GUNS IN THE NEWS--May 18. 2004

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:
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[MrBenchley]

1. Enumclaw woman dies of gunshot fired by son through wall

Another family made safer by guns...

"A woman has died of a gunshot fired though an inside wall of a house by her son in what police say is an apparent accident.
The 80-year-old woman, hit in the back by a .45-caliber slug on May 11, died Monday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, authorities said. Her name was being withheld.
Her son was visiting her at home and was in another room checking to determine whether his pistol was loaded when it discharged, police Cmdr. Eric Sortland said. He described the shooting as "inadvertent." "

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D82KUTQ81.html

[MrBenchley]

2. Woman found dead in home from gunshot wound (SC)

"COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 58-year-old Columbia woman was found dead in her home from a gunshot wound to the head, police said Monday.
Emergency crews responded to a reported medical problem and found the woman dead in her living room, Columbia Police Department spokesman Skot Garrick said in a news release.
Police found the woman's 61-year-old husband in a confused and disoriented state, Garrick said."

http://www.heraldonline.com/scnews/state_regional_interest/story/3594295p-3195856c.html

[MrBenchley]

3. Man arrives at gas station with gunshot wound to the head (TX)

"Around 2:30am, the man pulled into the gas station on the North Tollway near Ella. He ran up to the window and told the clerk he needed to hide behind his bullet proof window because his shooters were after him.
No one else came to the station and the man was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his head."

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/051804_local_manshot.html

[MrBenchley]

4. 1 Killed, 1 Injured In Separate Shootings (OH)

"The first shooting happened at about 4 p.m. on Race Street in Over-the-Rhine, WLWT Eyewitness News 5 reported.
The victim, George A. Vance, 27, was shot in the chest. Vance was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, WLWT reported.
The second shooting happened at about 10 p.m. on West 13th Street in Over-the-Rhine. Officers arrived to find a 28-year-old man in the street with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to University Hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to WLWT. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040518/lo_wlwt/2209908

[MrBenchley]

5. 9-Year-Old Girl Shot In Face Recovering (MO)

"A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the face Friday night was taken back to doctors on Monday after spending one day at home.
Monique Williams was hospitalized after the shooting Friday at 11th and Woodland. She was released less than 24 hours later, but her parents took her back to see doctors Monday because of excessive bleeding, KMBC's Emily Aylward reported.
Williams was shot in the lower portion of her face while she was outside with friends near a basketball court. Two men were also shot, but they suffered only minor injuries. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040518/lo_kmbc/2209649

[MrBenchley]

6. Teen Shot Near Local High School (MI)

"Police say the teen was at the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Lawton Street, near Detroit Northwestern High School, when a person inside a green Jeep Cherokee pulled up and fired two shots.
The teen was hit once under his arm and once in the leg. He was taken to the high school for assistance, according to Local 4 reports. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kprc/20040517/lo_wdiv/2209404

[MrBenchley]

7. Divorce Possibly Sparks Deadly Shooting (TX)

"Police are searching for a 34-year-old man Monday in connection with the shooting death of another man.
According to police, Rosendo Murillo was armed with a gun when he arrived at a home in the 600 block of Cumberland around 6 p.m. Sunday looking for Sergio Gonzalez Rocha, 22.
After two men tried to hide Rocha, Murillo allegedly shot the victim in the chest. Rocha died at the scene.
Police said the shooting may have occurred over a recent divorce involving Murillo's and Rocha's family. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040518/lo_ksat/2208276

[MrBenchley]

8. Woman held in shooting (CO)

A 24-year-old woman surrendered to police after two people were shot - killing one - in an Englewood home early Monday.
Teresa Spitz was arrested after she walked into the Englewood police station shortly after the shooting and talked with detectives.
"They talked to her for a while, and then she asked for a lawyer," police spokesman Jim Ulrich said. Spitz could face charges of murder and attempted murder, but specific charges are pending, Ulrich said.
Inside the home, officers found one woman dead and a man suffering from gunshot wounds. A gun was recovered, but police had not determined whether it was the murder weapon."

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2154623,00.html

[MrBenchley]

9. State police investigating parking lot shooting death (MA)

"YARMOUTH, Maine -- State police were searching Tuesday for a car with New Hampshire license plates believed to have been used by a gunman accused of shooting a motorist in the parking lot of a tourist information center.
Witnesses told police that the suspect and a passenger drove away in a small black sedan with front-end damage late Monday afternoon.
The victim was shot inside his parked sport utility vehicle. Afterward, he drove across U.S. 1 and his SUV crashed into a tree. He was pronounced dead at the Maine Medical Center, troopers said."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2004/05/18/state_police_investigating_parking_lot_shooting_death/

[MrBenchley]

10. Pistol incident under review (OH)

"BELLVILLE -- Parents and administrators in the Clear Fork school district are working together to gauge the fallout from an April 30 incident in which a sixth-grader brought a loaded handgun to school.
At about 10 a.m. April 30, two students came to the principal's office and said a sixth-grade student had a handgun. The school locked down immediately and called 911. Brown and another administrator went into the suspected classroom and ordered the student to place his hands on his desk. They found a loaded 9mm handgun under the waistband of his pants, took the weapon from the boy and secured it before handing it over to a Richland County Sheriff's deputy.
"It only took 12 minutes from the time those two other students came to the office until we had the gun secured," Brown said. "But to say that no one was in danger is inaccurate. Anytime a student comes to school with a weapon everyone is in danger." "

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20040518/localnews/445442.html

Quick...what right wing lobbying group that has odious nutcase Grover Norquist on its board publishes a gun magazine for kids?



