Two clowns shot dead at circus

guest · Post by **guest** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:07 pm

Two clowns shot dead at circus

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two clowns were shot and killed by an unidentified gunman during their performance at a traveling circus in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday.

The gunman burst into the Circo del Sol de Cali Monday night and shot the clowns in front of an audience of 20 to 50 people, local police chief Jose Humberto Henao told Reuters. One of the clowns was killed instantly and the second died the next day in hospital.

"The killings had nothing to do with the show the victims were performing at the time of the incident," Henao said in a telephone interview. "We are investigating the motive."

With an entrance fee of under 50 U.S. cents, Circo del Sol de Cali attracts mostly poor Colombians. It pitched it tents in Cucuta, near the border with Venezuela, earlier this month.

"The clowns came out to give their show and then this guy came out shooting them," one audience member told local television. "It was terrible."

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEno ... 7820070222

weedbender · Post by **weedbender** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:48 pm

Atleast they died with a smile on their face. Well a fake one anyway.

sniper_f22 · Post by **sniper_f22** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:28 pm

ARGH!! ITS A CLOWN!

i've always hated clowns, they used to terrify me. Don't feel any sympathy for em.

guest · Post by **guest** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:07 pm

Maybe the killers watched Stephen Kings IT several times and just freaked out when they saw the clowns?

weedbender · Post by **weedbender** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:57 am

Or one of my old favorites KILLER CLOWN FROM OUTER SPACE.

Anyone ever see that classic?

guest · Post by **guest** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:01 am

MaxPower wrote:
sniper_f22 wrote:ARGH!! ITS A CLOWN!
i've always hated clowns, they used to terrify me. Don't feel any sympathy for em.

I don't know why people would be afraid of clowns.

Ever read IT?

MaxPower · Post by **MaxPower** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:25 pm

guest · Post by **guest** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:15 pm

MaxPower wrote:No

Read it. Or watch the movie. Damn, i watched it when is was 12 or so, it was really scaring.

Post by **ikaotiki** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:58 am

84739579 wrote:
MaxPower wrote:No
Read it. Or watch the movie. Damn, i watched it when is was 12 or so, it was really scaring.

We All Float Down Here!

Pr10r_23 · Post by **Pr10r_23** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:12 am

MaxPower wrote:I don't know why people would be afraid of clowns.

One word answer: Pussies

I used to love clowns as a kid. Remember Bozo?

I would watch him all the time back in the day.

nasser3050 · Post by **nasser3050** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:29 pm

ikaotiki wrote:
84739579 wrote:
MaxPower wrote:No
Read it. Or watch the movie. Damn, i watched it when is was 12 or so, it was really scaring.

We All Float Down Here!

that movie was crazy! the damn clown followed them from when they were kids to when they were adults!!!

weedbender · Post by **weedbender** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:52 pm

He looks a little bit like the Taliban on a good hair day.