Posted on 01/14/2013 4:40:50 PM PST by doug from upland
SAN DIEGO January 13, 2013 (AP)
Moviegoers at a San Diego theater ducked for cover as police stormed in during a movie and shot and wounded an armed domestic violence suspect pretending to be a patron.
The lights came on suddenly during a Saturday matinee screening of "Les Miserables" at Reading Cinemas Carmel Mountain in northern San Diego and two officers who had been going theater-to-theater spotted their suspect among the approximately 15 moviegoers, most of whom quickly hit the floor and started inching toward exits, police and witnesses said.
The suspect, Tom Billodeaux of Escondido, 20, at first obeyed the officer who approached him and put his empty hands up, but then "lowered them into his lap ... raised a handgun, and turned it toward the officer," police said in a statement.
The officer, who has been with the department for about 18 months, shot Billodeaux in the chest and arm, police said.
No one else, including the domestic violence victim in the initial incident, was hurt, police Lt. Ernie Herbert said.
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I see you are a fellow Texan—I’m in Lakeway—are you anywhere near that area? (Austin is near here).
We practice division of duties in our house—he does the chores and I watch.
>> We practice division of duties in our house—he does the chores and I watch.
Yeah, us too: I’m in charge of “hunting and gathering” and Mrs. Tick is in charge of “disbursing and procurement”. :-)
Check your FReepmail
That sound like the perfect marriage to me.......
That sound like the perfect marriage to me.......
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