"PITTSBURGH -- A man whose son was killed in the Columbine High School shootings literally walked in his child's shoes to the National Rifle Association convention, where he hoped Vice President Dick Cheney would address the federal assault weapons ban set to expire in September.
Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed with an assault weapon in the Littleton, Colo., killings five years ago Tuesday, said continuing the ban is common sense.
Assault weapons "are the weapons of gangs, drug lords and sick people," Mauser said before his three-block march to the convention, which runs through Sunday. "It is a weapon of war and we don't want this war on our streets."
Mauser entered the convention hall where the NRA was meeting, but was turned away by a security guard as several conventioneers applauded. A couple of conventioneers yelled "Get a life" and "Vote for Bush." "

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3015989/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

11. Gun found at Gerald R. Ford International Airport

"(Cascade Township, May 18, 2004, 12:40 p.m.) Security screeners found a gun inside a woman's carry-on bag at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Screeners with the Transportation Security Administration discovered the loaded handgun around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday as a woman boarded a flight to Jacksonville, Florida. The loaded handgun was inside the woman's computer case. According to the TSA, the woman did have a permit to carry the weapon."

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1876674&nav=0RceNDVe

[MrBenchley]

12. Court will decide nature of death of Sherman's son (WI)

"One year to the date that Ray Sherman II, the 14-year-old son of a Green Bay Packers (news) assistant coach, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, his family will be in court Tuesday seeking to clear his name from stigmas attached to suicide.
Judge Richard Dietz will hear arguments in a civil proceeding in Brown County (Wis.) Circuit Court, that the Shermans hope will lead to the death being officially classified as an accident.
In a hearing expected to last at least three days, attorney Avi Berk will present testimony from three experts in forensics and/or suicide and findings from the Green Bay Police Department.
Sherman II was found in the garage of the family's rented duplex on May 18, 2003, wounded by a .38-caliber handgun owned by his father.
Sherman says he believes his son was playing with the gun, which was not properly locked up. He charges that Klimek mishandled the case and rushed to judgment."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040518/sp_usatoday/courtwilldecidenatureofdeathofshermansson

Weird story...even for this thread...

[MrBenchley]

13. 1 Of 2 Men Involved In 610 Loop Chase Kills Self

A standoff between Houston police and an occupant inside a pickup truck chased around the 610 Loop Tuesday morning ended with a gunshot, officials told News2Houston.
Officials said a man in the truck refused to evacuate the vehicle after it crashed into another pickup truck on the North Loop near Liberty, ending a police chase and creating a standoff for more than 30 minutes.
That man ended up taking his own life with a single gunshot, police told News2Houston.
Another man in the truck was thrown from the vehicle during the collision. "

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040518/lo_kprc/2210625

[MrBenchley]

14. Man Accused Of Shooting Former Co-Worker With Rifle (PA)

"A prosecutor says a Coatesville, Pa., man accused of firing a .22-caliber rifle at the home of a former co-worker, injuring her in the arm, did so because he blamed her for vandalism to his truck.
Joshua Patton, 25, is charged with multiple counts of attempted homicide and other offenses.
Assistant District Attorney Ann Marie Wheatcraft said in her opening statement Monday that Patton drove to the home of Daveenia Smith on September 21 and fired four shots from his truck at a group sitting on the front porch."

http://www.nbc10.com/news/3318087/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

15. Schools locked down as man shot nearby (NV)

"A middle school and an elementary school were locked down for about three hours this morning after a teen shot a man in the shoulder on 28th Street at Stewart Avenue, police said.
The shooting occurred just shortly after 6 a.m. directly across the street from Roy W. Martin Middle School just east of downtown Las Vegas.
Officer Jose Montoya, Metro Police spokesman, said a man was loading an air compressor into a vehicle on Stewart in preparation for the work day when two boys, believed to be 13 to 15 years old, approached from a nearby alley.
Still on a cell phone with 911, the man followed the boys down the street at a distance until one of the boys turned and fired at least three shots at the man and then ran back down the alley, police said."

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2004/may/18/516874718.html

[MrSandman]

16. Deliveryman: 'It was my gun or his'(IN)

Marion County prosecutors will decide if any charges will be filed against a pizza deliveryman who killed an armed man during an apparent robbery attempt Monday night on the city's Far Eastside.

"I'm just satisfied it was him and not me," said Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel this morning.

Honeycutt said he pulled his gun and fired off all 15 rounds when, as he was about to get into his van, he turned and saw a man coming toward him.

"He said, "Hey, my guy," and as he said "Hey, my guy," he's lifting his arm up with his gun in his hand."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/147538-6355-102.html