FRONT ROYAL, Va., March 12, 2009
Gunman Dressed As The Joker Shot By Police
Man, A Soldier, Pointed Shotgun At Police After Chase In National Park
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Army Spc. Christopher Lanum dressed as The Joker character played by actor Heath Ledger. (Warner Bros.)
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Army Spc. Christopher Lanum, a suspect in the stabbing of a fellow soldier at Fort Eustis, was killed hours after the attack when officers attempted to stop the minivan he was driving, according to court documents filed Wednesday that first disclosed the weekend shooting.
Lanum's girlfriend Patsy Ann Marie Montowski, a passenger in the van, was hit by gunfire and treated at a hospital. She was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with being accessory after the fact to assault, authorities said.
A lawyer for Montowski was not listed in court documents.
According to the FBI affidavit filed in federal court in Montowski's case, Lanum was dressed in The Joker outfit at the time of an argument early Sunday with his Fort Eustis suite mate, Spc. Mitchell Stone. Montowski told the FBI that Lanum idolized the character.
Stone told emergency workers that Lanum stabbed him and used a stun gun on him, authorities said, adding he was taken to a hospital for serious injuries and later released.
Stone told emergency workers that Lanum stabbed him and used a stun gun on him, the affidavit said. Stone was taken to a hospital for serious injuries and later released.
Lanum and Montowski fled in her van, which a park ranger spotted about 200 miles northwest of the base, according to authorities. The ranger called for help, and Lanum led police on a slow-speed chase before running over a spike strip laid down by police and crashing, they added.
The FBI said Montowski told them that Lanum handed her the shotgun and asked her to kill him, but she refused. The affidavit says Lanum pointed the gun at police, his finger on the trigger, and refused commands to drop the weapon. A trooper fired through the driver's side window, Lanum's shotgun discharged, and police fired several times.
The trooper and park rangers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of internal investigations, according to a joint state police, FBI and National Park Service release.
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- He is calling you 'Sheeple'
Posted by toolmangler-2009 at 11:34 AM : Mar 13, 2009
LOL. How sad. - Reply to this comment
- That's twice in two days with the "ewe" thing? What's with the sheep obession? Are you Welsh?
Posted by mdalerwill at 9:23 AM : Mar 13, 2009
He is calling you 'Sheeple' - Reply to this comment
- It was probably about who was stronger, Batman or Tarzan!
Posted by davicar2 at 9:40 AM : Mar 13, 2009
Tarzan was, read the original novels. - Reply to this comment
- "Gunman Dressed As The Joker Shot By Police"
Good - Reply to this comment
- The nutjob Sybil had 16 personalities, some of them apparently psychotic. Schoollord, with only 6 or 7, has some catching up to do.
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- I would just love to know what the argument was about that so enraged this "brain surgeon"!
Posted by Indeptex3 at 9:32 AM : Mar 13, 2009
It probably started with, "Why so serious?" - Reply to this comment
- It`s bad enough they`re already teaming at our shores!
Posted by davicar2 at 7:39 AM : Mar 13, 2009
How can they be both unwashed and at our shores? It's kinda wet gettin there! - Reply to this comment
- Now that was some good deeds there mister!!
Posted by Indeptex3 at 6:53 AM : Mar 13, 2009
0_o
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<THWACK> - Reply to this comment
- No good clean movies like they used to make back when morals ruled.
Posted by mrs_conclusion at 6:47 AM : Mar 13, 2009
Good morning, fake Christian troll!
Wheel of Morality, turn, turn,turn. Show us the lesson that we must learn.
-Animaniacs cartoon, much more interesting than "good clean movies" - Reply to this comment
- ewe people are slipping..
Happy friday.. 13th.... Posted by cornbiker at 7:08 AM : Mar 13, 2009
That's twice in two days with the "ewe" thing? What's with the sheep obession? Are you Welsh? - Reply to this comment
- I find it slightly amusing that people are making anti-gun comments when this man was being sought by police for STABBING someone.
He was a soldier, so he obviously had access to guns and probably owned a few service pieces - that's a no brainer.
But the original crime happened with a KNIFE. - Reply to this comment
- But you are!~ Are you auditioning here to be a comedian? You SUCK at it and this is not the venue to do that. You are attempting to change the subject from another gun related death to your silliness. It's not working!~
Posted by cbswontwin at 7:40 AM : Mar 13, 2009
Hey guys....knock it off.. ....Mom's getting mad! - Reply to this comment
- where are all the comments blaming Bush for this? ewe people are slipping..
Happy friday.. 13th.... Posted by cornbiker at 7:08 AM : Mar 13, 2009 "
Are you one of those that believe Bush was a good president and is being unfairly picked on? If so, I will have a few words for you and those like you... - Reply to this comment
- Chastity Bono is sure a heapin` helping!
Posted by davicar2
Yikes! I did a Google image search and she resembles a teamster.
Posted by omega39-2009 at 7:30 AM : Mar 13, 2009
Couldn't resist checking too. Wow, I thought that Rosie O'dilldo was the bull-dykiest thing that I have seen, but this gal has a butch rating of 9 or better. Rosie just got moved down the list. - Reply to this comment
- Anything for a headline CBS! Take a story about a guy who painted his face and then put a picture of Heath Ledger in costume in the story. This is journalism? The media just plain s-u-c-k-s
- Reply to this comment
- Hey you are the same troll that said they should fire bullets on the poor to keep them in their place at the sony plant closing story. Was that your "good clean morals" troll?
Posted by dumpdc
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Yes those are good clean morals. We dont want the great unwashed getting uppity. - Reply to this comment
- How much chastity is enough ? ------------------------------ Posted by erb0087
Chastity Bono is sure a heapin` helping!
Posted by davicar2
Yikes! I did a Google image search and she resembles a teamster. - Reply to this comment
- where are all the comments blaming Bush for this?
ewe people are slipping..
Happy friday.. 13th....
Posted by cornbiker at 7:08 AM : Mar 13, 2009
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- where are all the comments blaming Bush for this?
ewe people are slipping..
Happy friday.. 13th....
Posted by cornbiker
I find it interesting that Bush's military would kick gay_people out but would let murders dressed like the joker remain in uniform..........
Hows that??? - Reply to this comment
- So now Keith Leggers AND this guy are both dead?
How many more victims will this character claim before somebody decides to do something about this?
Posted by davicar2
You forgot about Cesar Romero. - Reply to this comment
