Friday, October 11, 2013

Lawful Gun Owner - Ex-Cop - Shoots up the Wheeling West Virginia Court House and Get Killed


Local law enforcement officers secure an area in front of the Federal Buildng in Wheeling, WV, Wedneday, Oct. 9, after shooting outside the courthouse. The US Marshals Services says officers fired at the man after he shot up to two dozen rounds at the courthouse. Scott McCloskey/The Intelligencer/AP

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A retired police officer armed with an assault weapon and a handgun fired up to two dozen shots at a U.S. courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday before police returned fire and killed him, authorities said.


Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified the gunman as Thomas J. Piccard, 55, of Bridgeport, Ohio. He was a retired Wheeling police officer.
Schwertfeger did not say whether Piccard used both weapons during the assault on the Wheeling Federal Building or speculate on a motive. Officials said they had no knowledge of any sort of note left behind by Piccard.

3 comments:

  1. Hey Mikey, looks like you got a result that is the best of both worlds....
    Police officer shoots out windows at courthouse...
    Is immediately executed for misusing a firearm.....
    By the police.....
    That should have arrested him in some nonviolent way.....
    Now you an rail on the violent police from both sides.....

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    1. Actually, this isn't the result I like. I think we can disarm many of these loose canons by enforcing stricter gun control laws and thereby avoid many of these situations altogether.

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  2. I agree completely, we need to disarm the out of control loose cannon police department that thought killing a man over property damage was an appropriate response...

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