GUNS IN THE NEWS--October 24, 2003

[MrBenchley]

As CO Liberal sez:
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[MrBenchley]

1. Spain gets 25 years in shooting

"Perry Spain, the West Baltimore man convicted of shooting a 10-year-old in the neck with a stray bullet, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison by Circuit Court Judge Shirley M. Watts, who called the crime "vicious and heinous."
"I don't think you appreciate the seriousness of your conduct," Watts told Spain, 21, who was convicted this year in the shooting of Tevin Davis as the child played on the steps of his rowhouse in July last year.
Prosecutor Roger Harris said Tevin is the epitome of an innocent victim.
"He was sitting on his own stoop outside his own house in his own neighborhood," Harris said. "He was doing what families are supposed to do, even in Baltimore City. He was playing." "

http://www.sunspot.net/news/yahoo/bal-md.spain24oct24,0,4113803.story?coll=bal-newsaol-headlines

[MrBenchley]

2. Woman Shot At Point-Blank Range; Female Shooter Sought

"A woman is fighting for her life after being shot at point-blank range late Thursday by another woman, according to police.
The shooting happened just before midnight on Clovernook Avenue in North College Hill, WLWT Eyewitness News 5 reported.
The name of the victim was not released. She was flown to University Hospital, where her condition is not known.
The victim, who was shot three times, told police she knew the woman who shot her. "


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_wlwt/1845226

[MrBenchley]

3. School Principal Threats Heard On Walkie-Talkie

"WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. -- A mystery message on a walkie-talkie led to tension at several Westmoreland County schools Thursday.
A mom overheard two males talking about killing Mr. Marshall, the Greensburg Middle School principal.
The woman told police she heard the men talk about getting guns, different types of ammunition and killing the school principal."

http://www.wpxi.com/education/2577349/detail.html

[MrBenchley]

4. Officer Shot In Midst Of Rock, Bottle Barrage, Police Say

"A Miami-Dade County police officer was shot in Cutler Ridge overnight.
Uniformed and plain-clothed detectives were patrolling near 119th Avenue and Southwest 208th Street when someone began throwing rocks and bottles at the officers' vehicles.
When a uniformed officer went to check on a possible suspect, someone inside a house shot the officer. Fortunately, he was wearing a bulletproof vest. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_wplg/1845090

[MrBenchley]

5. Man Indicted On Putting Hit Out On Judge

"A man was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to put a hit out on a judge.
Joseph Casalicchio is currently serving a 33-year sentence for drug charges, handed down by judge Kathleen Sutula in February 2001.
Prosecutors said Casalicchio paid two men $35,000 to kill Sutula, and that in April the men drove by Sutula's Seven Hills home and fired three shots into it. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=387&ncid=387&e=3&u=/ibsys/20031023/lo_wews/1844678

[MrBenchley]

6. Sniper suspect reinstates his defense team

The latest from the RKBA crowd's poster boy...

"VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Citing a change of heart and an abscessed tooth that swelled his right cheek to the size of a lemon, sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad rehired his lawyers yesterday - and vowed not to fire them again.
Muhammad is charged with two counts of capital murder in the death of Dean H. Meyers, a civil engineer shot at a gas station near Manassas last October. It was one of 13 shootings in the Washington region that month that spread fear through the community.
Prosecutors yesterday presented evidence from several earlier shootings that have been linked to Muhammad and his co-defendant, 18-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo. Jurors heard gripping testimony from a Maryland man who was shot while locking up his liquor store in Prince George's County on Sept. 15, 2002."

http://www.sunspot.net/news/yahoo/bal-te.md.sniper23oct23001556,0,5283133.story?coll=bal-newsaol-headlines

Worth noting that the gun lobby is currently trying to engineer a bill through Congress so that the Bullseye Gun Shop, which provided guns to this nutcase AND Buford Furrow, who shot up a daycare center and killed a mailman a few years ago, can avoid being sued. Wonder what the lawsuit might uncover about the way the gun industry arms such specimens?

[MrBenchley]

7. Man Critically Hurt In Shooting

"Police are searching for whoever opened fire on a man Thursday night at 39th Street and Prospect.
Officers got the call just after 9 p.m. Police have not released details about the shooting, except to say the victim was critically hurt. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_kmbc/1845256

[MrBenchley]

8. One Held After Apparent Shootout

"An 18-year-old city man who had been wanted on murder charges was taken into custody after being shot in the elbow Thursday, the victim of an apparent shootout that took place next to a gas pump at a crowded Hartford service station.
Craig Johnson, who was wanted in the January 2002 slaying of 21-year-old Ernest Welborn Jr., was shot about 4:30 p.m. outside the SavMore gas station at the corner of Main and Fishfry streets, police said. Police said his injuries did not appear to be serious.
Police were searching for a second man believed to have been involved in the incident who apparently escaped by jumping over a fence behind the gas station. "

http://www.ctnow.com/news/yahoo/hc-manhunt1024.artoct24.story

[MrBenchley]

