Gearhead_42
Gearhead_42 HalfDork
8/1/08 12:30 p.m.

With a hat tip to John Brown for "borrowing" his thread title...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25963035/

NIAGARA, Wis. - The massive search for a camouflaged gunman who fatally shot three young people from Michigan along the Menominee River in Wisconsin is over, an official said.

A suspected gunman was taken into custody shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, said Eric Burmeister, Marinette County's emergency management director.

Sheriff's authorities said a man armed with a military-style assault rifle shot and killed the three Michigan teenagers and wounded a 20-year-old Michigan man Thursday evening. The group had gathered to go swimming near the Wisconsin-Michigan border near Niagara, Wisconsin.

More than 100 law enforcement officers from at least 10 agencies were involved in the search for the shooter, described as a middle-age man who was last seen near the town of Niagara, across the state line from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Chief Deputy Jerry Sauve of the Marinette County Sheriff's Department said his office got a call around 6 p.m. Thursday reporting a shooting in the town of Niagara.

The victims had gathered near a railroad bridge on the Menominee River when the gunman came out of the woods and opened fire about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Sheriff Mike Kanikula.

The dead were identified as Tiffany Pohlson, 17; Anthony Spigarelli, 18; and Bryan Mort, 19. A fourth victim, 20-year-old Daniel Louis Gordon, was wounded.

Niagara is about 210 miles north of Milwaukee.

captainzib
captainzib New Reader
8/1/08 12:32 p.m.

What's with all the crazy unmotivated killing goin on these days? Absolutely nuts.

BTW I didn't see it in your article, but I think they caught the guy responsible.

BBsGarage
BBsGarage Reader
8/1/08 1:14 p.m.

I blame the eclipse.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
8/1/08 2:04 p.m.

FWIW, this one doesn't sound like a Muhamed. I'm going with nutty white guy on this one.

captainzib
captainzib New Reader
8/1/08 2:13 p.m.

Dude, when I originally read this, I just couldn't get the image of Gary Busey from Black Sheep outta my head.

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
8/1/08 2:16 p.m.
captainzib wrote: Dude, when I originally read this, I just couldn't get the image of Gary Busey from Black Sheep outta my head.

EXACTLY!

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/1/08 2:19 p.m.

BTW if you look on the map the two incidents were not EXTREMELY far apart (a few hundred miles)...

Crazy canadaish michigandorks

amaff
amaff Reader
8/1/08 4:06 p.m.

When I read the thread title, this was the 1st thing that came to mind:

And now I kind of feel bad based on what the topic actually was haha

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/1/08 5:10 p.m.

well, this is the season of poor sledding up there. the guy must have been bored

Osterkraut
Osterkraut Reader
8/1/08 7:20 p.m.
Gearhead_42 wrote: Sheriff's authorities said a man armed with a military-style assault rifle shot and killed the three Michigan teenagers and wounded a 20-year-old Michigan man Thursday evening.

. Oh noes, scary black gun! It's Heller's fault! $10 says it was semi-auto and not an assault rifle.

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