Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents rarely face repercussions for using deadly force, even when the shootings are questionable, the Arizona Republic reports. At least 42 people, including 13 Americans, have been killed by on-duty Border Patrol agents and CBP officers since 2005. The deaths range from justifiable to highly questionable, the Republic wrote. Although…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A veteran ATF agent and his wife are dead following a shooting at a home in Chantilly, Va., CBS-DC reports. Killed were 46-year-old Paul Parisi and his wife, 47-year-old Jannine Parisi, who were found in their home after a report of gunshots just after 5 a.m. Police have not yet divulged details…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Calling the shooting death of a TSA agent at Los Angeles International Airport “a profound sacrifice,” U.S. Attorney Eric Holder on Wednesday pledged there will be no “rest until justice has been done,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Holder spoke during the ceremony for Geraldo Hernandez, who became the first TSA agent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder plans to speak at the funeral today of the TSA agent killed in a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena for Gerardo I. Hernandez, who became the first TSA…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Would travelers be safer if TSA agents were armed? The answer is no, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who opposes the idea, UPI reports. The question was raised again after a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend. Mass shootings “can’t be the new normal,” Holder said. “Now, that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This much we know: A woman with a 1-year-old girl in her black car provoked a shootout Thursday that ended her life after she triggered a chase through the heart of Washington D.C., CNN reports. The driver was Miriam Carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from Connecticut. But we don’t know why. Investigators…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Homeland Security agent is accused of shooting at a car with a 2-year-old child on it during a road-rage incident in Boca Raton, NBC Miami reports. Police disclosed the Sept. 7 arrest on Thursday, saying Angel Echevarria, 40, claimed he pulled out the gun in an attempt to shoot out…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was “wondering around looking for people to shoot” and didn’t appear to have specific targets, new FBI Director James Comey said, NPR reports. It was Comey’s first public comments since taking office this month. Comey said Alexis used a legally purchased sawed-off shotgun. When he ran…
