From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V7 #650 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Tuesday, December 21 2004 Volume 07 : Number 650 In this issue: 3rd shooting in 2 days ROBBER STOPPERS REWARDED SHOOTING SUSPECT NAMED BY COPS RCMP officer fatally shoots burglar fleeing mall pharmacy COP KILLER WANTS HIS FREEDOM MAN SHOT IN 61ST KILLING RE: Clerk with a Gun - Band on the Run Clerk with a Gun - Band on the Run My letter to the Ottawa Sun Give the politicos a day in a work camp The minority weakens ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:52:50 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: 3rd shooting in 2 days PUBLICATION: National Post DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: Toronto SECTION: Toronto PAGE: A13 / Front BYLINE: Scott Stinson SOURCE: National Post ILLUSTRATION: Black & White Photo: (Chas Ronald) Berry - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A gun to the head, another man dead: 3rd shooting in 2 days - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A young man was shot in the head and killed in a midtown Toronto apartment yesterday evening, the third shooting death in the city in less than two days. Police were releasing few details about the incident last night, including the victim's name and age. "I can tell you that it was a young adult male and that it happened around 6 p.m. and that it would appear a gun was involved," said Staff Sergeant Greg Cantelon of 54 Division. Staff Sgt. Cantelon said the victim, who was found in an apartment in the Don Mills and Eglinton area of the city, was pronounced dead at the scene. The deceased is the third person to be killed by a gunshot to the head since Sunday, although the three incidents appear to be unrelated. Police are searching for a suspect in one of the weekend shootings, in which a man was found dead in a Scarborough apartment at around 5 p.m. on Sunday. Aleksander (Alex) Jovanovski, 18, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Andrew Christie, 23. Police said Mr. Christie died of an apparent gunshot wound to the head, but the cause of death will not be officially determined until an autopsy is performed today. Chas Ronald Berry, 20, of no fixed address, is still wanted on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with Mr. Christie's death. Police said Mr. Berry, who was last seen wearing dark blue jeans, dark waist length leather jacket, and possibly a black baseball hat, should be considered armed and dangerous, and they cautioned the public to contact police if he is seen. Detective Sergeant Rudy Pasini said at a news conference yesterday that Mr. Berry should voluntarily submit to police to avoid further loss of life. "Mr. Berry, I want you to turn yourself in before you get hurt, any police officers get hurt trying to arrest you, or members of the public are injured," Det. Sgt. Pasini said. Police also yesterday released the identity of the other fatal Sunday shooting, which happened around 3 a.m. inside the Mr. Tasty Burgers restaurant on Church Street in the downtown core. Glen Albert Collington, 25, ordered a soft drink and fries before taking a seat inside the restaurant -- one without a view of the street outside. As about 15 to 20 people sat in the establishment, a man entered and shot Mr. Collington, then walked out. "The person went in with the intent of killing," Staff Sergeant Roy Fata said Sunday night. "One shot to the back of the head is typically known in the criminal realm as an execution-style killing." At a news conference yesterday, Detective Wayne Banks said: "Mr. Collington was in a restaurant minding his own business when a gunman came in from behind and made a shot." Det. Banks said the victim was known to police, but the motive for his death is unknown. "At this point in time, we have no belief or any leads to show that he was up to any wrongdoing other than the fact he was eating French fries at this restaurant." A post-mortem examination was conducted yesterday and the cause of death has been ruled a gunshot wound to the head. Staff-Sgt. Fata said the killing was reminiscent of a gang- or drug-related "vendetta-type" shooting, but police do not not believe the three recent incidents are related. