GUNS IN THE NEWS - July 27, 2004

[CO Liberal]

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[MrBenchley]

1. Man allegedly waved gun at ice cream man (WA)

Another glorious celebnration of the Second Amendment....

"EVERETT -- A standoff ended peacefully early Monday morning with a man who allegedly waved a semi-automatic pistol at the driver of an ice cream truck broadcasting music through his neighborhood.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday, a local ice cream vendor drove through the Woodside Crossing Apartments with music playing through a loudspeaker, said Everett Police Sgt. Boyd Bryant.
A 63-year-old man came out of his apartment and allegedly pointed a gun at the ice cream vendor, who fled. When police officers were unable to persuade the man to come out of his apartment, Everett Police Tactical Unit members evacuated surrounding apartments and began negotiating with the man, police said."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/183758_gun27.html

Wonder how much that little bit of sunshine cost taxpayers?

[Romulus]

2. Local cops won't miss assault weapon ban set to expire (IN)

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2004/07/26/news/top_news/e64e9722e745fa5286256edc0078d561.txt


Big shots in the national gun-control debate may party or hang out black crepe paper Sept. 13, when a 10-year ban on assault weapons is expected to end.

Area law enforcement officials expect it to be just another day on the streets.

*Snip*

"I haven't seen that the ban has made much of a difference," Jeff Wells said. He is a 15-year veteran of the Lake County coroner's office, which processes about 80 homicide scenes each year in which firearms are involved.

He said the number of victims riddled by semiautomatic weapons are rare. "I remember one case three years ago where three kids were killed in a van in Hammond. There were a lot of bullet casings at the scene," he said.

*snip/more*

edited to add that this seems to be a duplicate of this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x73509

[underpants]

3. Did you see the video of the CHILD playing with the handgun..

while his parents drank beer and shot off their guns?

I am looking for it but haven't been able to find it yet.

[NorthernSpy]

6. I think that that has been posted...

... in one of the earlier GITN threads. It happened in Virginia, am I right?

If that's the one you mean, Benchley posted it a couple of days ago, IIRC.


(on edit: found it, Underpants! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=73119&mesg_id=73294&page= )


Mary

[MrBenchley]

12. There's always fun when gun owners are around....

[slackmaster]

13. Really shameful scene

Utterly irresponsible people, who shouldn't be allowed to have a child or a gun.

[TX-RAT]

15. Did CPS remove the child?

[CO Liberal]

16. I Certainly Hope So!!!!

[Romulus]

4. "Two Neighbors' Argument Turned Deadly" (KY)

http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2091836

Another "acquaintance" killing -Rom


A Monday morning argument in Perry County turned deadly, in what police are calling a possible case of self-defense.

*snip*

Investigators say the 53-year old shot his neighbor after Fields attempted to kill him with a knife.


That's when police say Wilson opened fired.

Perry County Sheriff's Deputy Randy Poff says,"Mr. Wilson took a step back into the bedroom and armed himself with a rifle he kept in his bedroom, as Mr. fields advanced on him, Mr. Wilson fired three times."

[CO Liberal]

5. Actor charged with murder (CA)

An old saying in show business goes something like this - "Any publicity is good publicity". I don't think this counts.... - Wayne

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Actor charged with murder

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. A veteran character actor is in jail, charged with murder and attempted murder.

Witnesses told police 74-year-old Robert Sorrells walked into a neighborhood bar in southern California and shot two people, killing one of them.

A bartender told the Los Angeles Daily News Sorrells had been at the bar until closing Friday night. He returned Saturday to look for his credit card, returned again in the afternoon and started shooting.

<snip>

Sorrells' film and T-V career dates back to the 1950s and includes a number of T-V westerns. His television credits include "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide" and "Bonanza," as well as "The Waltons," "Kung Fu" and "The Fall Guy."

<more>

http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=2092905

[Romulus]

7. Wilmette residents oppose BB gun ban (IL)

http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=17955

more crackpot legislation from Wilmette, IL - Rom

WILMETTE -- About 35 Wilmette residents, including three paintball-loving teens who have already committed to join the U.S. Marine Corps, came out in support of the right to own and sell airguns last Thursday night during a meeting of the Wilmette Public Safety Committee.


Every speaker opposed a proposed ordinance that would ban airguns in Wilmette, including air rifles, air pistols, BB guns and paint ball guns.


