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Mass. Gay Bar Shooter Allegedly Kills Cop in Ark., Arrested, Then Died

by Last Night in Little Rock

The alleged shooter in the gay bar shooting in Massachusetts was arrested in Arkansas this afternoon after he allegedly shot a cop. The NY Times story is here and the Boston Globe story is here.

Here are the links to the Little Rock network affiliates for NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox. None have video yet, but one is more likely to find any on CNN after the ABC affiliate, CNN's local contact here, gets it in.

He picked the wrong county to do this shooting in, assuming he did it, because it is one of the most conservative in the state.

Now that Arkansas has him in jail, one can bet that the state will be seeking the death penalty. Then Massachusetts will get its chance to try him. In the past, homicide fugitives captured in Arkansas after a killing here get sentenced to death here and never go home. The shooting in Massachusetts will certainly be an aggravating circumstance going toward the death penalty in Arkansas.

And he's only 18 years old. In his picture in the Globe's posting today, he almost looks harmless.

Update: The shooter died from gunshot wounds to the head at 3:38 a.m. in a Springfield MO hospital.

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    Re: Mass. Gay Bar Shooter Allegedly Kills Cop in A (none / 0) (#1)
    by soccerdad on Sat Feb 04, 2006 at 07:45:38 PM EST
    And he's only 18 years old. In his picture in the Globe's posting today, he almost looks harmless.
    Yes but there is something seriously wrong with him. My prayers are for the officer's family.

    Re: Mass. Gay Bar Shooter Allegedly Kills Cop in A (none / 0) (#3)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 05, 2006 at 01:45:52 PM EST
    Check out the kid's MySpace.com page if you want to get a look at his image of himself and his circle of friends. The comments section toward the botton is especially, er, enlightening. My condolences and thoughts to the families and friends of the victims.

    Re: Mass. Gay Bar Shooter Allegedly Kills Cop in A (none / 0) (#4)
    by Johnny on Mon Feb 06, 2006 at 08:45:19 AM EST
    Narius! You got yer wish! Feel vindicated?