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Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: BOLO. ()
Date: April 20, 2014 08:49AM

Searching for answers in kayaker shooting
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/04/19/md-police-investigate-kayaker-shooting/7916901/

PASADENA, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police are still trying to figure out who may be responsible for shooting a Reston kayaker.

Officers with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have been out patrolling the creek side in Pasadena, Maryland in Anne Arundel County.

Folks take to a peaceful boat ride at Main Creek on a Saturday afternoon near Mathias Cove.

However what happened a week ago has new boater Drew Hawkins concerned.

Drew Hawkins said, "you'd think that being out on the water you'd be safe the last thing you'd think is that you'd arbitrarily be targeted."

David Seafolk-Kopp, 56 from Reston was Kayaking and stargazing around 10:30 p.m. last Saturday night. He told police he saw a bonfire and sounds of a party going on when he felt pain in his stomach.

He had been shot. He was taken to the hospital, treated and released.

The incident still remains a mystery.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources has been patrolling, talking to people and following up on leads. There were people in the area at the time who thought they heard firecrackers but are re-examining what they heard.

Michael Ciurca said, "they were asking everyone about the incident that happened last Saturday."

Police say the kayaker could have been hit by a stray bullet. They say he was not targeted or stalked and that the wound is not consistent to a self inflicted gunshot.

But they don't know exactly why it took 12 hours for him to get back to a friend's house to call for help.

Seafolk-Kopp told police he had passed out.

Don Adkins, a resident said, "It makes you wonder what might have happened. I'm not going to change my habits. I'm not going to stay off the water."

Police want to hear from you if you know anything about this case and especially about a party last Saturday night near Mathias Cove. Call police at (410) 222-8610.

Watch the news story here:
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2014/04/19/md-police-investigate-kayaker-shooting/7916901/

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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: More info ()
Date: April 20, 2014 08:56AM

Authorities search area where kayaker was shot and wounded Saturday night
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/authorities-search-area-where-kayaker-was-shot-wounded-on-saturday-night/2014/04/14/6cfbde2e-c3f5-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

Authorities on Monday searched an area along an Anne Arundel creek where a kayaker who had paddled out to watch the stars was shot and wounded late Saturday, possibly by a stray bullet, officials said.

David E. Seafolk-Kopp, 56, of Reston, was boating Saturday night on Main Creek when he felt a sharp pain. A bullet clipped the kayaker in the abdomen sometime between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m., state officials said.

Authorities said Monday that the trajectory of the bullet suggested it was fired from a long distance, possibly more than 100 yards. They said it is possible that the shooter did not intend to strike Seafolk-Kopp.

“We’ll find the shooter. It’s just going to be a matter of time, and it’s going to take some good investigative work,” said Sgt. Brian Albert of the Maryland Natural Resources Police.

Seafolk-Kopp was in a well-lighted area of Main Creek off Bodkin Creek near several marinas when he was shot, authorities said. The boater, who had no cellphone and no light on his kayak, told investigators he “paddled gingerly” toward shore and lost consciousness a few times during the night. He made it to land about 10:30 a.m. Sunday — about 12 hours after he was wounded, authorities said.

They said Seafolk-Kopp was discovered by a homeowner, who called police.

Albert said Seafolk-Kopp suffered a wound from a possible pistol round — likely from a .357-caliber or 9mm handgun. Seafolk-Kopp, who could not be reached Monday, has been released from the hospital, authorities said.

Seafolk-Kopp had launched his kayak from the Park Lane area of Pasadena at about dusk Saturday. He was in a part of the creek he knew well.

“He went out on the creek in the afternoon and watched the sun set on the water,” said Candy Thomson, a Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman. “He stayed out to gaze up at the stars.”

Seafolk-Kopp had told authorities that he saw a bonfire on shore and heard what sounded like a party. Investigators said Monday that any campfires or parties the victim may have heard were too far from where he was hit to have been the source of the gunshot.



Authorities initially had said that just before he was struck, Seafolk-Kopp saw a red dot from a laser site on his chest. On Monday, they said that the kayaker did think he saw a red light from a telescopic device used for aiming but that it did not appear on his chest.

During a Monday afternoon news conference, authorities said investigators and dogs were searching an area along the creek. Officials said they also were checking whether the shot may have come from the vicinity of a vacant house near the site of the shooting.

Authorities said they don’t think anyone else is in danger.

“We in no way think that anyone is in jeopardy in the community or it’s unsafe to be in the water in Bodkin Creek or Main Creek in that area,” Albert said. “This is an isolated incident.”

There was no active hunting season in Maryland except a youth turkey hunt day for hunters under 16, according to the state.

Thomson said the bullet that struck Seafolk-Kopp has been sent for ballistics analysis.
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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: 9EKXD ()
Date: April 20, 2014 11:09AM

And I used to think Kayaking was a safe sport.

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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: Roger ()
Date: June 09, 2014 06:58PM


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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: So deep ()
Date: June 09, 2014 07:45PM

Searching for answers.... That's lame.

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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: Priapus ()
Date: June 09, 2014 08:24PM

Maybe it was the rabbit that attacked jimmy Carter.

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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: Clobbersaurus ()
Date: June 09, 2014 08:34PM

Friggin' Restonites.

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Re: Searching for answers in Reston kayaker shooting in Pasadena, Maryland
Posted by: Np4VV ()
Date: June 09, 2014 08:49PM

Kayaking is so boring. After a few hours I want to shoot myself as well. Another nut job with a gun, but thankfully he has only shot himself (twice) and nobody else.

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