Posted on 04/16/2007 12:36:10 PM PDT by rebekah7gray
Jeffrey Lane Dudney, 43, of Tampa, was facing attempted murder charges when he went to the shooting range Thursday afternoon intending to steal a firearm and flee the area, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said.
When someone confronted him, Dudney took five people hostage, including a woman who owned the Shooting Sports Inc. gun store and range, Gee said.
Hours of tense negotiations ensued with Dudney, who said he did not want to go to prison and repeatedly threatened to kill the hostages.
"Every two or three minutes, he was threatening to start shooting people one by one," Gee said. "He was very agitated, very amped up."
Today in Americas Gunman kills 22 students in VirginiaMysterious illness strikes teenage girls in MexicoFinance ministers express 'great concern' over World Bank chief The gunman was often seen during the standoff holding a pistol to the head of hostages, Gee said. During negotiations with officers, he released two hostages.
Because of the number of guns and amount of ammunition inside, police chose to negotiate rather than storm the building, authorities said.
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This is a tough day for us gun nuts.
Why, did you do something today we should know about? ... LOL
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
May this ^^^hole be raped for all eternity for killing the cousin of my highschool girlfriend. He was smart to shoot himself before I got to him.
Hmm. We’ve had a rash of crooks following people home from shooting ranges here in Central Florida. They’d hold up the owner once they got out of the car. I stopped going to the range the last 2 months because of it.
Even in the heavily armed shooting range, nobody was able to prevent the hostage situation.
A gun is not a panacea. It affords one the CHANCE to save a life.
The only worse choice he could have made would have been a gun store.........
Only on TV, where every shot is a sure kill.
“This is a tough day for us gun nuts.”
Better stock up while you can!!
Following people must be a popular MO in Florida. While back they were following foreign tourists out of the rental lot at MIA.
Guns are worth big money.
We live in Central Fla, and we shoot. Do you have any more info?
February: first one I heard about was in Apopka, second one days later in Leesburg. Both times, it was a group of 3 or 4 males. Here’s a link to an article about the first one. http://www.wftv.com/news/10963235/detail.html?rss=orlc&psp=news
Thanks.
Hmmm. No description of the perps, except they were brazen, there were four of them, they held guns in the peoples faces, and one wore a heavy chain.
They drove a bluish green Honda with tinted windows are were talking on cell phones.
Seems they left a lot of important stuff out of the description.
joining in with Virginia tech?????
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