Greta Granstedt (July , â€" October , ) was an American film and
television actress.Irene "Greta" Granstedt was the second child of
Theodore and Emma Granstedt, born in Scandia, Kansas. The Granstedt
family was one of the five pioneer families from Sweden who settled in
this north central Kansas community in -. The families left Sweden in
response to the terrible conditions in the three years of misery in
Sweden. She spent the first years of her life in Scandia. Her father
was of Norwegian and Swedish heritage. In her family moved to
Mountain View, California.[citation needed]Granstedt first gained
notoriety and widespread media attention in April after she shot her
-year-old boyfriend, Harold Galloway, with a pistol she borrowed from
a friend. Granstedt, then only years old, claimed in interviews that
the shooting was accidental, a claim that coincided with Galloway's
own story of the incident.Although newspapers originally printed this
version of things, they soon switched to a more tantalizing view,
claiming Granstedt hid in the shadows with the gun, waiting to shoot
Galloway as revenge for him attending the Parish dance with another
girl. This version of the story would continue to be printed, even
decades later. Galloway's father and aunt leaned towards this story
saying Granstedt was jealous and possessive, and that she procured the
gun and sought out Galloway in order to scare him. The aunt believed
Granstedt shot Galloway to keep him from entering into the navy and
thus leaving her.
television actress.Irene "Greta" Granstedt was the second child of
Theodore and Emma Granstedt, born in Scandia, Kansas. The Granstedt
family was one of the five pioneer families from Sweden who settled in
this north central Kansas community in -. The families left Sweden in
response to the terrible conditions in the three years of misery in
Sweden. She spent the first years of her life in Scandia. Her father
was of Norwegian and Swedish heritage. In her family moved to
Mountain View, California.[citation needed]Granstedt first gained
notoriety and widespread media attention in April after she shot her
-year-old boyfriend, Harold Galloway, with a pistol she borrowed from
a friend. Granstedt, then only years old, claimed in interviews that
the shooting was accidental, a claim that coincided with Galloway's
own story of the incident.Although newspapers originally printed this
version of things, they soon switched to a more tantalizing view,
claiming Granstedt hid in the shadows with the gun, waiting to shoot
Galloway as revenge for him attending the Parish dance with another
girl. This version of the story would continue to be printed, even
decades later. Galloway's father and aunt leaned towards this story
saying Granstedt was jealous and possessive, and that she procured the
gun and sought out Galloway in order to scare him. The aunt believed
Granstedt shot Galloway to keep him from entering into the navy and
thus leaving her.
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