Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What are the chances of the Justice Department landing a criminal prosecution in the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson? It won’t be easy, the Associated Press reports. Dozens of FBI agents are in Ferguson, interviewing potential witnesses. The Justice Department must meet a difficult standard of proof. To…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two illegal immigrants from Mexico have been charged in the shooting death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent while he was on vacation with his family in Texas, Fox News reports. The defendants have been arrested and deported several times in the past. They are Gustavo Tijerina, 30, and Ismael Hernandez, 40….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a gunman who walked into a bar and opened fire on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend at a sports bar in Illinois on Saturday night, the Journal Star reports. The gunman, Jason A. Moore, shot his ex-wife, Lori A. Moore, 33, and her boyfriend…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A quick-acting student helped prevent more bloodshed Thursday afternoon during a deadly rampage by a lone gunman at a small Seattle university, the Associated Press reports. While the gunman paused to reload, a student building monitor disarmed him, and others helped subdue him. The shooting killed a 19-year-old man and wounded two…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent who fatally shot a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in his Florida apartment is the subject of an investigation over a $52,000 pension that he’s receiving as a retired police officer from Oakland, California. The Boston Globe reports that Aaron McFarlane has been receiving the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent shot a suspect in Cleveland just hours after a police officer opened fire on an unrelated suspect Wednesday, Cleveland.com reports. The agent shot a suspect at East 112th St. and Avon Avenue on the city’s east side Wednesday afternoon. The agent wasn’t injured, and the suspect was conscious, Cleveland.com…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI agent who fatally shot Ibragim Todashev in his small Orlando apartment last year has a troubling, controversial history as a former officer for the Oakland Police Department in California, the Boston Globe reports. Not much was known about the agent who killed the Chechen friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gang member’s decision to attack a witness testifying against him Monday was a deadly one. KSL.com reports that Siale Maveni Angilau was fatally shot by a U.S. Marshall after he charged a witness in federal court in Salt Lake City. “The defendant went after (a witness) … and when he engaged…
