Gots ME a 'MACHINE PISTOL!' "LIARS, LIARS!!!"
This kinda caught my eye!
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NEOSHO, Missouri (CNN) -- A man with a machine pistol stormed a southwestern Missouri church where his relatives were praying, shouting "liars, liars" as he opened fire and killed three people, police said Monday.
Eiken Elam Saimon, 52, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, a prosecutor said.
Police identified the gunman as Eiken Elam Saimon, 52.
He is charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of first-degree assault, one count of armed criminal action and one count of felonious restraint for holding the congregation hostage, said Newton County Prosecutor Scott Watson.
A fifth count of assault is pending, Watson said.
Watson told The Associated Press Saimon targeted church elders. "It appears that the shots that were fired were not at random," he said.
Saimon entered a not guilty plea during a brief arraignment Monday in Newton County Circuit Court. The judge set his bail at $1 million, reduced from the original $5 million, and set a hearing for September 18, the AP reported.
Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said Saimon is being held in an isolation cell under heavy guard.
Saimon shouted "liars, liars, you're all liars" before opening fire with a semiautomatic machine pistol commonly known as a Tech-9, Police Chief David McCracken said.
When police arrived, Saimon had surrounded himself with 30 to 40 hostages in the sanctuary and "he was holding a female hostage at gunpoint," the chief said.
Witnesses told police that Saimon held a gun to one man's head and asked if anyone in the church was willing to trade their life for the man's, an investigator said. After no one stepped forward, the gunman shot the hostage, he said.
Five people were wounded in the Sunday afternoon attack at the church in Neosho, about 120 miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Killed in the shooting were Kernal Rehobson, 43, Intenson Rehobson, 44, and Jesse Ikoshia, 53, Watson said. They were not friends or relatives of Saimon, Watson told the AP.
Prosecutor Watson also said Saimon also is a suspect in the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl Saturday. The girl is a relative of Saimon's, although authorities did not explain how the two were related, AP reported.
Wounded were Jim Handy, Melihna Tarra, Dahnny Jack and Handy Kendey, Watson said, adding that his office is awaiting the name of a fifth person who was wounded.
The wounded were transported to area hospitals, at least one of them by helicopter.
One of them required surgery, and two others were still in the hospital Monday, McCracken said. All are in fair condition and are expected to recover, the chief said.
Police received a report about 1:54 p.m. (2:54 p.m. ET) that someone was shooting inside the 100-year-old First Congregational Church.
A group of Micronesians was holding a service at the time, McCracken said. Saimon is Micronesian.
Micronesia is a series of islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
Saimon had three guns, including the 9 mm semiautomatic Tech-9 and a small-caliber handgun, McCracken said.
He ordered the children in the church to leave without their parents, McCracken said. The kids were all accounted for and were not harmed, he said.
Saimon is married and has a family, Copeland said.
The shooter was holding as many as 50 people hostage inside the church when officers arrived, authorities said. Police apprehended Saimon without incident after a hostage negotiator spoke with him for five or 10 minutes, McCracken said.
"He made the decision that it was not his day to die," the chief said Monday. "It was hard to tell which way he was going to go until he dropped the weapon."
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NEOSHO, Missouri (CNN) -- A man with a machine pistol stormed a southwestern Missouri church where his relatives were praying, shouting "liars, liars" as he opened fire and killed three people, police said Monday.
Eiken Elam Saimon, 52, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, a prosecutor said.
Police identified the gunman as Eiken Elam Saimon, 52.
He is charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts of first-degree assault, one count of armed criminal action and one count of felonious restraint for holding the congregation hostage, said Newton County Prosecutor Scott Watson.
A fifth count of assault is pending, Watson said.
Watson told The Associated Press Saimon targeted church elders. "It appears that the shots that were fired were not at random," he said.
Saimon entered a not guilty plea during a brief arraignment Monday in Newton County Circuit Court. The judge set his bail at $1 million, reduced from the original $5 million, and set a hearing for September 18, the AP reported.
Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said Saimon is being held in an isolation cell under heavy guard.
Saimon shouted "liars, liars, you're all liars" before opening fire with a semiautomatic machine pistol commonly known as a Tech-9, Police Chief David McCracken said.
When police arrived, Saimon had surrounded himself with 30 to 40 hostages in the sanctuary and "he was holding a female hostage at gunpoint," the chief said.
Witnesses told police that Saimon held a gun to one man's head and asked if anyone in the church was willing to trade their life for the man's, an investigator said. After no one stepped forward, the gunman shot the hostage, he said.
Five people were wounded in the Sunday afternoon attack at the church in Neosho, about 120 miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Killed in the shooting were Kernal Rehobson, 43, Intenson Rehobson, 44, and Jesse Ikoshia, 53, Watson said. They were not friends or relatives of Saimon, Watson told the AP.
Prosecutor Watson also said Saimon also is a suspect in the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl Saturday. The girl is a relative of Saimon's, although authorities did not explain how the two were related, AP reported.
Wounded were Jim Handy, Melihna Tarra, Dahnny Jack and Handy Kendey, Watson said, adding that his office is awaiting the name of a fifth person who was wounded.
The wounded were transported to area hospitals, at least one of them by helicopter.
One of them required surgery, and two others were still in the hospital Monday, McCracken said. All are in fair condition and are expected to recover, the chief said.
Police received a report about 1:54 p.m. (2:54 p.m. ET) that someone was shooting inside the 100-year-old First Congregational Church.
A group of Micronesians was holding a service at the time, McCracken said. Saimon is Micronesian.
Micronesia is a series of islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
Saimon had three guns, including the 9 mm semiautomatic Tech-9 and a small-caliber handgun, McCracken said.
He ordered the children in the church to leave without their parents, McCracken said. The kids were all accounted for and were not harmed, he said.
Saimon is married and has a family, Copeland said.
The shooter was holding as many as 50 people hostage inside the church when officers arrived, authorities said. Police apprehended Saimon without incident after a hostage negotiator spoke with him for five or 10 minutes, McCracken said.
"He made the decision that it was not his day to die," the chief said Monday. "It was hard to tell which way he was going to go until he dropped the weapon."
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Zip; Why add the link, after C&P'n the entire article???
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quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
Zip; Why add the link, after C&P'n the entire article???
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Citing his source0 -
Yeah - I'm so whacked out 'they' don't trust me!
Figgurin I'd make this crap up!
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yep, first thing someone ask, "gotta link?"
he probably would have killed more then himself if it where not a tec-90 -
i bet you the gun was a 1911 or something in 45 not nine because the media gets everything wrong about guns 0 -
A crazy world people open up in Schools and Churches.[V] 0 -
There goes another -NEG- against guns. I like how they made the pistol out to be a machine gun. Feel bad for the victims family. 0
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