9. Man guilty in slaying of ex-KC resident

"OAKLAND, Calif. — The husband of a former photographer for The Kansas City Star was convicted Thursday of murdering his estranged wife.
Raymond Houston, 41, had been in jail since his arrest two years ago after the body of Luci Houston, 43, was found in the back seat of her car. She had been shot in the head and stomach. Houston faces a maximum 40 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 12."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/7088691.htm

[MrBenchley]

10. Charges Filed Against Man In Deadly Shooting Spree

"Prosecutors charged an Oklahoma City man accused of going on a crime spree with 10 felony counts Thursday, including first-degree murder.
Ernesto Gonzalez, 33, also faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting with intent to kill, burglary, larceny of a motor vehicle, drug possession and attempted robbery.
Gonzalez is accused of fatally shooting Ronald E. Norfleet and wounding Janice Bizzell, 43, during a series of random, violent encounters Oct. 16.
He fired shots at two other people, robbed a business, tried to abduct two children and stole or broke into various vehicles for nearly two hours, police said. Gonzalez was arrested outside a northeast Oklahoma City convenience store. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_koco/1844687

[DonP]

11. Woman shoots carjack suspect in N.O.

Times-Picayune

Woman shoots carjack suspect in N.O.

Friday October 24, 2003

By Tara Young
Staff writer

A Boutte woman shot a man twice in the chest after he allegedly tried to force her to give up her Jeep Cherokee on Thursday afternoon in the Warehouse District, the New Orleans Police Department said.

Thorlief Thorbjornsen, 42, who is homeless, was listed in serious but stable condition Thursday at Charity Hospital.

The 32-year-old woman told police she had left work and was getting into her vehicle at a U-Park lot in the 800 block of Camp Street about 5 p.m. when Thorbjornsen approached her, indicated he had a handgun and demanded she get out of her car.

Instead of complying, the woman reached into the center console of her Jeep and pulled out a 9 mm pistol. She shot Thorbjornsen twice in the torso, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, NOPD spokesman.

Thorbjornsen collapsed behind the woman's SUV, Defillo said. He did not have a weapon.

Defillo said police will not book the woman but as a formality will turn the case over to the Orleans Parish district attorney's office for review.

When Thorbjornsen is released from the hospital, he will be arrested and booked with attempted carjacking, Defillo said.

[MrBenchley]

12. Woman held in killing of yoga teacher

"The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a 28-year-old woman in upstate New York on Thursday, ending a two-week search for the main suspect in the killing of a Midtown yoga instructor and musician, authorities said.
Amber Lynn Trudell was arrested at a relative's home in Ogdensburg, N.Y., about 145 miles northeast of Syracuse, on the Canadian border, said Deputy U.S. Marshal Rich Tracy, spokesman for the agency's Tucson office.
Trudell was wanted in the Sept. 26 murder of Michael Albert Dojaquez, who was found shot to death on his front porch. "

http://www.dailystar.com/star/today/31024YOGIMURDERARREST2f2fro.html

[MrBenchley]

13. Police Interview Witnesses To Fatal Shooting

"The Jacksonville Sherff's Office is interviewing witnesses to a fatal shooting outside a Brentwood area bar at 2:45 a.m. Thursday.
The victim, identified as 31-year-old Shawn Troutman, was shot once. He died at Shand's Hospital.
Police said an argument that began inside the Mirage Show Bar at 4919 N. Main St. moved into the parking lot. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_wjxt/1844341

[MrBenchley]

14. Men With Shotgun Rob Monona Bar

"Two men entered the Bridge Tavern in Monona and demanded money from the bartender after midnight, police said.
One man was armed with a shotgun, police said. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=300&ncid=300&e=4&u=/ibsys/20031023/lo_wisc/1843461

[MrBenchley]

15. Police: Man Found Shot Twice In Chest

"Police are searching for a gunman who allegedly shot and killed another man in a southwest Houston apartment complex early Friday morning.
Investigators said when they arrived at the scene on the 10000 block of Club Creek they found a man who had been shot twice in the chest. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=320&ncid=320&e=12&u=/ibsys/20031024/lo_kprc/1845455

[Valarauko]

16. Woman shoots her alleged carjacker in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A homeless man remained in intensive care Friday after he allegedly tried to carjack a woman but was foiled when she pulled a gun and shot him twice in the chest.

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-5/106701354042561.xml

[Valarauko]

17. Charleston Man Arraigned for Attempting to Rob Pharmacy

A Sebastian County Judge arraigned Jackie Martin Jr. on one count of robbery.

Fort Smith Police say Martin tried to rob the National Pharmacy on Dodson Avenue a week and a half ago, but a store employee started firing shots so Martin left without any cash or drugs.

http://www.arkansasnbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=1493009&nav=F8n3Igxy