Word: pistole
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...Travis County sheriff's deputy Keith Ruiz was shot and killed while prying open the door to Edwin Delamora's trailer. Ruiz had gone with members of the Capital Area Narcotics Task Force to arrest Delamora on charges of selling methamphetamine. Frightened, Delamora fired his 9-mm pistol through a window in his front door. Prosecutors said the bullet hit Ruiz in the aorta, killing him. Delamora claimed he fired because he thought he, his wife and his two kids were being robbed...
...from the start. Because Ruiz was a cop, people would expect a death-penalty prosecution. But Delamora did not have a criminally violent history, which weakened the argument for future dangerousness. On the other hand, a jury might be convinced that a meth dealer who had brazenly fired a pistol through his door had a propensity for violence. Earle remained undecided for months as staff prosecutors worked up the case. During that time, the narcotics task force conducted a second raid that ended in a fatality. And in yet another botched raid, members of the task force held several local...
...major shake-up" in palace security. Members of the opposition Labour Party call Whitelaw's comment that the incident represented a serious failure in security arrangements "the understatement of the year." January 1994 Cambodian student David Kang runs toward Prince Charles and fires two shots from a starting pistol at an event in Sydney. Charles displays considerable sangfroid as his would-be assailant is wrestled to the ground a meter away from him. He maintains that security was "well handled" by Australian police. February 1994 American prankster James Miller paraglides onto the roof of Buckingham Palace, then strips to reveal...
...instead, I’ll be buying books to train myself in computer software. My license to kill has not yet been issued, but my license to search through public SEC filings for corporate tax return data seemed to arrive on my first day. Instead of a military-issued pistol and silencer, I’m armed with Excel and a mute button on my laptop...
...that some of the eight males, from 11 to 20 years old, were shot in the head at close range when rampaging soldiers ran into them near a cluster of fish ponds. Others were gunned down as they ran away. Witnesses add that forces also went house to house pistol-whipping men and demanding information...