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Saturday, February 14, 2004

Here's an update on the standoff from last night

Bizarre Dispute Erupts: Firefighter shot, killed; Suspect's wife also slain in disturbance

Have I mentioned lately that mental illness sucks? It sounds like that man was completely irrational. Now his life, and two others, are destroyed. Who knows how many others have been affected? I can't imagine going out on calls knowing that at any time this could happen. So sad. His wife seems like she was a very vibrant woman, and they apparently had a daughter. So was the slain firefighter. It's hard to believe that this sort of delusion could have such results, but of course, it does happen. And I don't care what people say about our right to bear arms (which, after all, is based on the idea of a militia rather than the right to blow random people away), this is certainly one man who should not have had a gun in his hands. Granted, he could have killed his wife with a knife or other weapon, but he wouldn't have picked off Lt Cowan or shot at the others from a distance, now would he?

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