Prisoner Escapes Using Toilet Paper Gun
Bo Raxo
shackles and drive him around in a prison van. Somehow I think that guard
is getting a hard time in the break room these days.
Bo Raxo
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/02/08/prison.escape.ap/index.html
Inmate escapes using toilet-paper gun
Sunday, February 8, 2004 Posted: 11:50 AM EST (1650 GMT)
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- A prison inmate who escaped by brandishing a fake
gun made of toilet paper, tape and black ink was captured four days later
after a gunfight with police on a busy Omaha street.
No one was injured in the shootout Saturday, police said.
Michael McGuire, 54, had been on the loose since overpowering two guards
Tuesday in the state prison at Tecumseh.
Authorities were led to McGuire by a tip from a man who said McGuire had
held him in his apartment for three days, said police Capt. Michael Butera.
The man described a car that McGuire was driving, and a Nebraska State
Patrol investigator spotted the car Saturday in central Omaha.
Police surrounded the car but McGuire ran, exchanging shots with officers
over about a block, said police Officer Dave Volenec.
Then McGuire entered Mojo's Coffeehouse, stomped snow from his shoes and
said "It's getting kind of crazy out there," said owner Keri Casady.
Police stormed in and captured McGuire, she said.
At least one shot was fired inside the coffeehouse, officers said.
McGuire, who was serving time on robbery, kidnapping and rape convictions,
escaped Tuesday after brandishing what appeared to be a gun during a visit
to the Tecumseh hospital.
McGuire's attorney, James Martin Davis, said the gun was actually a
papier-mache prop McGuire had fashioned from toilet paper and tape and
colored with black ink.
McGuire freed himself from ankle and wrist shackles using a key from one of
the guards, then forced one of the guards to drive him in a prison van to
the Plattsmouth area, where he handcuffed the guard to a tree and fled in
the van, authorities said.
Police said they were interviewing the man who said he was held captive, but
have not identified him.
ImNot911
>The guy made a fake gun convincing enough to get a guard to unlock his
>shackles and drive him around in a prison van. Somehow I think that guard
>is getting a hard time in the break room these days.
I like this part of the article:
> A prison inmate who escaped by brandishing a fake
>gun made of toilet paper, tape and black ink was captured four days later
>after a gunfight with police on a busy Omaha street.
I wonder if the guy was still brandishing the toilet paper gun during the
shitout, er, shootout.
Isn't there some sort of saying about being shot at and missed, but shit at and
hit?
Nancy Rudins
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