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"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com... Finally, someone's been charged for this. http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive...D8CEVR5O3.html Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone The AP article: ********** NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A New Orleans man was arrested and charged with shooting at a military rescue helicopter. Authorities said the bullets apparently did not hit anything. Wendell Bailey, 20, was taken into custody Monday night by agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The agents were in the neighborhood to investigate neighbors' complaints of gunfire and heard shots from an apartment window as a helicopter flew over. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...-Shooting.html ************ A couple of things to note: First, this happened on Monday night, so it doesn't address whether any of the earlier-rumored shootings occurred (see the link just posted in the other helicopters thread). Second, according to the article, there was apparently ongoing gunfire for an unspecified reason; neighbors complained; ATF agents showed up and arrested an alleged shooter. The only mentioned connection to helicopters is that the agents "heard shots from an apartment window as a helicopter flew over". But if the shots were already ongoing anyway, that doesn't sound like strong evidence that the helicopter was the target. We'll see. --Gary |
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