Author: Spike Bowan
Ohio food mart clerk shoots would-be robber in hand
Surveillance video obtained Friday shows a clerk at an Ohio convenience store shooting and wounding a would-be armed robber. (FOX)- “It was really tough,” the clerk told Fox 28 Columbus, which aired the video. “It’s not easy to shoot someone, especially with someone who never had to deal with guns.” Emanuel Hamm, 27, was charged […]
Read MoreThe Army has a 3D Printed Grenade Launcher?
Meet RAMBO, the Army’s new 3D-printed grenade launcher It has come to be that 3D Printing is the wave of the future. #D Printed toys, firearms, art, furniture, houses… Now apparently even grenade launchers can be 3D printed. Cheaper and faster to make, the RAMBO is a technical marvel. With all the advancements in 3D […]
Read MorePetition to the US Navy started, name new ship after Iwo Jima Photographer
Some retired Marines in California want the Navy to name a warship for the photographer behind the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo. (FOX)- Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photo shows Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island on Feb. 23, 1945. The picture became the model for the Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington […]
Read MoreNavajo Nation police officer shot, killed responding to domestic violence call
A Navajo Nation police officer in New Mexico was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call, authorities said Sunday. (FOX)- Officer Houston James Largo, 27, was pronounced dead at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he had been airlifted after the shooting in the small town of Prewitt. Authorities said a […]
Read MoreDrunk man steals forklift in Florida Keys, ‘needed to drive’ says Sheriff
Florida Keys authorities say a drunken man from Rhode Island stole a forklift and crashed into a gate, telling deputies he lost his car keys and needed something to drive. (FOX)- The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that 44-year-old Edward Quinton of Greenwich, Rhode Island told deputies he was in the […]
Read More2 kids dead, 1 critical in New Orleans shooting that also killed their mom
A quadruple shooting claimed the lives of two boys and their mother in New Orleans early Friday morning, and left a third child in critical condition at a local hospital. (FOX)- Authorities have yet to name a suspect or possible motive for the shootings, NOLA.com reported. Crimestoppers has offered a $5,000 reward for any information […]
Read More‘American Guns’ reality star convicted of selling firearms illegally, evading taxes
The star of the reality TV show “American Guns” faces up to 15 years in prison after his conviction last week on firearms and tax evasion charges. (FOX)- Richard Wyatt, 53, ran a Denver-area gun shop called Gunsmoke that was the setting for the Discovery Channel show for two seasons in 2011 and 2012. He […]
Read MoreMurdering soldier who killed 7 Israeli girls, released by Jordan
Jordan releases soldier who killed 7 Israeli girls in 1997 (FOX)- A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a 1997 shooting rampage was released Sunday, after serving 20 years in prison. Ahmed Daqamseh opened fire on the eighth graders while they were on a class trip to the scenic “Island of Peace” border […]
Read MoreThreatened attack on mall linked to ISIS
A threatened attack against a mall in the western city of Essen is linked to the Islamic State extremist group, Germany’s interior minister said Sunday. (FOX)- Thomas de Maiziere told public broadcaster ARD that Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, had received “tips of an attack and passed […]
Read MoreOhio police officer, suspect shot during domestic violence incident
A Cincinnati police officer was shot while responding to a domestic violence incident and shot a suspect early Sunday, a police spokesman said. (FOX)- The officer was shot once, possibly twice, and discharged his service weapon, shooting what appears to be a male suspect in the 2600 block of Gilbert Avenue about 12:30 a.m., Lt. […]
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