It appears to be a caliber deficiency, not a training deficiency. The residents did hit him. Two shots in the photo look pretty good and the higher third one might have been from a second-story window.
Posted on 01/26/2025 4:42:38 AM PST by marktwain
At about 5:30 a.m., nearly two hours before sunrise in Garland, Maine, a suspect stole a Komatsu front end loader from a nearby gravel pit. The suspect then used the front end loader to attack a nearby home with people inside. The machine caused significant damage to vehicles parked in the driveway in an apparent attempt to force entry into the house. The sheriff’s officer reports residents exited the house and fired shots at the driver, wounding him and forcing his retreat.
Here is the report from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office:
Gunshots were fired during an incident involving a stolen front-end loader in Garland.
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at approximately 5:30 a.m., the Penobscot Regional Communications Center received a report of individuals who appeared to be stealing a large front-end loader from a gravel pit near their residence. The incident was reported to be occurring on Upper Notch Road in Garland.
Shortly after receiving the initial call, the complainant reported that the front-end loader was now in their driveway, attempting to run through their house. The complainant also mentioned that the machine was destroying vehicles in the driveway.The initial investigation suggests that individuals exited the home and fired several rounds at the front-end loader. The machine then reversed out of the driveway and fled the scene. It crossed a large field and went down a woods road.
At approximately 6:10 a.m. PRCC received another report that a large front-end loader was driving on the roadway, it was eventually located by law enforcement on the Center Road in Charleston. The lone occupant surrendered to law enforcement without incident and told them, he had been shot.
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My father owned two construction companies, one union, one non union. Fact is, other than taking the keys at night, there’s not much that one could do to secure heavy equipment.
Did anybody here order “DoorSmash”?
San Diego Tank Rampage....
Yuppers,
The Tank was stolen from the Armory
Next to Kearny High School which I
Briefly attended...
Well, it's Maine, so I wonder if the residents will be charged with assault and attempted murder?
The front end loader did nothing. The DRIVER attacked.
And there’s astoundingly little info on him, which leads me to suspect an illegal.
I remember a video many years ago of someone in a tank going on a rampage someone and the guy was targeting car and peeling them open like cheap aluminum cans.
IIRC, they did manage to stop and kill him. Have not been able to find that video since.
Fresh out of bears to shoot?
Possibly, but with the name and photos, he looks more like a local drug user.
https://observer-me.com/2025/01/15/news/maine-man-shot-after-allegedly-stealing-front-end-loader-and-threatening-house/
"Police found the vehicle on Center Road in Charleston. The driver, Michael Thompson, 37, of Corinna, surrendered without incident and told them he had been shot, the sheriff’s office said."
It appears to be a caliber deficiency, not a training deficiency. The residents did hit him. Two shots in the photo look pretty good and the higher third one might have been from a second-story window.
You should read the 1944 Theodore Sturgeon story “Killdozer”.
I saw the documentary...
https://eofftvreview.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/killdozer.jpg
Nothing to do with the story, which was written long before the Granby incident.
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