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Umbrella Mistaken for Gun Sparks Manhunt at Burlington Mall
By not in system - AOL NewsBURLINGTON, Mass. -- A report of a man with a rifle inside a Nordstrom department store triggered a massive police response and the evacuation of a mall near Boston on Tuesday, but the man turned out to be carrying only an umbrella. The Burlington Mall was evacuated and closed for more than two hours as a police SWAT team wearing body armor and carrying shields searched for an armed man. State police wrote on their Twitter account that they had received two calls about a short white man with a gray shirt and a backpack who was carrying what appeared to be a rifle. It turned out the man was ...
Cops: 92-Year-Old Shoots Man's House Because He Wouldn't Kiss Her
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsGive granny a kiss -- or else! Deputies in Marion County, Fla., say a 92-year-old woman opened fire on her neighbor's home on Monday after the 53-year-old resident refused to give her a kiss. Investigators claim Helen B. Staudinger paid a visit to Dwight Bettner's Fort McCoy house -- then said she wouldn't leave unless Bettner kissed her, the Star-Banner reports. ...
Hungry Denny's Patron Allegedly Fired Gun Over Slow Service
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsFor one Orlando, Fla., man, fast food just wasn't fast enough. Unsatisfied with timeliness of his order, disgruntled Denny's customer Frederick Louis Sims decided to air his grievances by allegedly firing three pistol shots outside the popular chain restaurant, police said. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Sims, 31, immediately fled the scene at 3:27 a.m. Tuesday, only to have his Cadillac Escalade stopped by police just down the road. Sims probably got more than he ordered when a police search of his vehicle reportedly revealed a .22-caliber Ruger pistol beneath his seat as well as ...
Texas Boy, 2, Shoots Himself With Grandpa's Gun
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsA 2-year-old boy took a gun from a case in an east Texas home and accidentally shot himself in the chest, police said. The child was expected to survive. The incident occurred Saturday night when the toddler climbed on a stool, opened a gun case and took out a weapon belonging to his grandfather, Detective Michael Goff of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department told AOL News. "The child crawled up on the stool, got the case, opened it up and shot himself," Goff told AOL News. "(The bullet) just went right through him." Police have not released the child's name, but local news reports ...
Wal-Mart Security Employees Fired for Disarming Store Gunman
By David Lohr - AOL NewsFour Wal-Mart employees have been fired after management said they violated company policy by disarming an alleged shoplifter who had pulled a gun inside the store. Lori Poulsen, Justin Richins, Shawn Ray and Gabriel Stewart were all longtime workers at Wal-Mart's Layton, Utah, store. Poulsen was an asset protection coordinator, Richins and Ray were asset protection associates, and Stewart was an assistant manager. On Jan. 13, employees allegedly witnessed a man identified as Trent Allen Longton take a netbook computer out of the package and stuff it under his shirt. When Longton attempted ...
Police: Man Tries to Rob Restaurant With iPhone
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsPolice say this attempted robbery suspect really phoned it in. Jerome Taylor reportedly told cops that he attempted to hold up a Connecticut restaurant on Dec. 22 while armed with an iPhone. Law enforcement officials say the 20-year-old suspect was wearing a mask when he entered the Northern Indian restaurant in New London Wednesday afternoon and demanded cash while holding what restaurant workers believed to be a gun, MSNBC.com reports. ...
Police: Suicide Gun Appears to Match Chasen Weapon
By David Lohr - AOL News
(Dec. 9) -- Police say the gun used in the suicide of a transient ex-con sought for questioning in the slaying of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen appears to be the same weapon that was used in her homicide. "The weapon used by our person of interest ... does preliminarily match the evidence from the Chasen homicide investigation," the Beverly Hills Police Department said in a statement to AOL News. Harold Martin Smith killed himself last week when detectives visited his apartment and tried to question him, according to police. Getty Images / AP Police say that the gun Harold Martin Smith, ...
Cops: Man Fired Gun While on Toilet
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Dec. 1) -- A Wisconsin man has given new definition to the phrase "pot shot." Police say Dustin Sippel, 25, was sitting on his toilet late Monday when he fired a bullet through his bathroom floor and into a neighbor's apartment. When a downstairs neighbor confronted Sippel about the incident, the suspect allegedly wouldn't admit that he had entered the commode locked and loaded, investigators told SheboyganPress.com. ...
Pentagon Shooting Update: 6 Shots Were Fired, Not 2
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 20) -- At least six shots were fired at the Pentagon on Tuesday by a still-unidentified party, not two as was originally reported. Investigators originally found two windows on the exterior of the building that had been hit by one bullet each. But today, Steven Calvery, director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, said the investigation has determined that four additional bullets hit the Pentagon's facade, according to CNN. Authorities are continuing their search for the gunman today. Calvery said Tuesday he thought the shooting was "a random event." (D.C. has a notoriously high ...
Agent Was 'Chillingly Close' to Shooting LBJ
By Carl Franzen - AOL News
(Oct. 20) -- In a striking admission sure to stoke the imaginations of conspiracy theorists everywhere, a former Secret Service agent reveals how he came "chillingly close" to shooting President Lyndon B. Johnson right outside his home just hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. So reads "The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence," a new book co-authored by the former agent himself, Gerald "Jerry" Blaine, and writer Lisa McCubbin. In it, the authors vividly recall Nov. 22, 1963, the fateful night of Kennedy's assassination, when Blaine was assigned to watch ...
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