FRUSTRATED MAN SHOOTS COMPUTER
This ran in the Huntsville Times Sat. Jul. 12, 1997 on page A7:
FRUSTRATED MAN SHOOTS COMPUTER
ISSAQUAH, Washington -- A man was coaxed out of his home by police
after he pulled a gun and shot his personal computer, apparently in
frustration.
"We don't know if it wouldn't boot up or what," Sgt. Keith Moon
said Thursday.
The computer, in a home office on the second floor of the townhouse,
had four bullet holes in the hard drive and one in the monitor.
One bullet struck a filing cabinet, while another made it through a
wall and into a neighboring unit. No one was hurt.
Police evacuated the complex, contacted the 43-year-old man by
telephone and got him to come out. He was taken to a hospital for a
mental evaluation.
This ran in the Huntsville Times Sat. Jul. 12, 1997 on page A7:
FRUSTRATED MAN SHOOTS COMPUTER
ISSAQUAH, Washington -- A man was coaxed out of his home by police
after he pulled a gun and shot his personal computer, apparently in
frustration.
"We don't know if it wouldn't boot up or what," Sgt. Keith Moon
said Thursday.
The computer, in a home office on the second floor of the townhouse,
had four bullet holes in the hard drive and one in the monitor.
One bullet struck a filing cabinet, while another made it through a
wall and into a neighboring unit. No one was hurt.
Police evacuated the complex, contacted the 43-year-old man by
telephone and got him to come out. He was taken to a hospital for a
mental evaluation.
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