Monday, July 16, 2007
Lone Gunman Shot in Colorado Statehouse
About an hour and a quarter ago, an apparently well dressed nutcase with a gun was shot and killed on the first floor of the Colorado capitol building (about three blocks from where I work) when he refused to drop his gun. He was near the temporary office of my old friend and fellow ex-Denver prosecutor Bill Ritter, our new Democrat governor, so it is reported that he might have been after him. Bill's OK. Whew! The dead gunman reportedly claimed to be the Emperor there to take over the government. It is also reported that the Governor hid under his desk. That hurts a little. Maybe they told him to do that.
UPDATE: The guy was indeed in a tuxedo and he didn't ever pull his gun, a Smith & Wesson in .357 magnum, but merely showed it to security personnel and then walked towards one of them defying orders to stop. Poor, delusional guy. But I feel just as bad for the guy who had to shoot him. Must be rough.
UPDATE: The guy was indeed in a tuxedo and he didn't ever pull his gun, a Smith & Wesson in .357 magnum, but merely showed it to security personnel and then walked towards one of them defying orders to stop. Poor, delusional guy. But I feel just as bad for the guy who had to shoot him. Must be rough.
Labels: Wild West Politics
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 3:57 PM 
