GUNS IN THE NEWS--November 4, 2003

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:

Please try to adhere to the following guidelines:
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2 - Both pro-gun and anti-gun stories are welcome in this thread, as well as gun-related editorials, as long as they're current. Please do not post links from a few years back that support your position.
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[MrBenchley]

1. ST. PAUL: Shot teen may be paralyzed

"The unarmed 16-year-old boy injured in a shooting early Sunday at a St. Paul apartment complex may be paralyzed as a result of his injuries, according to Somali community advocates who spoke to the boy's family on Monday.

The boy's mother said that doctors had told her that her son will be paralyzed from a gunshot wound to his lower back, said Abdirizak Ahmed, who spoke to the Somali boy's family on behalf of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota, a nonprofit community assistance organization.

"She said the doctor told her that even if he became healthy, he would be paralyzed," Ahmed said."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/7175588.htm

[MrBenchley]

2. Trial begins for suspect in shooting death from 1998 (MO)

"Clem Hollingsworth IV had a lot of enemies. On Feb. 18, 1998, some of them caught up with him.
Police recovered bullets and shell casings from five weapons after the 23-year-old Kansas City man was fatally shot in an ambush that morning.
One of the shooters was John F. Francis, prosecutors allege, and on Monday he went on trial in Johnson County District Court on a charge of first-degree murder.
Francis is a cousin of Frederick D. Johnson, who was shot to death in June 1997, McMullin said. Hollingsworth was arrested and charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with killing Johnson."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/7175464.htm

[MrBenchley]

3. Diedra Lane won't take stand (NC)

"Deidra Lane, jailed for more than three years, won't take the witness stand to explain why she shot and killed her estranged husband, former Carolina Panthers player Fred Lane.
Fred Lane was shot in the chest and head at close range with a 12-gauge, pump-action shotgun at the couple's southeast Mecklenburg home."


http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/7176637.htm

[MrBenchley]

4. $10,000 reward is offered in 2 slayings (AZ)

"Officials with a national foundation dedicated to aiding innocent victims announced Monday that they'll offer a $10,000 reward to help solve a local case.
Relatives of Marilyn Cox and RéNee Farnsworth, who were shot to death in the driveway of Cox's home in May, and Cox's daughter Linda Watson, who vanished from the same home nearly three years earlier, said the reward gives them hope.
Cox, 63, and her friend Farnsworth, 53, a respiratory therapist, were shot just after dropping off Cox's granddaughter from a court-mandated visitation for Mother's Day. "

http://www.dailystar.com/star/today/31104DOUBLEHOMICIDEUPDATE.html

[MrBenchley]

5. Police say man fired wildly in standoff (NC)

"BROOKFORD - A man who had been drinking for several hours Monday held off officers from three agencies with a shotgun for three more hours before he surrendered quietly, police said.
John Charles Davis, 53, fired six shots that damaged his home and others surrounding it in the Jolly Mobile Home Park, said Ted Overcash, the police chief in this Catawba County town of 453, northwest of Charlotte.
Davis was alone in the mobile home. Over the next three hours, Davis told county negotiators via his cell phone that he would shoot anyone who came near him and that officers would have to shoot him to get him out, said Sheriff's Office Maj. Coy Reid."

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/7176615.htm

Yeah, there's the kind of voter Democrats should be pandering to......

[demsrule4life]

6. Halloween prank results in shooting of off-duty cop

CEDAR LAKE, Ind. -- An off-duty police officer dressed as an ax-wielding man in what he intended to be a Halloween prank was shot and wounded by a man who believed he posed a threat, investigators said.

No wonder I could never get a police job in my home state, guess I did'nt watch enough "Fear Factor". Good shoot, stupid cops.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/089106-1653-103.html

[MrBenchley]

7. Schuylkill County man fired gun at wife, police say (PA)

"A Schuylkill County woman narrowly escaped being shot in the head by her husband Sunday when her sister pushed the man's arm as he fired a .44-caliber handgun at his wife, police said.
It was the second shooting in the Schuylkill Haven area in eight days. Police charged a North Manheim Township man with shooting his wife to death in their home, just outside the borough, on Oct. 25.
On Sunday, Glenn Sweinsky, 48, fired a shot after a dispute with his wife, Diane, 47, at 3:40 p.m. in their home at 1522 Fair Road, Wayne Township, also just outside Schuylkill Haven, state police at Schuylkill Haven said."

