Jim Pouillon is a martyr and a hero. May he rest in peace.
Posted on 09/11/2009 3:32:23 PM PDT by Kieri
He was known for his outspoken anti-abortion protests all around Owosso.
"When I went into town, you'd often see him on his corner," says friend Ron Ackals.
And as he was picketing Friday morning outside Owosso High School, prosecutors say 63-year-old James Pouillon was gunned down-- shot up to 10 times-- by a drive-by shooter targeting the man for his message.
When 33-year-old suspect Harlan Drake was apprehended at his home, police learned more.
"Upon his arrest, he made statements he'd been involved in another homicide that day," says Owosso Police Chief Michael Compeau.
That led them to another crime scene: a gravel pit owned by 61-year-old Mike Fuoss, who was found shot to death in his Owosso Township office by an employee.
Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood, a good friend of Fuoss', chokes up describing his reaction.
"Shock first, then comfort knowing we have good officers and detectives to make sure it's justified," Braidwood says.
Pouillon's close friend Mike McCloskey is distraught.
"Just because someone has different opinions shouldn't result in someone shooting someone else," says McCloskey.
McCloskey says Pouillon is a retired GM worker who has at least one daughter, and his ex-wife was killed in a car accident. Others say Pouillon had been protesting abortion for decades.
According to friends, Fuoss has two gravel pit companies in the area.
As word spreads about the tragedies that happened outside the high school and at the gravel pit, friends of both victims wonder how-- if at all-- the two murders were connected.
"Right now we don't know," Braidwood says. "The two victims might not have been connected at all."
Police do say Drake knew Fuoss but don't know if he knew Pouillon personally.
"It's hard. I'm sorry for my friend who this happened to, and I'm also sorry for the people dealing with this in this little, quiet town," McCloskey says.
Police say when they apprehended Drake at his home, he said he was planning to also kill Owosso realtor James Howe. Howe is, to our knowledge, okay.
Drake has been charged with two counts of 1st degree premeditated murder, one felony firearm count and one count of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent.
Really, this nation is not safe as long as there's a single leftwinger free to walk the streets.
I don't care how many prisons it takes, we've got to build them to house these people until they are no longer around to endanger us.
Apparently there is if you are pro-life.
Its not being handled nationally at all as far as I can tell.
Apparently the media has decided that abortion violence and school shootings are not big stories. It might be temporary.
hey, no problem....Once he’s in prision, insert a rumor that he’s a child molester or a snitch.....then watch the fun commence :)
There's more to it than mental dysfunction ~ these people have a false belief system.
It is unfortunately the case that we have neither the time, resources nor interest to convert them to "right thinking" and the "paths of righteousness" but prisons we got, and if we need more we can build them.
Touché.
Excluding the unborn and pro-life activists.
So this will be charged as a hate crime, right?
Could you please be a little more clear as to who is it you would like to send to prison?
Abortion Doctors
People who Kill Abortion Doctors
People that Kill Pro Life Activists
Women who Have Had or Have Abortions
Abortion Protesters
Anti Abortion Protesters.
This is because they cannot win with rational argumentation. They cannot abide dissent.
The others are on their own.
REALLY?
On his sign was a Obama sticker. Was he also an Obama supporter? It’s just kind of rare to see someone who voted of Obama also support pro life.
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