Monthly Archive for May, 2007

Texas

Police: 4 dead in mobile home, hanging infant still alive:

A relative found the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and her four small daughters hanging in a closet in their mobile home Tuesday morning, all of them dead but an 8-month-old, who was taken to a hospital, the sheriff said.

The woman’s sister, who also lived in the Oak Hills mobile home park, about 25 miles west of Fort Worth, found the bodies, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said.

He said the dead children were ages 5, 3 and 2.

This story is ongoing.

Sheriff Cannot Guarantee Jonesboro Shooter Andrew Golden’s Safety:

The Sheriff who represents the same county where Jonesboro shooter Andre Golden used to live says he can’t guarantee Golden’s safety if he returns to Arkansas.

Craighead County Sheriff Jack McCann said hostility toward Golden and accomplice Mitchell Johnson still remains nine years after they opened fire on those fleeing Jonesboro Westside Middle School during a fake fire drill. The shootings were on people’s minds again Friday, as Golden turned 21 and likely left federal custody a free man for the first time.

“It’s a concern because there’s still a lot of hostility towards him and Mitchell Johnson,” said McCann, who was the county’s chief deputy in 1998. “I really don’t think any of the family members would do something to them; I think somebody out here would want to do something for the notoriety.”

Did the sheriff just serve a warning or declare open season?

Friend Claims Manners’ Killing Was “Tragic Accident”:

An acquaintance of those involved in the shooting death of Jordan Manners says that the shooting may have been an accident…

The acquaintance, who fears being identified, was not there when the shooting took place, but claims to have spoken directly to those who were and says it was all a terrible mishap. “A couple of the boys were in the bathroom,” he reveals. “They’re all friends, and they were fooling around with the gun. One of them said, “Do you want to know what a real firecracker feels like?” And he placed it on Jordan’s chest and it went off by accident.”

One of the original theories for motive was that this was a retaliation for a prank involving a firecracker the day before and recently it was announced that Manners and his assailants were friends.

If this is true I expect the school, C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate Institute, will come under fire for allowing a gun onto its premises.

One charged, one sought in school shooting:

An arrest has been made in the shooting death of Jordan Manners at the C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute in Toronto. A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting but can’t be named due to Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act. However another suspect has been named due to the fact that he is still at large. Police are currently searching for 17-year-old Collins Poku Duah. He is considered armed and dangerous.

More information will be released at a police press conference tomorrow.

Thanks to Harding for the link.