Monday, January 2, 2012
A mother killed in cold blood: Manhunt for Iraq war vet who 'shot dead female park ranger, 34, in New Year's Day horror'
Authorities are scouring Mount Rainier National Park for a cold-blooded killer who gunned down a U.S. Forest Service Ranger and then fired at officers who were coming to help her.
Officials closed the park after the shooting yesterday, and asked people to stay out of the area while they search for a man carrying a long rifle.
He is also the prime suspect in the shooting of four people at New Year's Eve party hours earlier in the south of Seattle - which left two people critically injured.
The female ranger, Margaret Anderson, 34, a married mother of two young girls, was shot as she stopped the suspect's car.
A 'strong person of interest' has been identified as Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, an Iraq war veteran who is believed to have strong wilderness survival skills and is heavily armed.
Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer said authorities recovered Barnes' vehicle, which had weapons and body armour inside.
Authorities believed the gunman was still in the woods with an assault rifle. They asked people to stay away from the park, and for those already there to leave.
Mr Troyer said there were about 100 people hunkered down in lodges and cabins on the mountain. They were told to stay put because they could be in the line of fire.
Armoured vehicles were being brought in to ferry them safely out of the park.
Mr Troyer said authorities were following tracks in the snow they believe are from the gunman, and crews planned to bring an airplane through the area with heat-seeking capabilities. He added: 'We believe we have a good track on him, but he's way ahead of us'...[Full Article]
- Suspect Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, believed to be hiding in the Park
- Also wanted for shooting of four people at New Year's Eve Party in Seattle
Victim: Margaret Anderson is a mother of two young daughters who has worked as a park ranger for four years
Officials closed the park after the shooting yesterday, and asked people to stay out of the area while they search for a man carrying a long rifle.
He is also the prime suspect in the shooting of four people at New Year's Eve party hours earlier in the south of Seattle - which left two people critically injured.
The female ranger, Margaret Anderson, 34, a married mother of two young girls, was shot as she stopped the suspect's car.
A 'strong person of interest' has been identified as Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, an Iraq war veteran who is believed to have strong wilderness survival skills and is heavily armed.
Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer said authorities recovered Barnes' vehicle, which had weapons and body armour inside.
Authorities believed the gunman was still in the woods with an assault rifle. They asked people to stay away from the park, and for those already there to leave.
Mr Troyer said there were about 100 people hunkered down in lodges and cabins on the mountain. They were told to stay put because they could be in the line of fire.
Armoured vehicles were being brought in to ferry them safely out of the park.
Mr Troyer said authorities were following tracks in the snow they believe are from the gunman, and crews planned to bring an airplane through the area with heat-seeking capabilities. He added: 'We believe we have a good track on him, but he's way ahead of us'...[Full Article]
Wanted: Benjamin Colton Barnes is believed to have gunned down a U.S. Forest Service ranger after shooting four people at a New Year's Eve house party
Location unknown: Iraq War veteran Benjamin Colton Barnes is wanted by the authorities
'Strong person of interest': Benjamin Colton Barnes, who cops say has a military background and strong wilderness survival skills, is also a suspect in an earlier shooting incident at a New Year's Eve party
Labels: Mount Rainier National Park, Seattle, veterans, Washington
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Not a guy you want for a neighbor. I hired Barnes to do yard work when he was my unemployed neighbor. Big mistake. He was too much temptation for my very attractive 43 year old wife, now ex. He charmed her panties off. She fell for the bad boy with the pretty face ,big muscles, and big dick twenty years her junior. I found out after a couple of months he was fucking her whenever I was at work. The punk sure showed me he was the alpha male. He then split and I kicked her butt out. He did the world a favor checking himself out.
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