 In early 1968 , Solanas went to writer Paul Krassner to ask him for $ 50 . In a 2009 written account , Krassner rejected part of Morrissey 's account and maintained that Solanas asked him for the money for food and he loaned it to her . Krassner later speculated that Solanas could have used the money to buy the gun as the shooting was a few days later . According to Freddie Baer , when Solanas asked Krassner for money in 1968 , she told him she wanted to shoot Maurice Girodias and she used the $ 50 Krassner gave her to buy a .32 automatic pistol . In any event , Krassner denied that he knew that Solanas intended to kill Warhol when she asked to borrow money from him . 
