America in a Nutshell

A man hitchhiking across the country while working on a book called “The Kindness of America” was seriously wounded over the weekend in a “random” drive-by shooting, according to police.

Ray Dolin, 39, was shot in the arm near Glasgow, Montana after a man offered him a ride on Saturday night, according to police who spoke to The Associated Press.

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UPDATE:

A writer from West Virginia who claimed last week that he’d bee shot in a random act of violence has admitted that he shot himself to promote his book, police told The Associated Press on Friday.

The writer, 39-year-old Ray Dolan, originally claimed he was working on a book called “The Kindness of America,” and had suffered his injury at the hands of a motorist while he was hitchhiking in Montana.

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Idiot.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.