This undated photo, posted on a personal Web
site at MySpace.com, which is purported to belong to
Jacob Robida, allegedly shows Robida
in an unknown location.
Posted on 02/04/2006 7:04:46 PM PST by Drew68
GASSVILLE, Ark. - A teenager suspected of a hatchet-and-gun attack in a Massachusetts gay bar shot and killed a small-town police officer and the teen's female passenger before he was critically wounded in a gun battle with police Saturday, authorities said.
Jacob D. Robida, 18, was shot twice in the head and "it doesn't look good right now," said Massachusetts prosecutor Paul Walsh Jr.
Walsh said the teen shot Officer Jim Sell, 56, twice during a traffic stop in this northern Arkansas town.
About 25 miles away, Robida sped over spike strips set out by state troopers, but continued to drive with two punctured tires into downtown Norfork. Robida's car then careened into several parked vehicles to avoid a police barricade.
"When he wrecked he started firing at our officer and a state police officer and the officers returned fire," said Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery.
Walsh said the teen shot his unidentified female passenger before he was wounded in the shootout with police.
Robida was taken to a Springfield, Mo., hospital, according to state police spokesman Bill Sadler.
Investigators had searched for Robida since Thursday's attack at a bar in New Bedford, Mass., that left three men wounded, one critically.
The hatchet used in the attack was found outside the bar, but detectives believed Robida still had the gun.
Robida was a high school dropout who friends say glorified Naziism but never expressed any specific prejudice against gays.
"This is insane," said Heather Volton, 22, of Fall River, Mass., who had known Robida for more than a year. "That kid never so much as raised his voice at me ... This is all pretty much a shock to me, like everyone else."
This undated photo, posted on a personal Web
site at MySpace.com, which is purported to belong to
Jacob Robida, allegedly shows Robida
in an unknown location.
Report of this just aired on Ch 25 Boston. Robida was shot twice in the head and is in critical condition--may not survive. Woman he shot was a friend or acquaintance.
He was driving the car he was said to have fled in; had
changed plates.
Fox News has barely been reporting this...but, the description has run on their ticker..
I don't understand why this hasn't gotten more coverage...this idiot took out a policeman in the process of running from this crime, FGS.
Pull the plug on this idiot and toss his corpse into Boston Harbor.
"...and isn't expected to recover."
/applause
L
Drew, you beat me by a minute posting this.
Dear Moderator, please remove my duplicate thread.
I doubt this guy had no views on Jesus. These cases seem to have something to do with religion (or anti religion) but they seem to never be investigated in depth. The media finds it's angle, guns or in this case anti-gay but is that what really stirs these guys insane passions?
And murdered a teenage girl --neither of which made the headline in the story.
I'm a FNC watcher but I'm getting upset with them on the weekends. They have fixed shows and don't give stories like this much coverage. During the week they'd have had wall to wall coverage on it.
Here's hoping Mr.Robida doesn't make it down for breakfast tomorrow morning.
From the "news" that I have seen, it still isn't clear to me if she was a girlfriend, hitchhiker, hostage, relative, or what....
Supposedly, they brought Trace Gallagher from the west coast to New York to help the ratings....and I did notice he had a "Studio B" show this afternoon, and handled the Fox Report tonight...
But, like you said, the rest of the evening seems to be about OLD murder cases...sheesh!! That reminds me of the weekend crapola that MSNBC shows...
This guy went from Massachusetts attacking people in a bar with a HATCHET and a gun, and gets into a gunfight all the way in Arkansas...and nary a blip on the news!
Color me confused.
NEWS ALERT on FOX right now about this...
America's Most Wanted is taped in advance. At about 9:55 pm tonight it said Jason Robida was still on the loose. We had heard of his capture (and the 2 people he shot dead)
well over 3 hours before that.
Ch 7 in Boston says that the woman he killed was "picked up
in West Virginia"
http://www1.whdh.com/
Drive-by spanking?
Did they give the name of the girl? Robida had several young female admirers on MySpace.com.
So then, we can assume that the gay rights and gun grabber crowds are cheering about this news big time. MSM story will be be male white, homophobe, gun nut was photographed with Jack Abramoff before going on rampage.
Boston's Ch 7 mentioned it was a woman he picked up in West
Virginia.
From Boston's Ch 4:
>>Walsh said the teen shot his female passenger before he was wounded in the shootout with police. Authorities did not release the name of the passenger or her relationship with Robida. Walsh said the dead woman was not from New Bedford and may have been from West Virginia. Arkansas investigators said they were checking with West Virginia authorities in an effort to determine the woman's identity and didn't believe she had been taken as a hostage.
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