"I think they thought they had a slam dunk here, but it turns out they didn't," said Wilmette resident Ralf Seiffe, who opposes the proposed ban and attended the committee meeting. "They got 100 percent negative comments."

*snip*

In an interview with Illinoisleader.com, Wilmette Police Chief George Carpenter said his department did not come up with the idea for an airgun ban. The village got the idea from Democrat State Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg of nearby Evanston, who has circulated a model airgun-ban ordinance to municipal officials throughout the North Shore.

*snip/more*

Sure makes it hard to counter the "Dems want to ban all guns" meme when there ARE Dems who seem to love banning ANY type of gun . .

[CO Liberal]

8. Man Accused of Shooting Wife (OH)

More fun with guns in the Buckeye State... - Wayne

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Man Accused of Shooting Wife

A Butler County man is accused of hiding in his wife's van then pulling out a gun and trying to kill her.

Amy Rezos is in critical condition at a Dayton hospital. Even after being shot twice in the head, police say she was able to tell them Christopher Rezos of Liberty Township tried to kill her.

<more>

http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2093177

[CO Liberal]

9. Boy charged in acquaintance's shooting death

And more gun fun from the Lone Star State. - Wayne

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Boy charged in acquaintance's shooting death

By WES FERGUSON

Police have charged a 16-year-old Longview boy in the shooting death of an 18-year-old acquaintance early Sunday, but they say they don't have a motive.

The boy, who is a juvenile, turned himself in Sunday night at the police station. Monday, a judge ordered him to remain in juvenile detention pending another hearing.

Police say the boy shot Tarvarus Demond Cooper once in the chest with a .38-caliber gun early Sunday inside a house at 501 Diane Drive. Two other people were in a different room at the time of the shooting, and they drove Cooper to a local hospital in their own car, police said.

Gregg County Justice of the Peace Talyna Carlson pronounced Cooper dead at 3:35 a.m. at the hospital, and said he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. His body was sent to Dallas for an autopsy, she said.

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http://www.news-journal.com/news/newsfd/auto/feed/news/2004/07/27/1090902012.18121.8305.4119.html;COXnetJSessionID=BGb6p9aSUzGBl4mOgtKV2QfagBjW3B4I9wMNdYJ6fl5RYP86ISZ2!-791109689?urac=n&urvf=10909358022480.5577292603110843

[Romulus]

10. Pensioner Injures five in Shooting Spree Over Noise (Germany)

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/20737.html

An apparent ethnically-motivated incident in "no mass shootings thanks to gun control" Europe - Rom

Munich- A man went on a shooting spree at a Munich apartment block yesterday in an incident that was triggered by the 66-year-old's complaints over noisy foreign neighbours and ended with five people injured, police said.

The pensioner identified only as Walter S, fired 30 shots from a rifle at about 10.45am in flats in the city's Nymphenburg district, police spokesman Andreas Ruch said. He started by firing through the doors of flats, wounding a German man in the stomach and a Slovenian man in the arm, Ruch said.

He then shot at a 54-year-old from Bosnia and his son on the staircase, shooting the younger man in the throat. The 54-year-old grabbed the rifle and ran into the street, where he was met by a policeman who shot him in the arm.

Police stormed the pensioner's flat, where they arrested the assailant. All the victims were reported to be out of danger last night.–AP

[MrBenchley]

11. Teen with air guns arrested near parish carnival (RI)

If only he had an assault weapon! Well, if Chimpy McDipstick and the GOP have their way....

"LINCOLN -- An air gun-wielding 13-year-old boy was arrested in a Manville neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
According to a police report, it was about 5:20 p.m. when Officer Michael Cavanaugh was called to 14 Church St. on a report of kids shooting BB guns at the house.
Cavanaugh said he pulled up to find about five teenagers standing in the home’s driveway. He said he got out of his cruiser and one of the children started to walk away.
Cavanaugh said he ordered the boy to stop before noticing the pistol in his hand. "I knocked the gun out of his hand, grabbed him and attempted to pat him down for any other weapons," Cavanaugh wrote in his report. "

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12493648&BRD=1712&PAG=461&dept_id=478996&rfi=6

[MrBenchley]

14. Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Kalamazoo teenager

"(Kalamazoo, July 26, 2004, 6:00 p.m.) An 18-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a Kalamazoo teenager.
Raymond Daujan Clark was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 16-year-old Aarin Fultz. "

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2091189&nav=0RcePCQ5

[MrBenchley]

17. Woman shot in face during drive-by (NC)

"CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police in Charlotte are looking for the person who shot a 20-year-old woman in the jaw in east Charlotte on Monday afternoon.
The suspect was in a car with another man and a woman when he started shooting.
Another car that was passing by was also struck by a bullet. No one in that vehicle was injured."

