Witness describes shooting at Iowa courthouse
Source: Associated Press
Witness describes shooting at Iowa courthouse
By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press | September 10, 2014 | Updated: September 10, 2014 4:31pm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) An Iowa man who was killed during a public meeting shot at a county official despite numerous pleas from a group to put the gun down, a witness said Wednesday.
Francis Glaser pulled a small handgun from a briefcase Tuesday as a group prepared to leave a recently adjourned county supervisors meeting at the Jackson County Courthouse in Maquoketa, a town about 150 miles northeast of Des Moines.
Glaser demanded the meeting resume so officials could discuss his rising property taxes, said county Supervisor Jack Willey.
"All of us said, 'Gus, no, this isn't the way to deal with this. Put the gun down. Put the gun down,'" he said while referencing Glaser's nickname.
Officials had decided to end the meeting after Glaser, 71, a former city manager for Maquoketa, became more agitated.
"We noticed as the meeting was going on that the coloring that Gus had, usually when people get mad, they turn red. But he didn't turn red. It was like the blood was draining from him. He was just turning white as a ghost," he said.
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BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)It's not the gun's fault!!!!!!!!!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Sognefjord
(229 posts)What drove the poor man to such a deed?
justgamma
(3,667 posts)The hero in this story is Buck Koos, a very active Democrat and a really good guy.
All this because Gus thought his taxes were too high. What a waste.