Posted on 05/01/2002 11:54:58 AM PDT by Shermy
CAMP PENDLETON – A man shot and wounded a tow truck driver then fled onto a military base, where he was killed by law enforcement officers Wednesday.
The confrontation along the edge of Camp Pendleton caused morning traffic to back up for nearly four miles on southbound lanes of Interstate 5, the only freeway in the coastal area 35 miles north of San Diego.
The unidentified gunman shot a freeway service patrol driver about 7:30 a.m. The reason for the shooting was not known, California Highway Patrol spokesman Larry Landeros said.
The suspect then walked away making "hand gestures to motorists on the I-5," Landeros said. He crossed onto the Camp Pendleton Marine base, where he was confronted by law enforcement officers and fatally shot, Landeros said.
"He became uncooperative, so they shot him," he said.
Military police, CHP officers and San Diego County Sheriff's deputies were involved in the confrontation, Landeros said.
The tow truck driver, who is part of a patrol that offers free assistance to stranded motorists, was airlifted to a San Diego hospital where he was listed in critical condition and was undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds to the stomach and buttocks, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
It doesn't really matter. He wasn't shot for the hand gestures.
This is great! "He became "He became uncooperative, so they shot him," he said.
How many billions of $ would have been saved if Rodney King had received this for his being "uncooperative"!
So was this now worm food an illegal alien, a gang banger or whacked out on drugs?
We are starting to see more illegal aliens flee from an accident that they caused or are involved in. Some get really violent when apprehended.
Just think about it... ya got a 19-year-old Lance Corporal (that's packin' a heater) that just got chewed out by his gunny...That Marine is just lookin' for an excuse to whack somebody...good on 'em, I say...
Semper Fi!
However, who knows, in a few years, your method might become a cost effective and safe way to handle this problem.
Then, we can open up "SHEIK YERBOUTY'S & GRAMPA DAVE'S CHINOOK PICKUP SERVICE, for police, sheriffs and CHP's.
Me to, amigo. My nephew was recently one of them boys you describe so well. LC, bad ass. Him and his Marine buddies are the best group of young men one could ever meet. They were at Pendleton, I used to take him back to base once in awhile. He's a college boy now, 24 and has his whole life ahead of him. The Corps did him good.
Might be a love thing.
Maybe the gunman thougth that the freeway service patrol driver (tow truck driver) was going out with his girlfriend, or that the tow truck driver looks like someone going out with his girlfriend.
Supposedly some company is working on a device that will scramble the on board computers in these get away cars. That forces them to a stop. Then we can come and pick them up with our copter and magnet. Then take them to the police station where a swat team and several K9 units are waiting for some fresh meat!
NOTE TO SELF: After shooting tow-truck driver for no apparent reason and flipping the bird to fellow motorists, do not--I repeat--DO NOT evade law enforcement officers by wandering onto a MARINE BASE brandishing a firearm.
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