Hoonah Alaska's Standoff by John Marvin Jr. Has Come to an End After He Surrenders; Marvin Jr. Killed Police Officers Matthew Tokuoka and Sgt. Anthony WallaceThe standoff began on Saturday in the town of Hoonah Alaska, that has only 800 residents and three police officers;...
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Zeyala will have to compromise, Congress and the courts and the military are against him. He can not win. There will be no civil war because Zeyala has no military forces. A third party interim person...
Richard Poplawski, 23, opened fire on police officers this morning at his home in Stanton Heights, Pittsburg, and five officers were shot and wounded and three were killed. He has now surrendered to...
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This is an up date to the story I filed last week... I will up date when a final determination is made.Please follow this link for previous story."Sun Valley Standoff: Mattson's death ruled homicide Posted: Nov 10, 2008 08:21 AM Updated: Nov 14, 2008 04:10 PM Washoe...
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This just in...UPDATE: 11/09/2008 1106PSTUPDATE: 11/09/2008 1453 PSTLAST UPDATE for: 11/09/2008 2117 PST"A standoff with a gunman in Sun Valley who barricaded himself in his home early this morning after...
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"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. ...
"MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - A suburban St. Louis firefighter was shot to death Monday and two other emergency workers were injured in a standoff with a gunman in a smoke-filled house.The incident began with a report of a pickup truck fire Monday morning in Maplewood, a suburban town...
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The border standoff between Cambodia and Thailand deepened after Thai protesters crossed into Cambodia on Tuesday to visit the temple and were briefly detained. Their arrest sparked off the row and now both countries have deployed large armed troops. ...
Politisite: note. The early report was that the officer had been killed. but a statement from one of the officers in charge stated in front of Grady Hospital that both were saved from their body armour...
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On Saturday night in Vegreville, Alberta, the RCMP shot and killed a man after he led officers on a high-speed car chase and then refused to put down a loaded shotgun. "Mounties shot and killed a shotgun-toting man, after he reportedly led police on a high-speed chase last...
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A man was killed in New Orleans today after a 10-hour standoff with police. His neighbours said he suffered from mental illness for most of his life, but that it got much worse since Hurricane Katrina." Eric...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 388 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Another horrific story about someone who simply walked into an office and opened fire on people. This time, a law office, where the victims also included a mail carrier who was unlucky enough to be there when the shooting began."Police early this morning stormed a downtown...
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Developing Story: Police are at a possible standoff in a Newington, Conn. synagogue. Three stolen dirt bikes were found outside the building; other than that, details are pretty sketchy right now. More to come."NEWINGTON, Conn. --A SWAT team has entered a Newington synagogue...
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Xeni had this to say on BoingBoing today:"
Security forces in Islamabad, Pakistan arrested the leader of a radical mosque after a bloody standoff -- the man was trying to escape the siege disguised in a burqa,...
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The site of the 1993 Waco tragedy is being reclaimed by another branch of the Davidian sect. The group wishes to convert the property into an educational centre of sorts (see below). Most interestingly, they want...
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