A busy day in the Denver area - third article in the Post re; guns. Trouble in liberal paradise?
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0813k.htm
Gunman terrorizes neighborhood before victims capture, hold him
By Sheba R. Wheeler and Andrew Guy Jr.
Denver Post Staff Writer
Aug. 13, 2000 - AURORA - An 18-year-old man wreaked havoc in an Aurora neighborhood Saturday afternoon, robbing, shooting, carjacking and breaking into a home before several victims chased him down and subdued him, police said.
The incident started at a blood bank, where the man took a donor's $20 plasma payment at gunpoint and left before committing two carjackings, police said.
Authorities found Gregory Glenn Bell being held down by a throng of angry residents who followed him as he ran through the Vista Mobile Home Park at 13210 E. 14th Ave.
Bell allegedly shot two would-be heroes during the fray - an unidentified man wounded in the arm and his son shot in the leg - said Det. Fran Gomez, Aurora Police spokeswoman. Both victims were taken to Aurora Medical Center South, treated and released.
According to police reports, Bell started his crime spree about 2 p.m., when numerous witnesses saw him harassing people waiting to donate blood plasma at the NABI BioMedical Center of Denver at 12200 E. Colfax Ave.
Peggy Pinzenscham, a technician, had just finished with a donor when she heard a commotion.
"I turned around and I saw the donor I had disconnected being pushed toward me by this other guy, a black man," Pinzenscham said. "He had a gun pointed right at me and the donor." The suspect was scuffling with the donor, shouting "Give it to me!" and grabbing at the donor's money, Pinzenscham said.
"I said to the people in the room, "He's got a gun. Call 911,'- " she said. "Then the donor said, "Here, it's not worth it,' and gave the man the money. After that, I think the man just left." The suspect then ran out of the center and carjacked a vehicle with a mother and her 17-year-old son inside, police said. Once inside the car, the vehicle broke down and the suspect became enraged and starting firing. No one was injured.
A few minutes later, the suspect carjacked a second vehicle with an elderly man inside near 13th Ave nue and Racine Street, forcing the man to drive to the Vista Mobile Home Park.
Once there, the suspect led the victim by gunpoint, trying to force open trailer doors. The pair eventually broke into a trailer and neighbors heard gunshots. Again, no one was injured.
Eventually, the suspect ran out of the trailer, but was tackled by four or five people who shoved him to the ground. During the scuffle, a man and his son were wounded, but residents continued to hold the suspect down until police arrived.
Copyright 2000 The Denver Post.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0813k.htm
Gunman terrorizes neighborhood before victims capture, hold him
By Sheba R. Wheeler and Andrew Guy Jr.
Denver Post Staff Writer
Aug. 13, 2000 - AURORA - An 18-year-old man wreaked havoc in an Aurora neighborhood Saturday afternoon, robbing, shooting, carjacking and breaking into a home before several victims chased him down and subdued him, police said.
The incident started at a blood bank, where the man took a donor's $20 plasma payment at gunpoint and left before committing two carjackings, police said.
Authorities found Gregory Glenn Bell being held down by a throng of angry residents who followed him as he ran through the Vista Mobile Home Park at 13210 E. 14th Ave.
Bell allegedly shot two would-be heroes during the fray - an unidentified man wounded in the arm and his son shot in the leg - said Det. Fran Gomez, Aurora Police spokeswoman. Both victims were taken to Aurora Medical Center South, treated and released.
According to police reports, Bell started his crime spree about 2 p.m., when numerous witnesses saw him harassing people waiting to donate blood plasma at the NABI BioMedical Center of Denver at 12200 E. Colfax Ave.
Peggy Pinzenscham, a technician, had just finished with a donor when she heard a commotion.
"I turned around and I saw the donor I had disconnected being pushed toward me by this other guy, a black man," Pinzenscham said. "He had a gun pointed right at me and the donor." The suspect was scuffling with the donor, shouting "Give it to me!" and grabbing at the donor's money, Pinzenscham said.
"I said to the people in the room, "He's got a gun. Call 911,'- " she said. "Then the donor said, "Here, it's not worth it,' and gave the man the money. After that, I think the man just left." The suspect then ran out of the center and carjacked a vehicle with a mother and her 17-year-old son inside, police said. Once inside the car, the vehicle broke down and the suspect became enraged and starting firing. No one was injured.
A few minutes later, the suspect carjacked a second vehicle with an elderly man inside near 13th Ave nue and Racine Street, forcing the man to drive to the Vista Mobile Home Park.
Once there, the suspect led the victim by gunpoint, trying to force open trailer doors. The pair eventually broke into a trailer and neighbors heard gunshots. Again, no one was injured.
Eventually, the suspect ran out of the trailer, but was tackled by four or five people who shoved him to the ground. During the scuffle, a man and his son were wounded, but residents continued to hold the suspect down until police arrived.
Copyright 2000 The Denver Post.