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:53:41 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: ROBBER STOPPERS REWARDED PUBLICATION: The Winnipeg Sun DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 6 BYLINE: MIKE D'AMOUR, SUN MEDIA DATELINE: CALGARY - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ROBBER STOPPERS REWARDED HELPED CATCH GUNMAN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stopping a crazed, gun-toting bank robber has earned a Calgary brother-and-sister team the country's highest award for bravery. "I'm getting really choked at the out of control crime in this city," said Travis Clarkson who, along with his sister, Jennifer, will receive a Governor General's Medal of Bravery. "I'm not a hero, but if the average Joe started caring about other people it would be a better city," the 31-year-old said. On Jan. 28, the siblings were near a Royal Bank when they saw a man -- who'd just robbed the financial institution -- beating another man. "He was pistol whipping him and carjacked (the victim's) SUV," Travis recalled. LIVID ROBBER Wasting no time, Clarkson, with his sister in the passenger seat, wheeled his half-ton truck around and stopped it right behind the crook's ill-gotten ride. The livid robber leapt from the vehicle and pointed a .22 calibre handgun at the siblings. "I was thinking, 'Oh God. Don't shoot,' " said Jennifer, 24, who, with her brother, owns Gopher Delivery. Travis backed off just for a moment, then blocked the crook again. The maddened robber leapt from the vehicle and fired at least two shots, one pinging off Clarkson's truck. "I had a rush of adrenaline and I started swearing at him," said Travis. "He wasn't about to get away." The crook ran to another vehicle and pushed the business end of the pistol onto a woman's forehead. "She got out of her vehicle and said, 'Just take the car,' " Travis said. The crook threw a black duffel bag inside the new vehicle and the Samaritan pulled his truck behind that vehicle too. "He really was pretty mad and he started running towards us," Travis said. The crook abruptly changed course and headed off when a pair of Calgary's finest arrived with their own guns drawn. The robber was nabbed a few blocks away. Joshua McCarthy, 21, was sentenced last July to nine years behind federal bars. Jennifer said the impact of what they'd done didn't sink in until hours later. "We looked at each other and said, 'We're idiots.' " Calgary cops, however, are applauding the pair's brave actions. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:54:23 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: SHOOTING SUSPECT NAMED BY COPS PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 14 ILLUSTRATION: 1. photo of CHAS RONALD BERRY Alleged shooter 2. photo of ANDREW CHRISTIE Gunned down BYLINE: IAN ROBERTSON, TORONTO SUN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHOOTING SUSPECT NAMED BY COPS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A TEEN ACCUSED as an accomplice in the execution-style shooting of a father-to-be in his apartment building appeared in court yesterday while police issued a public alert for the alleged drifter killer. Andrew Christie was gunned down around 5 p.m. Sunday after two men brushed past his pregnant girlfriend in her Midland Ave.-Danforth Rd. area apartment, police said. Christie's brothers said the victim was an artist and keen jogger who was turning his life around as he approached the end of a probation term for an offence they wouldn't discuss. They admitted his troubled past may be tied to his murder. Both Christie, 23, and Chas Ronald Berry, who was named as chief suspect in the city's 60th murder of 2004, had criminal records, Det.-Sgt. Rudy Pasini said. No details were released. As TV cameras rolled, Pasini said: "Mr. Berry, I want you to turn yourself in before you get hurt or any police officers are hurt trying to take you in. Turn yourself in to a lawyer." 'ARMED AND DANGEROUS' The 20-year-old Canadian-born suspect, who is wanted for first degree murder, was described as black, 6-foot-1, 230 pounds, with a short Afro-style haircut, a beard and glasses. Called "armed and dangerous," Berry has no known address but frequents Scarborough, Pasini said. Police appealed to the public to call 911 if Berry is spotted or his whereabouts known. They cautioned against approaching him. Chris Austin, who lives in the same highrise as his murdered brother, said he has seen the arrested teen before. "He lives in my building," Austin said. "He's just one of those young guys who hangs around the building." Aleksander "Alex" Jovanovski, 18, who has no known criminal record, is charged with first-degree murder. Jovanovski was remanded in custody after a brief court appearance. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers, 416-222-TIPS (8477). