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Fugitive Shot; Feds Thought Shoe Was Gun
Newsday & AP ^ | October 25, 2006

Posted on 10/25/2006 12:25:11 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim

Edited on 10/25/2006 12:27:27 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

LITHONIA, Ga. -- Federal agents fatally shot a fugitive early Wednesday after the man refused to put down what they thought was a gun but turned out to be a shoe.

Agents went to an apartment complex in suburban Atlanta to arrest 24-year-old Youwiers Vilpie, said U.S. Marshal Richard Mecum. They were serving a warrant from the Drug Enforcement Administration office in south Florida. Vilpie also was wanted for questioning in two homicides in Ft. Myers, Fla., Mecum said.


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To: sure_fine

Federal agent should get 10 to 12 years if the current news
on Border agents is correct.


21 posted on 10/25/2006 12:48:09 PM PDT by Tspud1
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Calling MaxWelll Smart, Chief!


22 posted on 10/25/2006 12:49:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: kiriath_jearim
His shoe was merely a telephone. How serious is Agent Smart's injuries? Has agent ninety nine been notified?
23 posted on 10/25/2006 12:50:15 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (I predict a Rep victory so painful to dems, that we are charged with animal cruelty to jackasses.)
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To: hometoroost

Sounds allright to me.


24 posted on 10/25/2006 1:11:16 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Tspud1

I don't know, I wasn't there to have to smell that shoe


25 posted on 10/25/2006 1:40:07 PM PDT by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: Cindy

26 posted on 10/25/2006 1:41:56 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: theDentist
What kind of name is Youwiers Vilpie?

I know, LOL, the local news is just calling him Vilpie and skipping the first name.

27 posted on 10/25/2006 1:43:36 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Tspud1

So TRUE!


28 posted on 10/25/2006 3:26:48 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Illegal immigration Control and US Border Security - The jobs George W. Bush refuses to do.)
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