officer Eduardo Sanguino's firearm and fatally struck Maria inside the establishment," Mina said.

Officers said that a little before 1 a.m. Tuesday, they received a call that an armed man was in the downtown area making threats.

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[DEATFBIRSECIA]

"Officers said that a little before 1 a.m. Tuesday, they received a call that an armed man was in the downtown area making threats."

Oh, so good shoot then.

[Jesus H. Christ]

Bitch was in a bar at 1 am on a Tuesday? She deserved it.

/sarc (just in case).

[dantheserene]

Can we just say he shot her, rather than go through the tortured syntax necessary to imply the LEO was simply a bystander?

[Marty Feldman's Eyes]

Even the headline is passive- the bullet just somehow got off it's leash, and wandered around before hitting the woman. Like the officer had nothing to do with the bullet escaping his possession.