Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]struggle4progress
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... Derek Earl Hill, 25, is being held at the Park County, Wyo., Detention Facility on suspicion of three felony counts of aggravated assault and battery and one misdemeanor charge of eluding or evading a police officer.
A news release from Park County Sheriff Scott Steward said that sheriff's deputies were called to the Red Lakes area south of Cody at about 9 p.m. on Saturday after a pair of recreational shooters reported that a man was recording them while they shot, followed them when they drove off and pointed what appeared to be a rifle at them ...
A sheriff's deputy joined the chase until Hill's vehicle stopped "due to apparent mechanical problems," Steward said.
Hill jumped out with a rifle in hand, fired a shot at the officers and deputy and ran off into the hills while continuing to shoot ...
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/cody-man-arrested-after-shooting-at-officers-deputies/article_e111e6dd-501e-57a9-b0fb-93c4156f29b9.html
Man with rifle scares family
... The mother, who asked that her name not be publiczied at this time, said she and her husband were shooting in the Red Lake area when they noticed a stranger videotaping their three children playing in the sand and decided to leave ...
From the rear, she and her husband could see the man pointing what appeared to be an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle at their vehicle ...
As Deputy J.J. Schwindt was arriving on scene, the officers pulled up behind Hill and commanded him to get out of the vehicle, show his hands and lay on the ground.
But Hill allegedly exited with an AK-74 semi-automatic rifle in hand and fired one round in the direction of police before running into the hills, court records state ...
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/cody-man-arrested-after-shooting-at-officers-deputies/article_ef999457-345d-5338-b5f1-0e6d819771c8.html