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?ArID=69906&SecID=2

[MrBenchley]

18. Salisbury bar shooting under investigation (NC)

"Salisbury Police are also investigating a shooting that happened at a bar near South Main Street.
The crime scene unit was called to Gina's pub on Crawford Street about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Fire and rescue personnel were also called in to assist.
Details remain unclear, but Rowan County dispatchers said CPR was performed on a victim after the shooting took place."

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/Default.asp?ArID=69906&SecID=2

[MrBenchley]

19. Man held after boy shot with assault rifle (OH)

"A Fremont boy was recovering yesterday after being shot in the right arm during a "warlike game" that went wrong.
Police said Steven Nitschke, 36, of Fremont accidentally shot the boy, Norman Morse, 12, with a .308 assault rifle he thought wasn't loaded.
The group was having a cookout and bonfire at a triplex in the 2200 block of West State Street when someone suggested playing "a warlike game," Detective Woolf said. "They decided to use real guns, and unfortunately, one was not unloaded." The detective said the bullet entered and exited the boy's right arm and entered his body again, just missing vital organs."

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040727/NEWS03/407270427/-1/NEWS

[MrBenchley]

20. Police seek the cause of fatal Eastside shooting (IN)

"Police on Monday were trying to determine why a fight between members of two Eastside families escalated late Sunday, leaving a 20-year-old man dead.
Police found Markifie S. Sears in his front yard after being called to the 2700 block of North Adams Street shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday.
He was declared dead of a gunshot wound at the scene at 10:34 p.m."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/9/165631-3959-009.html

[MrBenchley]

21. Man charged with murder after taking shooting victim to hospital (SC)

"FLORENCE, S.C. - A man has been charged with murder in Marion County after bringing the victim of a shooting near a nightclub to the hospital, deputies say.
Ronnie Lee Brown, 37, knew the man he shot, but deputies don't know exactly what led to Saturday night's incident on a road in front of a nightclub, sheriff's Inspector Kenny Davis said.
"The victim had left the club shortly before the shooting, but as far as we know, Mr. Brown wasn't at the club at all that night," Davis said."

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9254054.htm

[MrBenchley]

22. Shooting fatality in Johnston County under investigation (OK)

"WAPANUCKA -- County authorities worked into the night investigating a shooting reported during the early afternoon hours Sunday in northeastern Johnston County.
Information about the incident and location was sketchy even after 9 p.m. Sunday. Officials could say nothing beyond confirmation from a central dispatch operator that "it does involve a fatality ... they're attempting to notify the next of kin.""

http://ardmoreite.com/stories/072604/loc_0726040019.shtml

[MrBenchley]

23. Woman indicted in shooting of husband (SD)

"CUSTER, S.D. - A woman has been indicted for attempted murder in the shooting of her husband at their home south of Custer.
Kimberly Moos, 39, posted $25,000 bond and is to be arraigned Thursday.
Authorities who responded to reports of a shooting July 14 said Ronald Moos had been shot in the upper chest. His wife was arrested that night.
She told authorities she shot her husband in self-defense. His condition is not known."

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9254963.htm

Another family made safer with guns....

[MrBenchley]

24. Police: Cocaine Worth $1 Million Motive For Double Shootings (RI)

"Johnston Detective Commander David aRusso is quoted in the Providence Journal as saying the two victims were killed over a $1 million worth of cocaine.
Benito Vizcaino and Jose Luis Sanchez were found shot in a garage at the J&S Scrap Metal and Recycling on Starr Street. Police said they think the men got the drugs into the country using a car parts import and export business."

http://www.turnto10.com/news/3581451/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

25. Arrest Made In Ross Park Mall Shooting (PA)

"ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Two people were injured in a shooting outside Ross Park Mall Tuesday afternoon, and one suspect was in custody early Tuesday evening.
Ross police said the victims were hit at 2:15 p.m. in a parking lot near a mall entrance that is located between the Kaufmann's and JCPenney department stores."

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3583150/detail.html