Failure to flush prompts alcohol-fueled shooting

BY Seth Keller  on November 19, 2012 @ 7:45 am (Updated: 8:25 am - 11/19/12 )

A failure to flush the toilet apparently prompted an alcohol-fueled fight and shooting in Lacey over the weekend.

Thurston County Deputies say the incident occurred after two men brought a couple of women back to their home after a Saturday night out drinking.

Deputies say one of the men in his 20s started freaking out when one of the women clogged their toilet.

The women left and the men fought until one of them pulled a gun out and shot the other in the chest.

The News Tribune reports the injured man locked himself in a bedroom, then was able to flee the house and get a ride to the emergency room, where police were called. His injuries were not life threatening.

The shooter was also treated at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia for facial lacerations suffered in the fight. He is facing charges.

Seth Keller, KIRO Radio Editor
Seth is the news editor for Seattle's Morning News 5am-9am. Seth started out as an intern.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    No excuse
    November 19, 2012 7:43 am
    For bad bathroom manners.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Experience Has Shown Me..............
    November 19, 2012 7:55 am
    .....that there isn't a woman I've met who doesn't clog the toilet with half a roll of toilet paper after doing their business.

    The introduction of the minimal flush 1.6 gal toilet only compounded the problem.

    I had to go out and purchase 4 toilet plungers to have at the ready in all my bathrooms for such emergencies.

    I think the toilet plunger manufacturers are in a conspiracy.

    On another note: any woman who plugs your crapper and then just walks away without fixing the problem should be skinned alive. Dump that b&tch!

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  • Snout wrote...
    Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
    November 19, 2012 10:41 am
    I can't wait for that envelope to be opened and hear, "The poop IS yours!" and then watch the woman roll around crying on the floor in the back of the studio.
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  • imanegro wrote...
    Nothing good to say
    November 19, 2012 11:41 am
    All I came up with is a bunch of crappy puns.
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  • justanotheridiot wrote...
    If that...
    November 19, 2012 12:52 pm
    lady took a dump big enough to clog the toilet right before boning down, then his buddy should thank him for running them off instead of fighting
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  • blazenred wrote...
    just another
    November 19, 2012 1:39 pm
    12 pack beauty queen...LOL
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