By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
An FBI special agent was shot by a booby-trapped wheelchair in a house rigged with explosive devices in southern Oregon.
“I’m hit!” the federal agent yelled as he profusely bled from his leg, the Oregonian reports, citing court records that described the house as “a scene from the movie ‘Indiana Jones.’”
The agent and three Oregon state police bomb technicians were called to the house by a real estate lawyer who was responsible for selling the property in Williams, a town of 2,200 people.
Gregory Rodvelt, the 66-year-old man accused of placing elaborate and deadly booby traps throughout the house, has been charged in federal court with a felony count of assault on a federal officer.
The agent was injured when one of the law enforcement officials moved a wheelchair near the door, causing it fire a shotgun blast.
The driveway, mini-van and garage also were rigged with booby-traps.
