2008 Woodie Awards
Gun pulled on student Sunday
Fight over 'McCain Palin' sign results in minor injuries
By Erin McGrath
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- A 19-year-old male not affiliated with Marquette was arrested early Sunday morning after pulling a .38 caliber weapon on four Marquette students
- The altercation began outside of Murphy's Irish Pub and continued in an alley in-between the suspect's and the victim's houses.
- The fight escalated when one of the subjects pulled a gun out of his pocket and pointed it at a student's forehead.
A 19-year-old male not affiliated with Marquette pulled a gun on four Marquette students during a physical altercation early Sunday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The wrangle started outside of Murphy's Irish Pub, 1615 W. Wells St., around 2 a.m. when a 21-year-old male Marquette student was struck in the face while holding a "McCain Palin" campaign sign and yelling to vote for John McCain in the upcoming presidential election. The student said he was blindsided when a group of three individuals approached him, though he is not sure exactly which individual hit him.
Minutes later, the student returned to the porch of his home on the 800 block of North 17th Street where he was confronted by the same three men that had assaulted him outside of the bar. Words were exchanged and the spat migrated into the alley behind the victim's house, the victim said.
By that time, three of the victim's friends had heard the fracas and met in the alley. One of the students, a 21-year-old male, said that he wandered into the alley and came face-to-face with two suspects that were holding bricks. One of the suspects launched a brick and hit one of the students, another 21-year-old male, in the face. The suspects took off down the alley and the students chased after them, the victims said.
When the men reached the north end of the alley at Kilbourn Avenue, one of the suspects turned, pulled out a .38 caliber handgun, and pointed it directly at a student's forehead.
"We get to the end of the alley at Kilbourn, I take one step to my left and I'm looking down the barrel of a loaded gun," said the 21-year-old student that was targeted with the weapon. "The other guy was standing behind him pointing his finger like a gun."
Published: 9/23/08 Section: News
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zemo
posted 9/24/08 @ 12:54 AM CST
Is this what Oblabba meant when he told his followers to "get in people's faces" about supporting him? So much for trying to bring a civility to political discourse to end "all the divisiveness. (Continued…)
Tony B
posted 9/24/08 @ 12:41 PM CST
Zemo = John McCain???
Ha ha just kidding, McCain can't use the internet.
Regan Rembroke
posted 10/06/08 @ 6:43 PM CST
omg, so intense! ps. im using this for my US history class.
signed,
anonymous
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