Drug-seeking thugs shot. (Exercising the Right).At around 7:00 p.m. on February 4th, a husband and wife, identified only as "in their 50s," were relaxing in the living room of their home in northern Modesto, California Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 188,856. Current census estimates place the population at 206,300. , when two armed thugs burst in through the front door. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Modesto Police Department spokesman, the two intruders repeatedly asked where "the stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden " was, apparently referring to drugs. One, brandishing a handgun, forced the woman to accompany him to the back of the house. The other, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, held her husband at gunpoint in the front room. At some point the husband, who later told police that he could hear his wife screaming and yelling, was able to grab a shotgun sequestered se·ques·ter v. se·ques·tered, se·ques·ter·ing, se·ques·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion. 2. To remove or set apart; segregate. See Synonyms at isolate. 3. nearby and fire a single blast that struck the rifle-wielding miscreant mis·cre·ant n. 1. An evildoer; a villain. 2. An infidel; a heretic. [Middle English miscreaunt, heretic, from Old French mescreant, present participle of in the throat. Estimated to be in his 20s, the man was pronounced dead by the first team of paramedics arriving at the scene. Upon hearing the shotgun blast, his accomplice, also thought to be in his 20s, quickly scampered from the home and escaped. The couple emerged from the ordeal without serious injury and with their belongings intact. |
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