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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - A man who told authorities months ago that he wanted to be killed by police entered a suburban Salt Lake City police station Monday and pointed a gun at an officer and a records clerk, prompting at least one other officer to open fire on him, wounding the man in the arm.
James Ramsey Kammeyer, 39, was released from a hospital Monday afternoon and booked into jail on suspicion of attempted homicide, threat of terrorism, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a prohibited user, said police Sgt.
Jason Hauer. Kammeyer is a registered sex offender.
Hauer said Kammeyer has invoked his Miranda rights and is refusing to answer questions.
The shooting occurred about 8:30 a.m. No officers were hurt.
Kammeyer, 39, had his hands in his pockets and his behavior quickly raised suspicion, Hauer said.
The officer behind the glass asked Kammeyer to show his hands. Kammeyer instead turned his back to the officer, pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer and a nearby records clerk.
One of several officers who came to help then fired multiple rounds at Kammeyer, hitting him twice in the arm.
Hauer said he didn’t know if whether Kammeyer fired his gun.
Suspect in ricin case held without bail
OXFORD, Miss. - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bail until a hearing on Thursday, when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him.
James Everett Dutschke, 41, made a brief appearance Monday in federal court wearing an orange jumpsuit with his hands shackled. Authorities spent several days last week searching Dutschke’s home and former business but have said very little about the suspect beyond a news release announcing the charge of making and possessing ricin over the weekend.
Dutschke’s arrest early Saturday capped a week in which investigators initially zeroed in on a rival of Dutschke’s, then decided they had the wrong man. Dutschke has denied involvement in the mailing of the letters, saying he’s a patriot with no grudges against anyone.
Airplane part identified as wing flap
NEW YORK - The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday.
The 5-foot piece is a trailing edge flap support structure, police said. It is closer to the body of the plane and helps secure wing flaps that move in and out and aid in regulating plane speed. Investigators initially thought it was part of the landing gear because both pieces have similar-looking hydraulics.
Boeing officials told police the part came from one of its 767 airliners but it isn’t possible to determine which flight.
Both hijacked planes that struck the towers, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were Boeing 767s. American and United had no comment.
Workers discovered the part Wednesday on the ground in a sliver of space between a luxury loft rental building and a mosque, which prompted virulent national debate in 2010 about Islam and freedom of speech in part because it’s near the trade center site.
Honors student shoots himself in class
CINCINNATI - An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover.
La Salle High School west of Cincinnati was locked down until after police arrived and determined there was no threat to other students or staff members. A University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokesman reported the student’s condition as critical Monday afternoon, about six hours after the shooting.
Green Township Police Chief Bart West described the weapon as a semi-automatic handgun. He said police were investigating how the student obtained the gun and how he took it into the school.
West said there were 22 other students in the classroom, and the episode was over “in a matter of seconds” with no other students injured or apparently threatened.
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