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:54:43 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: RCMP officer fatally shoots burglar fleeing mall pharmacy PUBLICATION: Vancouver Sun DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: FINAL C SECTION: WestCoast News PAGE: B3 COLUMN: Law and Order SOURCE: Canadian Press DATELINE: VANDERHOOF - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RCMP officer fatally shoots burglar fleeing mall pharmacy - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VANDERHOOF - Police released Monday the identity of a man fatally shot by an RCMP officer after an attempted break-in. Kevin Edmond St. Arnaud, 29, of Vanderhoof, died Sunday morning after three shots were fired. The shooting is under investigation by the North District Major Crimes Unit. The officer is at home on regular days off. His name has not been released. "Like anyone would be, he was shaken by the incident," said Const. Mike Caira. The officer, who has been with the RCMP since 2002, was not injured in the altercation. He was one of two Vanderhoof members who attended a late-night alarm at a pharmacy at the Vanderhoof Co-op Mall. The two officers said they observed a suspect run from the rear of the building. One officer gave chase, first in a police vehicle, then on foot. Police said the suspect turned and advanced on the officer "in a threatening manner." The officer told the suspect to cease his threatening behaviour and when that instruction was disregarded, he fired three shots, killing the suspect. - -------------------------------------------------- DATE: 2004.12.20 CATEGORY: Western regional news PUBLICATION: bnw - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------- BC-Mountie Shooting-update (victim had no gun) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -------- VANDERHOOF -- The R-C-M-P say a man shot to death by a Mountie after a break-in at Vanderhoof was not armed. The victim has been identified as 29-year-old Kevin Edmond St. Arnaud. Police say they were called to a break-in at a pharmacy in Vanderhoof mall early Sunday. An officer shot a man who had run from the building. The R-C-M-P say no weapons were found on the dead man. They say an autopsy will be conducted and the coroner will investigate. The officer involved in the shooting has been with the Mounties for only two years. (BN) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:55:03 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: COP KILLER WANTS HIS FREEDOM PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 14 ILLUSTRATION: 1. photo of MICHAEL SWEET Slain police officer 2. photo of CRAIG MUNRO Convicted trigger man 3. photo of JAMIE MUNRO Moved to Italy in 1994 BYLINE: ALAN CAIRNS, TORONTO SUN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COP KILLER WANTS HIS FREEDOM SHOOTER IN MURDER OF MICHAEL SWEET - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COP KILLER Craig Munro wants freedom from a Canadian prison just as his accomplice and younger brother Jamie Munro seeks to return to Canada from Italy. Craig Munro, 51, who is serving a life sentence with no parole for 25 years for the murder of Toronto Police Const. Michael Sweet during a botched 1980 restaurant robbery, is set to appear at a full parole hearing Feb. 15. Jamie Munro, who left Canada for Italy in 1994 under the assumed name of Massimo Marra, wants to return to Canada to visit his dying mother. News of the hearing for Craig Munro -- the trigger man in Sweet's slaying -- has Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino fuming. "These guys were experienced, hardened and violent criminals, with all kinds of violent confrontations with police," Fantino said last night. "What a fine fix that that is ... to have these two back together again," said Fantino, who probed the Sweet murder along with ex-homicide partner and retired chief David Boothby. The Munro brothers' 1981 trial heard the pair were masked and armed with a semi-automatic pistol and a sawed-off shotgun when they burst into George's Bourbon St. restaurant and tavern on Queen St. W. just after 2 a.m., March 14, 1980. When the robbery went awry, the Munros took hostages. A FATHER OF THREE GIRLS Sweet, 30, a married father of three girls, found a way into the basement with another officer. They were trying to find a way to the main floor when the gunmen opened fire. Sweet was hit by two bullets and suffered a punctured lung. The brothers grabbed Sweet and dragged him up a flight of stairs and into the kitchen area. They held Sweet hostage and demanded booze and heroin. The wounded Sweet begged the men to think of his family, but they threatened to blow his head off if an Emergency Task Force team rushed them. After a 90-minute standoff, the ETF stormed the pair and shot and wounded both brothers. Sweet died in hospital three hours later. A jury found Craig Munro guilty of first-degree murder. Jamie Munro