Armed officers and an Army bomb squad uncovered more than 30 firearms during an early-morning raid on the semi-detached house in Worcester. Local residents watched in disbelief as police carried out guns, rockets, shells, rocket launchers, grenades and ammunition. The owner of the property, local gun club chairman Graham Lane, 65, was arrested on...
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Authorities arrested an Alabama fugitive after they say he traded a gun for tickets to the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hampton police Officer Eric Hayes tells WSB-TV that vendors alerted him on Wednesday to a man trying to sell a .22 caliber pistol. Hayes says 51-year-old Michael Lynn Sherer managed to trade...
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Police in Macon say a recruit is in stable condition after accidentally shooting herself in the leg at the police firearms range. Police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet says the recruit, Tomika Jackson, was struck in the right leg by a bullet Thursday morning when her gun fired while she was holstering the weapon. wsbtv.com
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A woman is in the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday after allegedly trying to bring a handgun and a stun gun that resembled a cell phone into the courthouse the day before. Ecreia Laki Perez is being held on $6,000 bond after she was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Perez tried to enter the Fulton County...
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A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket. The Chelan County sheriff’s office said the 52-year-old Snohomish man had moved his .40-caliber handgun from its holster to his back pocket Saturday to see if that position would be more comfortable. The Wenatchee World...
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Prosecutors say a drunken Utah mortgage company employee opened fire on the firm’s computer server, then called police and told officers someone stole his .45-caliber weapon and shot the server. Joshua Lee Campbell has been charged with felony criminal mischief and three misdemeanors: carrying a weapon while under the influence, lying to police and...
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A man was arrested for exposing himself and waving a shotgun around – while dressed as a banana. His plan to split before he was nabbed didn’t bear fruit. Police in Port Angeles, Washington state, were first alerted to the unappeeling antics when reports came in from diners at a restaurant that a man...
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Omaha police on Thursday arrested two Burke High School students on separate weapons violations after a gun discharged while students rode home on a school bus. “Apparently a young man had a firearm that accidentally discharged, and that’s really all we know at this point,” said Luanne Nelson, a spokeswoman for the Omaha Public...
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Police arrested a man this morning after he burglarized a pawn shop and accidentally shot himself, police said. Around 1:30 a.m., Adrian McDonald, 18, and a friend broke into A Pawn in the 2000 block of Blue Spring Road by shooting out the window, police said. While putting the gun away, McDonald accidentally shot...
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A groom accidentally killed three relatives at his wedding in Turkey yesterday when he fired into the air with an assault rifle in celebration. The Anatolia news agency reported eight other people were wounded at the incident at the village of Akcagoze in the south-eastern province of Gaziantep. The groom unleashed a volley of...
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