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| Houston police fatally shoot shotgun-wielding kidnapper |
| 2006-02-03 |
| Edited for brevity. A gunman apparently kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and her daughter near Dallas and forced them on a 200-mile drive, firing at other motorists and police until the car crashed and officers fatally shot him, police said. Jeremy Ethon Roberson, 29, had refused to drop his shotgun when officers shot him to death inside the wrecked car, police said Friday. Andrea Nichole Allen and her 4-year-old daughter, Kiara Renee, were treated at a hospital and released late Thursday, hours after the deadly ride. Police pursued the car for more than an hour. As it made its way into Houston, Roberson cleared away traffic by firing at cars, at one point shooting through the front windshield at a truck. He also kicked out the car's back window so he could shoot at the more than a dozen squad cars. "Bullets were flying everywhere," said Kymberly Rooks, whose car was sideswiped by the vehicle carrying the gunman. The chase ended abruptly when the car slammed into the back of a pickup truck and careened off the highway onto the grassy side strip. Allen was thrown from the driver-side door and briefly walked on the freeway, until a deputy pulled her behind a squad car and officers fired at the vehicle. When the shooting stopped, police rescued Kiara from the car. Roberson was still inside, clutching the shotgun, homicide officers T.S. Tyler and M.S. Walker said. When he refused their demands to drop the gun, the officers shot him. He died at the scene. The poor girl and her mom will be scarred for life, but at least they won't have to worry about this pr*ck again. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #1 Police pursued the car for more than an hour. As it made its way into Houston, Roberson cleared away traffic by firing at cars, at one point shooting through the front windshield at a truck. I've tried that in Houston. It doesn't work. |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-02-03 20:39 |