War hero sought in shooting probe

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Authorities are conducting a manhunt at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State after a park ranger died in a shooting Sunday following a routing traffic stop, authorities said.

Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said late Sunday afternoon Benjamin Colton Barnes, a 24-year-old believed to have survivalist skills, was a "strong person of interest" in the slaying of Margaret Anderson.

A parks spokesman said Barnes was an Iraq war veteran.

Authorities recovered his vehicle, which had weapons and body armor inside, Troyer said.

Barnes was also a suspect in the early Sunday morning shooting of four people at a house party south of Seattle, police said.

 
A body believed to be that of a gunman suspected in the shooting death of a park ranger has been found, but the identity has not yet been confirmed.



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Police searching Mount Rainier National Park have located the body of a white male face down in the snow with no heat signature.

It is believed to be that of homicide suspect Benjamin C. Barnes.

The National Park Service confirmed the suspect has been "spotted" by air in the area of Narada Falls, a very remote section of the park.

Teams are making their way to the subject on the ground to verify his ID and to determine whether he is dead or alive.

He apparently died after trudging into chest-deep snow while trying to elude snowshoe-wearing SWAT team members and other police who were on his trail.

Barnes, a 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, was a person of interest in the Sunday morning killing of Margaret Anderson.

Police said he was also a suspect in a prior shooting at a house party in Skyway, Wash., that left four people wounded.

About 150 officers converged on the mountain park after Anderson was shot to death Sunday morning, and searchers used an aircraft with heat-sensing capabilities to hunt from the skies.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57350970/body-found-believed-that-of-mt-rainier-gunman/
 
Hey, Webbway, why haven't you or Failias speculated that the killer of a young mother was a Muslim or an OWS protester?



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Barnes was involved in a custody dispute in Tacoma in July 2011, during which the toddler's mother sought a temporary restraining order against him, according to court documents.

She said he gets easily irritated, angry and depressed and keeps an arsenal of weapons in his home.

Barnes was also a suspect in the Sunday morning shooting of four people at a house party south of Seattle.

Sgt. Cindi West, King County Sheriff's spokesperson, said Barnes was connected to an early-morning shooting at a New Year's house party in Skyway, Wash., that left four people injured, two critically.

That incident happened about 3 a.m., and stemmed from an argument over a gun.

At Mount Rainier, around 10:20 a.m. Sunday, the gunman sped past a checkpoint set up to make sure vehicles have tire chains.

One ranger began following him while Anderson, a 34-year-old mother of two young children who was married to another Mount Rainier park ranger, eventually blocked the road to stop the driver.


Before fleeing, the gunman fired shots at both Anderson and the ranger that trailed him, but only Anderson was hit.

She was shot before she had even exited the vehicle.



http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57350970/body-found-believed-that-of-mt-rainier-gunman/
 
:lol:

Another liberal that could not hack the military and went nuts, then the idiot dies in chest high snow.
 
webbway said:
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Another liberal that could not hack the military and went nuts, then the idiot dies in chest high snow.
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Hmmm hardcore christian, military nut, stash of weapons? No this definitely belongs in your republican corner. Democrats terrorists tend to blow up buildings because they're "A danger to planet earth."
 
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