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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,125 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:40 PM Jan 2020

College student shot during alleged fraternity hazing incident

A New Mexico State University student has been accused of shooting a classmate in an alleged hazing incident that resulted in his fraternity's suspension.

Miguel Altamirano was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly shot Jonathan Sillas in the leg as he pledged the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Altamirano could face as many as many as three years in prison if convicted as charged, but his attorney, C.J. McEllhinney, says the shooting wasn't intentional. He said the shooting happened as the students were "joking around."

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Sillas, a criminal justice major, said Kappa Sigma fraternity members pulled him aside and ordered him to turn around during an initiation event. He said he was expecting to get hit with a paddle from behind, but he never imagined he'd be shot.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/college-student-shot-during-alleged-fraternity-hazing-incident/ar-BBZhG8k





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College student shot during alleged fraternity hazing incident (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 OP
So, after all that, he's not even going to get into the fraternity, eh jberryhill Jan 2020 #1
He wasn't going to get in any way. Dr. Strange Jan 2020 #5
Hey-Oh jberryhill Jan 2020 #7
Thank you sir may I have another Johnny2X2X Jan 2020 #2
Cap a Sigma! (or He Capped a Sigma) TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #3
Lol! happybird Jan 2020 #4
Sometimes these write themselves. 😂 TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #6
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. So, after all that, he's not even going to get into the fraternity, eh
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:42 PM
Jan 2020

How much does that suck.

Get shot to join a frat. Frat gets suspended for shooting you. Doh!

Johnny2X2X

(19,094 posts)
2. Thank you sir may I have another
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:47 PM
Jan 2020

What the hell is wrong with some of these people?

I never understood fraternities or sororities, I just didn't get the concept of belonging to a clique in college and paying to live with them so they could help manage your social and academic life. I just will never get it, college to me was about branching out and meeting all kinds of different people from backgrounds that were different from my own.

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