1 DEAD IN BIG MAC RAMPAGE.A GUNMAN shot one person dead, injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. five others then took old folk hostage yesterday. The rampage began when he gunned down a repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man at his flat. Then he drove to a crowded McDonald's just before lunchtime, shot a worker through the drive-in window n. 1. a window at a business establishment, such as a bank or restaurant, where patrons may transact business or order goods while staying in their automobiles; as, to cash a check at the drive-in window of the bank s>. , two people in the restaurant and a fourth in the car park. A fifth was gunned down in a nearby Burger King where he reportedly worked until being sacked recently. After a brief gun battle with police he fled into an old people's home old people's home old n (esp) (Brit) → maison f de retraite old people's home old n → Altersheim nt , taking five hostages including pensioners in wheelchairs. He yelled: "I have one bullet left and I'm going to use it." But two hours later as heavily armed SWAT teams First developed in the 1960s by local law enforcement agencies, Special Weapons and Tactics units, or SWAT teams, have become common in police departments throughout the United States. surrounded the building in Wilkinsburg, near Pittsburgh, Virginia, he gave himself up after watching the siege on TV. Police said the hostages were unhurt. Candy Zambo told how her stepdad Richard Clinger was shot as they sat in his van in McDonald's car park. "This guy just walked up and started shooting," she said. "I thought maybe he was going to ask for directions or something." A 65-year-old man was taken to hospital shot in the head and three others were said to be critically ill. Police said the man set fire to his flat before going on the rampage. A woman neighbour said he walked into her flat and told her: "I'll be dead in 10 minutes. I'm not gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. hurt any black people, I'm gonna kill all white people'." The man was charged with murder last night. |
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