June 6, 2014
‘Heroes’ Credited With Subduing Gunman During Shooting At Small Seattle University
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A quick-acting student helped prevent more bloodshed Thursday afternoon during a deadly rampage by a lone gunman at a small Seattle university, the Associated Press reports. While the gunman paused to reload, a student building monitor disarmed him, and others helped subdue him. The shooting killed a 19-year-old man and wounded two…
Friend of Suspected Boston Marathon Bombers Was Followed by FBI Last Year
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI was closely monitoring a friend of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers last year and even urged him to avoid Boston’s Fourth of July fireworks, the Boston Globe reports. The agents were ordered to “make sure they stay with Mr. [Khairullozhon] Matanov, and don’t lose him,” Special Agent Timothy McElroy told…
FBI Searches San Francisco Apartment of Ryan Chamberlain for Bomb-Making Materials
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents spent hours testing materials inside the San Francisco home of Ryan Chamberlain this week after he was charged with possessing explosives. ABC News reports that FBI technicians used sophisticated lab equipment to test for explosive substances in the home of the well-known political and media consultant. The FBI received a…
Washington Post Editorial: Justice Department Should Order States to Comply with Prison Rape law
Washington Post Editorial Board Congress unanimously passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003. More than a decade later, many states are only beginning to comply with the law, and prison rape is still a disgusting and pervasive problem across the country. According to the latest Justice Department survey, 4 percent of state and federal…
Federal Agent Fatally Shoots Himself Inside Pittsburgh Homeland Security Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal agent committed suicide inside a Homeland Security building in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon, Reuters reports. James McConaughy, 43, of Beaver Falls, shot himself and was pronounced dead at 4:19 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled for today. Pittsburgh police would only say that homicide investigators were called to the scene. Homeland…