This just in from our 24 hour blog room. A 45 year old Freeville man today shot and wounded Mayor Carolyn Peterson and 10 members of the Ithaca Common Council as they were walking across DeWitt Park on their way to a Halloween party in Fall Creek.
A spokesperson for Cayuga Medical Center reports that the mayor's injuries were non-life threatening.. Peterson and the wounded council members were trasnported to CMC by Bang's Ambulance at a charge of $450.00 per person. Fred Joe Winston, 56, of 110 Main Street, Freeville, who was arrested at the scene within minutes of the shooting , told police, "Hell, I thought she was a 10 pointer! How did I know?"
Winston, a Vietnam vet himself and chapter head of the Freevile VFW, was arraigned before Judge Judy for assault with a deadly weapon, and hunting within city limits. He was released on his own recognizance when. Police Chief Lauren Signor admitted publicly that there wasn't enough evidence to hold Winston.
"Well, he had the rifle and we knew it had been recently fired. But our CSI-Ithaca team haven't come back from Disney World so we couldn't really reconstruct the crime scene." claimed Signor during a newsconference at City Hall. An investigation is ongoing.
BREAKING NEWS Cornell University makes deal with North Korea for weapons grade Plotonium.
President David Skorton today met with Kim Il Jong. dictator for life of North Korea, to cinch a deal for 6 ounces of enriched plutonium. The leaders met in a historic ceremony in Cornell's Day Hall.
The White House released this statement about the deal. "President Bush is a Yale man and Yale men don't fraternize with members of the Axis of Evil.." Comments invited at: ezrakidder@gmail.com - Peace, Ezra at 8:23 AM
