Omar Kelly of the Sun-Sentinel Tweets That He Once Shot at a Guy With Intent to Harm

Omar Kelly, the Sun-Sentinel's Miami Dolphins beat writer, tweeted out that he once shot at a man with intent to harm. It appears that Kelly was pontificating how one's environment doesn't mold one's character, or some such thing, when he randomly sent out a tweet that read: "I've shot a...

By Chris Joseph

June 27, 2013

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Omar Kelly, the Sun-Sentinel's Miami Dolphins beat writer, tweeted out that he once shot at a man with intent to harm.

It appears that Kelly was pontificating how one's environment doesn't mold one's character, or some such thing, when he randomly sent out a tweet that read:

"I've shot a gun at a man with intent to do harm. I often wonder what my life would be like had I not missed."

Woops.

Kelly has since deleted the tweet, but because the internet never forgets (and because Omar Kelly has alienated and pissed off so many of his readers by being a condescending jerk towards them), the tweet in question has been saved for all to see.

I Am Sofa King We Todd Did - Wow, Omar Kelly/ Reaching new heights of stupid/ Omar coming y'all! #OmarKelly #CmonMan pic.twitter.com/2wcoTfsucy
— DolphinsHaiku (@DolphinsHaiku) June 27, 2013

Since @OmarKelly deleted his ridiculous tweet about him trying to murder somebody once, here it is: pic.twitter.com/9M1DuVKik3
— Chris J. Nelson (@phinsspotlight) June 27, 2013

Kelly seems to have tweeted this out around 1 p.m. or so, and has since vanished from Twitter, which is a little strange because he's fairly active in the social media site.

Calls to the Sun-Sentinel have not been returned, and no word yet on if Kelly has been reprimanded or is facing any heat over the tweet.

We'd be shocked if a columnist who basically admitted he tried to kill a dude doesn't get some kind of punishment.

For the moment, twitter is left to ponder.

Deuces, indeed.

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