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Ralph 'Buzzy' Harless III, a 12-year-old boy from Roanoke, Virginia, tragically died on August 2, 1983. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and heartbreaking. Buzzy was killed during a game of Russian roulette, a dangerous activity involving a revolver with a single bullet loaded into one of the chambers. On that fateful day, Buzzy's friend, Eric Schilling, who was 15 years old at the time, picked up a .38-caliber pistol and, in an attempt to scare Buzzy, pointed the gun a ...Read More
Victim Details

Ralph Buzzy Harless, III

Roanoke

VA

1983-08-02

12

Ralph

Buzzy Harless

11/27/2025