News: Teenager stabs himself to death onstage...

Brooke-lynn

At Open Mic Night In Front Of Shocked Crowd At Coffee Shop

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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.

A friend of his, who did not want to be identified, told Oregon’s NewsChannel 21 Walker's death did not come as much of a surprise because the teenager had contemplated suicide before and even planned to kill himself in a public place.

"I've been preparing for it for a while, I'm sad about it, but I think I'm in shock, it's like a whirlwind of emotions," the friend said. "It was almost like he wanted to prove a point, like there's no point in being scared of death because it's going to happen to us anyway."

Walker first tried to take his own life on Mar. 20th, the friend said, who helped to have him hospitalized at the psychiatric unit of St. Charles Medical Center-Bend.

He said he warned Walker that killing himself would have lasting implications.

"I actually told him, I was like, 'Dude, this is going to mess a lot of people up," the friend told the TV station.

The traumatic incident is the first of its kind in the area, police Sgt. Chris Carney told Oregon radio station KBND.

"You know, 19 years with the Police Department, I can't think of any event similar to this where somebody's done something in such a public forum," he said. "We still don't know the reason why he chose to do this, why he chose this location or anything and we probably never will."

Counseling has been made available to witnesses or anyone affected by Walker's death.

"Most people never have to see anything like that in their entire lives, and never have before, so it is a life-changing experience," Ealy told KTVZ.

Walker would have turned 20 this week.

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Forevermore

Terrible

Cantaloupe.

Oh my ...

PopBoi

If you're gonna kill yourself (especially so violently), don't do it front of a crowd

The effect it must have had on everyone there

Knix

Awww

Jeze

Horrible

CaptainMusic

What the ****...

fabian_phipps

Why infront of people? much deeper than attention seeking.

Owl

I could only imagine the crowd witnessing the whole situation

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at the fact that the song that he sung is called "Sorry For The Mess"

Neptune

What the ****

That's horrible.

Government Hooker

Oh dear, that's just not right

Mani.

Ppl who commit suicide are so selfish

Deuces

I can't even imagine the trauma that crowd is going through...yes the kid committed suicide (god bless his family) but people will have to live with those disturbing images in their head. I hope they get some counseling. I sure would've needed it.

R.I.P
Suicide is such a sad thing, especially to witness.

Holy

can you imagine being there
or like in the front row
blood sprilled all over ur face and cloth
that is the perfect time for Tides

Sin With A Grin

Oh my god.
That's awful. Not only for the guy who had to have been unbelievably miserable to stab himself in front of a crowd of people...but the crowd themselves! Witnessing that is traumatizing.
It sucks that he had to kill himself. I wish people knew the ramifications of their actions. This guy probably caused a lot of people to be extremely messed up. There are other ways to cope than by killing yourself.

ChapStick

Speechless....

ChapStick

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Originally posted by Sin With A Grin

Oh my god.
That's awful. Not only for the guy who had to have been unbelievably miserable to stab himself in front of a crowd of people...but the crowd themselves! Witnessing that is traumatizing.
It sucks that he had to kill himself. I wish people knew the ramifications of their actions. This guy probably caused a lot of people to be extremely messed up. There are other ways to cope than by killing yourself.

He had absolutely no consideration for the crowd whatsoever... :\

SIMon1120

ManDown

Wow. This is ****ed up on so many levels. It's sad that he killed himself, but it's even sadder and just disgusting that he made all of those people witness it. They didn't go there to see him kill himself. So, should they be forced to see that? Of course not. He should have gotten help, or his family and friends should have suggested it atleast, especially if he talked about it before. What he did was very selfish, and now all of those people, along with his friends and family, will have to live with this forever. Hope he rests in peace, though.

ifyouseekLEM

"Sorry for the mess" --- his figurative perception of his life and the literal mess his blood and guts caused.

This is horrible.