GUNS IN THE NEWS - June 18, 2004

[CO Liberal]

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[CO Liberal]

1. Arrest Made In Shooting Of Chapel Hill Police Officer's Son (NC)

Please note that this first hgomicide in this town since 2002 was committed with a gun - not a car, hammer, javelin, fencing foil, harpoon, etc. - Wayne

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Arrest Made In Shooting Of Chapel Hill Police Officer's Son

Town's First Homicide Since 2002

POSTED: 9:44 am EDT June 18, 2004
UPDATED: 9:48 am EDT June 18, 2004

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Police have arrested a suspect in the slaying of the son of a Chapel Hill police captain.

Demarcus Smith was shot in the chest Thursday night in the first homicide in the town since November 2002.

Smith is the son of Captain Bobby Smith, a 29-year veteran of the Chapel Hill Police Force, who is due to retire in just a few weeks.

Smith was shot about 6 p.m. Thursday night and transported to UNC Hospitals, where he died about an hour later. Police believe a handgun was used in the shooting.

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http://www.nbc17.com/news/3433622/detail.html

[CO Liberal]

2. Charges filed against teens in Aliquippa shooting (PA)

Yep - it sure is a good idea to get our youth interested in guns - NOT!!!. - Wayne

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Charges filed against teens in Aliquippa shooting

Friday, June 18, 2004

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Two teenagers were charged as adults for a drive-by shooting that police say targeted a 14-year-old boy.

A girl asked the two Aliquippa teenagers for gas money and they said they would give it to her if they could use her car to get downtown, police said.

The girl agreed and all three got into the car, but police said 16-year-old Jamie Turner veered off course and drove by the home of another boy who had been involved in a long-running dispute with the two teenagers.

Freddy Hill, 17, fired several shots at the rival from the car, police said.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04170/333953.stm

[CO Liberal]

3. Deadly Shooting in Lexington (KY)

Yet another family destroyed by the availability of guns. - Wayne

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Deadly Shooting in Lexington

A deadly shooting rocks a quiet neighborhood in Lexington.

The Fayette County Coroner's office says 58-year-old Jack L. Cook Junior died after the shooting at his home on Andover Forest Drive. Lexington Police Lieutenant James Curless says the man's wife Margaret Cook also was shot. She is now at the University of Kentucky Hospital.

Lexington Police have charged the couple's son in the shootings. Investigators say Jack Cook the third turned himself in to Salt Lick Fire Department firefighters in Bath County. The younger Cook was brought back to Lexington. He's charged with murder and first-degree assault.

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http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1951191

[CO Liberal]

4. 3 Police Officers Shot to Death in Ala.

Posted without comment, other than to shake my head and wonder why.... - Wayne

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3 Police Officers Shot to Death in Ala.

08:52 AM EST - June 18, 2004

The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Three police officers were fatally shot as they tried to serve a warrant at a reputed crack house.

The officers were killed Thursday when they went to the apartment house with a fourth officer to arrest Nathaniel Lauell Woods on a misdemeanor domestic assault warrant, said Police Chief Annetta Nunn. The fourth officer was not injured.

Nunn, struggling to maintain her composure, called the slayings a tragedy: "This is something that seems unimaginable."

The deaths marked the third time in just over a year that two or more police officers have been gunned down in Alabama.

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http://www.xposed.com/headline_news/55_ds_585070.aspx

[CO Liberal]

5. Also Being Discussed on the LBN Board

Here's the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x628760

[slackmaster]

6. Thanks for the link, CO

Same old circular, nonproductive debate.

[FeebMaster]

7. NRA!

Weah!