was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 12 years. Jamie Munro was paroled in 1992 and moved to Italy in 1994 after he convinced the National Parole Board that Toronto Police were engaged in a vendetta against him. Steve Sullivan, of the Ottawa-based Resource Centre for the Victims of Crime, is curious to know if Craig Munro has done anything to rehabilitate himself and he will attend the hearing. He is worried that Canadian police know nothing of what Jamie Munro has been doing in Italy in the past 10 years. Tony Cannavino, president of the 40,000-member Canadian Professional Police Association, says he will also attend the hearing to "apply pressure so that the wind blows the right way." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:55:35 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: MAN SHOT IN 61ST KILLING PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.12.21 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 15 BYLINE: ROB LAMBERTI, TORONTO SUN - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAN SHOT IN 61ST KILLING DON MILLS CONDO MURDER - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A MAN described as being in his 20s was shot in the head with a pistol in a Don Mills condominium yesterday -- the city's third murder victim in the last two days; all by gunfire. Toronto Police homicide squad was investigating the shooting death, the city's 61st murder of the year, at the 22-storey residence at 100 Leeward Glenway in the Don Valley Pkwy. and Don Mills Rd. area of Flemingdon Park last night. A resident of the fifth floor said he heard one loud bang shortly after 6 p.m., and another resident saw a man's body lying face down in the hallway by the elevators with a number of shell casings. Police locked down the building's underground parking after officers found blood drops on the B-level of the garage. Investigators were not certain if the droplets were linked to the shooting. Police also used search dogs to scour the outside of the building. However, it is not believed they found anything linked to the shooting. Homicide Det. Randy Carter said the victim doesn't appear to be a resident of the building, and it's not clear what he was doing there. 'TALKING TO HIMSELF' Carter said a video of the building's surveillance was seized in hopes of catching a glimpse of the killer. "He was talking to himself," a resident of the fifth-floor said of the possible killer, a man who rushed past him seconds after the slaying. The resident, who didn't want to reveal his name, said he heard a loud bang just as he was leaving his home. Seconds later, he saw a man whose face was partially hidden by a hood storm past him towards a stairwell. He said he didn't know it was a shooting until police started showing up moments later. The man appeared "deranged," said the resident, who described himself as a tribal chief from Nigeria. "He was furious with himself. A very, very sick man, it's not a normal person." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:31:07 -0600 (CST) From: "Robert S. Sciuk" Subject: RE: Clerk with a Gun - Band on the Run > Maybe she was a part-time critic and didn't like their show? > > Ed Sieb My guess is, someone forgot to lock up their daughter when the band came into town ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:34:54 -0600 (CST) From: "Trigger Mortis" Subject: Clerk with a Gun - Band on the Run Oh!!!!! I get it now!!!! Her husband yelled at her, so she took our a rifle and shot at some total strangers. That clarifies it all for me. That @#$%^&(*))(**%$#@ husband is to blame. Alan Harper alan__harper@cogeco.ca SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM ************************* >The four members of the Vernon-based band "Redfish" were leaving the Spruce >Grove Resort in Invermere after performing at another venue in the Fairmont >Hot Springs area, when the desk clerk appeared at the foot of the stairs >waving a rifle and screaming at the group to "Get out." > >She fired a single shot, narrowly missing the bass player as the four >scattered into the woods outside. >One of them used their cell phone to call police who safely disarmed the >woman. > >The Mounties are still trying to determine what might have triggered the >outburst but it appears to have been the result of an unrelated domestic >matter. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:11:56 -0600 (CST) From: "Bruce Mills" Subject: My letter to the Ottawa Sun Just submitted, not yet printed. Have you written a letter today? