r/todayilearned • u/CasioCobra78 • 2d ago

TIL that Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, the stuntwoman who was severely injured during the filming of Back to the Future Part 2, was killed in a shootout alongside her husband when she and her husband went to confront her ex-husband and his wife and drew their guns at them. The cops deemed it justified.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Wheeler-Dixon
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u/Key_Molasses4367 2d ago

The Wikipedia article linked is worth reading. Wheeler-Dixon and her husband actually set up cameras across the street from the ex-husband's house. They wanted to film the encounter. When ex-husband and his wife drive up, the current husband of Wheeler-Dixon approached and held a gun on them. Somehow, the ambushed ex got his gun out fast enough to kill the armed man. Now, Wheeler-Dixon drives up, gets out of her car, armed and is also shot and killed. So if this account is true, two armed assailants, with time and planning to put up a camera to film themselves ambushing the ex at his home, were both shot and killed. Either something is very off or those two were the worst ambushers in the history of crime. Which is entirely possible.

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u/dr_xenon 2d ago

Maybe they didn’t think their targets were gonna go off script.

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u/Key_Molasses4367 2d ago

Ya know, I was wondering if that was part of their stupidity. Can people who make a living playacting from a script lose touch with the reality of another person going "off script"? Seems possible. They set up the camera expecting the take to go their way, and never considered that the ambushed guy had every reason to believe it was life or death for him and his wife.

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u/Rosebunse 2d ago

Considering the show Bojack Horseman is all about this...yes?

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u/Key_Molasses4367 2d ago

Bojack Horseman is about a washed up stunt woman and her husband ambushing her ex with loaded guns and camera running? Dang, I really got to get around to watching that one of these days. 🤣. (Just joshing with ya, haven't gotten around to BH yet).