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| Would-be Atheist Head Chopper To Lose Eye |
| 2008-09-16 |
| A man who threatened to behead two women because they were Christians was attacked in self-defense early Saturday and injured so severely, police say, that his eye was to be removed. Russell Bowman, who called himself an atheist, showed up with a large knife at the women's apartment in the 700 block of Tia Juana Street about 3:15 a.m., police said. Another resident grabbed a shotgun and ordered him to put the knife down. When Bowman refused and began approaching, the person hit him with the butt end of the weapon, police said. Doctors at Memorial Hospital reportedly told police the eye would have to be removed. Bowman, who lived in the same building, threatened the women a couple of days before the confrontation, Colorado Springs Police Lt. Pat Rigdon said. Alcohol appeared to play a role, he said. Police will likely pursue charges of felony menacing against Bowman. The investigation will be forwarded to the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office to see if other charges are merited. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 JFM is right but the two women may have been in the way. Or the shotgun may have not been loaded. Insufficient info. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-09-16 13:54 |
| #11 Now he's gonna be the butt of all the one-eye jikes. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-09-16 13:35 |
| #10 Right, JFM! Fairbairn & Sykes give him a failing grade. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-09-16 13:32 |
| #9 Probably because the shotgun handler didn't want to clean up the mess afterward. By using the butt he allowed the knife wielder to come within a few inches of striking range or even inside. We could be talking of the three dead now: the women and the guy concerned about paperwork |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-16 10:30 |
| #8 Sudden Jihad Syndrome seems to attract nutcases. You mean we can't call it sudden atheism syndrone? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-16 09:48 |
| #7 Probably because the shotgun handler didn't want to clean up the mess afterward. Out damn spot. And then there's the paperwork. Dude you ain't worth the paperwork. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-16 09:27 |
| #6 Assuming the shotgun was loaded, its wielder unduly endangered himself and endangered the two women by using the butt. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-16 09:07 |
| #5 Socket to him eye don't care. |
| Posted by: MarkZ 2008-09-16 07:53 |
| #4 yeah, but he was drunk cuz he's so pious....and stuff |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-16 07:28 |
| #3 Sudden Jihad Syndrome seems to attract nutcases. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-09-16 06:33 |
| #2 We need to keep an eye on this story. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-09-16 04:28 |
| #1 This guy was lucky that the resident who grabbed the shotgun did not use the business end of it. Now he will be known as Dick Deadeye. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Glennallen, AK 2008-09-16 01:23 |