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Mills To: Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:09 PM Subject: Re: FAMILY'S HOME PILLAGED I find the terminology used by OPP Const. Angie Atkinson to be quite illuminating. She fears that these guns will "fall into the wrong hands". For a verb, "fall into" is quite passive - guns don't just "fall" into the "wrong hands". There are human agents, called "criminals", who perpetrate actions called "crimes". They "break into" your home. They "steal" your guns. They then "use" those guns to "commit" more crimes, or they "sell" them to other criminals so they can do so. There is nothing passive about it. This kind of obfuscation of reality is far too common among cops, politicians, and other anti-gun extremists. It is exactly this kind of tactic that lets them get away with blaming the law abiding gun owner for having the nerve to "allow" their guns to be stolen. It enables them to foist ever stricter forms of "gun control" on the very people who are not, never have been, and never will be "the problem". This unjustly transfers the burden of responsibility from those who commit crimes onto the backs of those who do not. It is far past time that such so-called "gun control" laws were scrapped, and the criminal justice system trained on those who actually commit the crimes. Yours in Liberty, Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:15:12 -0600 (CST) From: Lee Jasper Subject: Give the politicos a day in a work camp Rick correctly said: >2. "work camps in the north country". Sounds impressive. More details, >please. What work does he have in mind? The government go into the >logging business and try and teach prisoners to be fallers, buckermen, >etc? Or maybe pick some desolate spot, start digging, and call it a >mine? Make them all development miners, slushermen, timbermen, etc? >Then they can try to compete with private enterprise and see how much >money they can piss away. > > And continue to train inmates for jobs in short supply in the real world. Now if we could set up a 'boot 'camp beside the GM complex in Oshawa or Ingersoll, ON or the Ford assembly plant in Oakville ot outside one of Frank (and Belinda) Stronach's Magna parts plants to train young (primarily) male "physical motoric learners" as tool and die work makers, industrial electricians and Robotic's technicians - in such shorter supply than family physicians and anesthesiologists. Let's not get into why young women still prefer jobs a beauticians, nail technicians and massage therapists to auto mechanic or plumber. >Boot camps and work camps sounds like the same moronic rational that >came up with the idea of the Firearms Act. > The boot camp 'name' sure has popular appeal. Smarten the little sociopathic deviants right up. Lay on the leather and hob-nailed boots and send them back to their home communities - with a even bigger 'chip' on their shoulder. Remember the Burwash Correctional Centre, located in the barrens south of Sudbury, ON. (Now prime elk country). Corrections operated a modern 'agricultural boot camp' here for years. Folks would drive past the desolate location and chuckle, "Little buggers aren't gonna run away from here." Problem was lack of relevant transfer of vocational skills, post-graduation - it was shut down. >What I'd like to hear Bob MacDonald and similar minded people demanding >is that governments tax them more - enough that institutions can be >properly staffed, offenders effectively treated and dealt with, and then >subsequently effectively supervised while on parole. > Exactly what my fellow CPC delegates rebelled against. These buggers committed crimes against society - and the now the bloody Liberals want to tax us more to feed 'em and wipe their noses. Not a chance!! Don't think these folk are interested in a discussion on 'learner centered' instruction and 'positive reinforcement' models. Ontarians 'did' decide several years ago that gov't cuts had been too deep (paired with excessive corporate gimmies) and had severely damaged many essential services and public infrastructure - and rejected a Party and gov't promising more of the same. We traded in Iron Mike's, in-your-face team for the McFiberal McGuinty crew. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:15:29 -0600 (CST) From: Lee Jasper Subject: The minority weakens > Labrador MP dies of cancer > > ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Lawrence O'Brien, a Labrador MP who left his > hospital bed to help his leader, died Thursday after a six-year fight > with cancer. He was 53. The federal Liberal minority is now reduced by a second (plus Parrish) member. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V7 #650 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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