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_1shootingnov04,0,7081496.story?coll=all-newslocal-hed

[MrBenchley]

8. Officer demonstrates shooting at Hirko (PA)

"In a dramatic courtroom demonstration, a Bethlehem police officer showed Monday how he shot to death suspected drug dealer John Hirko Jr. with two bursts from a submachine gun.
Officer Joseph Riedy testified that he fired at Hirko in self-defense after Hirko shot a gun at him from less than 2 yards away.
''I knew I needed to stop him as quickly as possible,'' Riedy said. ''I was firing as soon as I could get the gun up.''
During Riedy's testimony, Gardner ruled that Karoly could not ask Riedy about his alleged reputation as a ''gun-loving cowboy'' or a ''gun-nut.'' And Karoly was prohibited from asking about a framed photo of guns on Riedy's desk at police headquarters."

http://www.mcall.com/news/yahoo/all-a1_5hirkonov04.story

[MrBenchley]

9. Man Dies In Late-Night Shooting (NM)

"One man is dead after a shooting in southwest Albuquerque late Monday night.
Law enforcement officials said someone shot the man late Monday night near Cromwell and Walter.
After the shooting, several suspects barricaded themselves in homes in the area, officials said. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031104/lo_koat/1860667

[MrBenchley]

10. Man could see 2 trials with death penalty (MD)

"Already scheduled to stand trial in a rare federal death penalty case for his alleged role in a string of Baltimore homicides, Michael L. Taylor could find himself in an even more unusual predicament: facing a second federal death penalty trial after his first concludes.
Attorneys for the 18-year-old Baltimore man said in recent court filings that the possibility of successive death penalty trials unfairly allows the government "two bites at the apple." But prosecutors called the situation one of Taylor's own making, in a case so rife with killings that not every victim could be fully accounted for in a single trial.
Authorities say Taylor was part of a violent West Baltimore drug gang known as the Lexington Terrace Boys, whose members were responsible for more than 40 shootings during the past five years. His trial in January will be the first federal death penalty trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore since 1998, when a jury rejected a death sentence for convicted drug lord and killer Anthony Jones."

http://www.sunspot.net/news/yahoo/bal-md.trials04nov04,0,4078242.story

[MrBenchley]

11. 4 Dead, 3 Wounded in Arizona Shootings

"CASA GRANDE, Ariz. - Four people were found dead and three others injured on Tuesday morning along Interstate 10, according to state highway patrol officers.
When officers arrived, they found four people shot to death at the scene.
Two other vehicles believed to have been involved were later found abandoned in the Chandler area. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031104/ap_on_re_us/interstate_shooting_1

[Hammie]

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[CO Liberal]

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[MrBenchley]

14. Gun Fires After Man Falls From Bike (MI)

"A man riding a bicycle reportedly fell, causing his gun to go off and fire shots at a Detroit home Tuesday morning.
The bullets hit the side of the house on McGraw Street and a window, Local 4 learned. The homeowner was inside the house -- about 5 feet from the window -- when the gun fired, the station learned.
Witnesses said the man on the bicycle reloaded his weapon and walked away. Police are searching for him. "


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031104/lo_wdiv/1861293

[MrBenchley]

15. Teen Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Students On Bus With Gun

"A teenager is accused of threatening students on a school bus with a gun.
Police said students on the bus alerted the driver to the situation Friday after they spotted the student riding his bicycle next to the bus while brandishing a gun.
The bus driver, Juanetta Davis, called police and pulled the bus over on West 35th Street near Goodmark Park, officials said.
The teen, Joe Jackson, 18, took off on his bike when police showed up, officials said. An officer took out his gun and yelled for Jackson to stop, allowing the official to locate the handgun and arrest Jackson on the spot, authorities said. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031104/lo_wpbf/1860979