teenage performer at open mike night stabs himself to death

[cali]

Teenager stabs himself to death onstage at open mic night in front of shocked crowd at coffee shop

BY Meena Hartenstein
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, April 17th 2011, 7:27 PM

An Oregon teenager shocked a crowd at a coffee shop last week when he stabbed himself to death on stage after singing at an open mic night.

Kipp Rusty Walker, 19, took the stage at Strictly Organic Coffee in the town of Bend, Or. on Thursday to perform a song he called "Sorry for the Mess."

When he finished playing, he pulled out a knife with a double-edged 6 inch blade and stabbed himself multiple times in the chest in front of a confused crowd of roughly 15 people.

"It was really unclear at first what was even happening. Because, you know, it is an open mic and it's a performance," the shop's co-owner Rhonda Ealy told local television station KTVZ. "People at first thought it was some sort of theatre."

Once the crowd saw blood and figured out what was happening, Walker was rushed to St. Charles Medical Center where he died of his wounds.

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[Ezlivin]

1. That's a tough act to follow

"Okay, on with the next act!"

[Richardo]

3. Ass.

[HighLowRoller87]

6. LMFAO!!! Wrong on so many levels!!

[Cali_Democrat]

8. ...

:spray:

[Brickbat]

2. It's too bad he didn't get the help he clearly needed -- according to the story, his friend knew it

was coming. He's hurt a lot of people he didn't even know by pulling that.

[Fuzz]

4. I wrote a short story like that years ago, only the performer took out

some of the audience with him. I wrote it because I figured it was going to happen sooner or later.

[Brickbat]

5. I think every teen writer does.

Not a dig -- I remember writing one too and being all annoyed when I found someone else had done it as well.

[Fuzz]

7. lol, you're right

[cbdo2007]

9. selfish and inconsiderate

He should have killed himself in the privacy of his own home rather than force his misery on others.

[Erose999]

10. GG Alin used to say he was gonna off himself on stage on Halloween. But every time Oct. 31 came

around he'd either be locked up or the gig would be cancelled or something. That kinda fell through for him when he OD'd.

I guess this kid must have been a GG fan.