| How (non) CHL-holders behave with guns |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Monday, 25 April 2005 | |
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WCPO.com is reporting that a domestic disturbance resulting in gunfire and a high-speed chase last weekend in the Dayton area.
During the fight, Hopkins pulled out a gun and fired a shot at Stamper but missed, say police. That's when Hopkins and his girlfriend, Beverly Weir, jumped into Hopkins' truck and drove off. Stamper started chasing them and called police, who say Hopkins tried to ram Stamper's vehicle at least twice. Topping speed of 100 miles per hour, police say they caught up to both trucks on northbound I-275 near Wards Corner Road. Hopkins then apparently rammed a cruiser driven by a Miami Township officer two times, and tried to ram another cruiser but failed. Police say Hopkins eventually stopped at Loveland-Madeira Road and was taken into custody at gunpoint. Stamper, WCPO reporrts, is charged with aggravated menacing, resulting from an accusation that he went to Hopkins house earlier Thursday night to pick a fight over the girlfriend. "We're very fortunate that no one was injured after they put a number of people at risk, not only the officers who responded," Detective John Swing of Miami Township Police told WCPO. This story provides an excellent example of how fights are escalating into shootouts on our streets in the wake of Ohio's passage of concealed carry legislation. Of course, neither of the persons involved had Ohio Concealed Handgun Licenses... And of course WCPO failed to make the observation. |