And from a Boston TV channel...
http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_035183428.html
CBS4) GASSVILLE, Ark. A teenager suspected of a hatchet and gun attack in a New Bedford, Mass. gay bar shot and killed a small-town police officer and the teen's female passenger before he was critically wounded in a gun battle with police Saturday, authorities said.
Jacob D. Robida, 18, was shot twice in the head and "it doesn't look good right now," said Bristol district attorney Paul Walsh Jr.
Walsh said the teen shot Officer Jim Sell, 56, twice with a 9 mm handgun during a traffic stop in this northern Arkansas town.
About 25 miles away, Robida sped his green Pontiac with Kentucky plates over spike strips set out by state troopers, but continued to drive with two punctured tires into downtown Norfork. Robida's car then careened into several parked vehicles to avoid a police barricade.
"When he wrecked he started firing at our officer and a state police officer and the officers returned fire," said Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery.
Walsh said the teen shot his female passenger before he was wounded in the shootout with police. West Virginia State Police Sgt. C.J. Ellyson identified the woman as Jennifer Rena Bailey, 33, of Charleston. Ellyson said Robida apparently had picked up Bailey at her residence in Charleston. "Apparently she's had a prior relationship with this guy and had been corresponding with him. Other than that, we're still in the dark about that," Ellyson said.
Robida was taken to a Springfield, Mo., hospital, according to state police spokesman Bill Sadler.
Police have sought Robida since early Thursday, when he allegedly attacked patrons of Puzzles Lounge in New Bedford, a seaport city of 94,000 people about 50 miles south of Boston. Police in Massachusetts have labeled the attack a hate crime and said Robida would be charged with attempted murder, assault and civil rights violations. In Arkansas, killing a police officer is a capital offense punishable by death.
Walsh conceded that Robida's fate is in the hands of Arkansas authorities now. "I can't imagine they'll be giving him up any time soon," he said.
New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang walked into Puzzles Lounge at about 7 p.m. Saturday to announce that Robida had been shot and apprehended in Arkansas.
Police stationed at Robida's mother's home in New Bedford on Saturday night kept reporters away.
"We were elated," said Bob Perry, 52, one of the victims, who was in Puzzles with about 10 other patrons. "This has been a very emotional time for us all. We're just glad it's over."
The assailant hit Perry in the face with a hatchet and shot him in the back. Doctors discharged him from a Boston hospital Friday with a black eye, a five-inch scar on his cheek, and a bullet hole just to the right of his spine.
Perry praised the efforts of police. "I'm saddened to hear that some people died," he said. The other victims remained hospitalized.
Robida's friends in Massachusetts struggled with the news.
They said he at times had glorified Nazism and bore a swastika tattoo, but had not previously expressed prejudice toward homosexuals.
"This is insane," said Heather Volton, 22, of Fall River, upon hearing the news. "That kid never so much as raised his voice at me."
The violent, hateful images and messages on Robida's Web site weren't sincere, a friend said. Robida's Internet home page was full of references to Insane Clown Posse, which is on the Psychopathic Records label. The company has a logo depicting the silhouette of a man wielding a hatchet.
"It's all fake," said Charlie, 15, of New Bedford, who would only give his first name out of fear that Robida's alleged victims would seek revenge. "It's just something to waste time with."
The Robida Charlie knew wasn't really violent.
"He wasn't in the right state of mind when this happened," Charlie said. "He's a good kid."
According to Arkansas investigators, Robida headed east on U.S. 62 after the Gassville shooting, then south on state Route 201 and east on state Route 321 toward Norfork. State police laid out spike strips that punctured two tires, but Robida continued on just the rims.
In downtown Norfork, police cordoned off two blocks of state Route 5 and Robida's car careened into several parked vehicles as he tried to avoid police.
"Then they came on down in here," Montgomery said, standing near police tape marking the scene. "When he wrecked he started firing at our officer and a state police officer and the officers returned fire."
Ruts made by the tire rims were visible in the pavement where the vehicle continued after the rubber burned off. No Norfork officers were injured.
One of the victims involved in the New Bedford attack was released from the hospital and told his story of survival to CBS4's Beth Germano and Sera Congi. The attack left Robert Perry with a hatchet scar on his face. A bullet shot through and out his back, just missing his spine.
"And when I turned around, there was this hatchet coming right for my face and it just came right into my face on the right side," Perry told Germano Thursday night. "And within -- I would say, no more than five seconds -- I heard a gunshot. I felt a sensation in my back. I smelled the gun powder, and I'm like, 'I think I've been hit.'"
The other two victims in the New Bedford attack remain hospitalized.
). My response? First, sorrow that people got hurt. Then I thought about it: how likely is it that those hurt were some of the screaming leftists that have disarmed MA? Very much of the same cloth that keeps us in WI disarmed? I got no sympathy for their having to deal with their victim disarmament zone...
