Hawkeye755
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I saw this video on the news last night and it infuriated me. There were dozens of people around when this happened, most of them reporters, and not a one of them did anything to try to stop this guy. From the video it looked like they were more interested in getting good film of the incident. Not one of them went to help the guy that was shot either. There were people with camera's even following this guy so they can't tell me they were in fear for their pathetic lives. It took an off duty deputy to stop this guy. Unbeliveable.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who apparently was angry that a lawyer was being paid from his trust fund shot the attorney outside a courthouse, an attack videotaped by TV crews who were there to cover actor Robert Blake's murder case.
A TV image shows a man identified by police as William Strier fire at attorney Jerry Curry Friday.
Court TV via AP
Police said William Strier, 64, fired a revolver Friday from close range at Gerry Curry just outside the Van Nuys courthouse.
Dramatic television footage showed Curry, 53, of Simi Valley, trying to hide behind a tree as the man police identified as Strier fired several times. Bleeding from the face, Curry staggered into the street and collapsed as the shooter calmly walked away.
An off-duty sheriff's reserve officer tackled the man from behind, and Strier was arrested and booked for investigation of attempted murder.
David Katz, the reserve deputy, said Saturday he was around the corner when he heard five or six shots. The camera crews were all pointing at the man walking away and were whispering, "He's the shooter," Katz said.
"I took my jacket off, dropped my briefcase, turned around and figured that the only opportunity I would have is one chance to hit him hard and take him down to hopefully prevent him from shooting anyone else," Katz told NBC's "Today" show.
He said the man didn't say anything as he and some of the cameramen pinned him down.
Strier's attorney, Steven Trolard, wouldn't immediately comment late Friday. Strier was being held on $500,000 bail and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday, authorities said.
Curry was hospitalized in good condition Saturday. He had been hit several times in the upper body, said Los Angeles police Capt. Jim Miller.
Court documents show Strier was involved in a dispute in which he alleged a trustee appointed by the court to manage his trust fund was withholding money he needed for medical care.
The fund was established with money Strier received in an injury settlement.
Court documents showed the dispute was so volatile that trustee Evelyn Murphy said she felt "physically threatened" by Strier and claimed he called her in late August and warned, "I'm going to kill you."
Murphy, who was represented by Curry, asked to resign as Strier's trustee and requested that a judge grant more money from the fund — about $6,240 — for her and Curry's services.
A court hearing had been scheduled Friday on Murphy's request. Police said there was no indication Strier, who had two revolvers, went into the courthouse.
Police said the attack was not connected to the Blake hearing. The actor had been escorted down the same walkway 30 minutes earlier.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-31-court-shooting_x.htm
:banghead: LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who apparently was angry that a lawyer was being paid from his trust fund shot the attorney outside a courthouse, an attack videotaped by TV crews who were there to cover actor Robert Blake's murder case.
A TV image shows a man identified by police as William Strier fire at attorney Jerry Curry Friday.
Court TV via AP
Police said William Strier, 64, fired a revolver Friday from close range at Gerry Curry just outside the Van Nuys courthouse.
Dramatic television footage showed Curry, 53, of Simi Valley, trying to hide behind a tree as the man police identified as Strier fired several times. Bleeding from the face, Curry staggered into the street and collapsed as the shooter calmly walked away.
An off-duty sheriff's reserve officer tackled the man from behind, and Strier was arrested and booked for investigation of attempted murder.
David Katz, the reserve deputy, said Saturday he was around the corner when he heard five or six shots. The camera crews were all pointing at the man walking away and were whispering, "He's the shooter," Katz said.
"I took my jacket off, dropped my briefcase, turned around and figured that the only opportunity I would have is one chance to hit him hard and take him down to hopefully prevent him from shooting anyone else," Katz told NBC's "Today" show.
He said the man didn't say anything as he and some of the cameramen pinned him down.
Strier's attorney, Steven Trolard, wouldn't immediately comment late Friday. Strier was being held on $500,000 bail and was expected to be arraigned Tuesday, authorities said.
Curry was hospitalized in good condition Saturday. He had been hit several times in the upper body, said Los Angeles police Capt. Jim Miller.
Court documents show Strier was involved in a dispute in which he alleged a trustee appointed by the court to manage his trust fund was withholding money he needed for medical care.
The fund was established with money Strier received in an injury settlement.
Court documents showed the dispute was so volatile that trustee Evelyn Murphy said she felt "physically threatened" by Strier and claimed he called her in late August and warned, "I'm going to kill you."
Murphy, who was represented by Curry, asked to resign as Strier's trustee and requested that a judge grant more money from the fund — about $6,240 — for her and Curry's services.
A court hearing had been scheduled Friday on Murphy's request. Police said there was no indication Strier, who had two revolvers, went into the courthouse.
Police said the attack was not connected to the Blake hearing. The actor had been escorted down the same walkway 30 minutes earlier.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-31-court-shooting_x.htm
