Woman arrested in supplying of gun that killed Colo. prisons chief

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12. Further googling shows this information:

Gun linked to Colorado prison chief slaying leads to woman's arrest

...Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, was arrested on Wednesday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations said in a statement. Investigators say that she is suspected of illegally transferring the firearm to ex-convict Evan Ebel, 28, after purchasing it from an Englewood, Colo., firearms dealer...

Police have said that Ebel was connected to the 211 Crew, a white supremacist prison gang that is known for its violent behavior. The gang is thought to have as many as 1,000 members, many in Colorado prisons, according to Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center...

Arrest records for Vigil are sealed. She was placed in the Arapahoe County Jail on Wednesday and bond was set at $25,000, the CBI said. She could face charges for the unlawful purchase of a firearm...

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/28/17501539-gun-linked-to-colorado-prison-chief-slaying-leads-to-womans-arrest?lite

Wonder when '...after purchasing it from an Englewood, Colo., firearms dealer...' she bought the gun. If it was after he was released from prison, that would be a problem.

If she bought a gun for him and not just had it on hand for a while and sold to a stranger for profit, it puts it in a different light.

I don't know if there is any way for an individual to do a legal background check, it seems as if they wouldn't have access to a data base.

The article uses the term 'transferred.' It doesn't say if it was a gift or a sale. Since the records are sealed, we may never know. We're all just speculating. This may be her mug shot:



It's terrible there isn't sufficient prevention for this kind of crime. AFAIK, since he served his sentence he wouldn't be on parole and was unsupervised despite his violent history. I'm not sure how to prevent this.