Luke Air force base Shooting
February 23, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
Luke Air Force Base is on high alert after two men who crashed through the front gate late Monday night in a stolen car were shot, killing one and wounding the other, according to base officials.
Base spokesman Capt. Jerry Gonzalez said the pair allegedly stole a car and attempted to flee from authorities. Gonzalez said base security forces set up a roadblock. As the driver tried to run it, security officers fearing for their safety opened fire.
Luke Air Force Base is located in Glendale, Ariz., outside Phoenix, and is used to train pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets.
In the meantime a report says that a person who was riding a stolen car was killed and another injured when they didn’t stop at a security check point in Luke Air Force Base. A report says that “The car went through the entrance without stopping as required and security forces then used a vehicle to set up a roadblock on a bridge leading to the operational side of the base, near Glendale, Capt. Jerry Gonzalez, a spokesman for the base, told msnbc.com”.
Luke Air force base Shooting was first posted on February 23, 2010 at 11:40 pm.
Todd Leary Arrested
Todd Leary Arrested, Todd Leary, who is a former Indiana University basketball player, has been arrested on a warrant charging fraud with real estate funds. Indiana’s Todd Leary arrest came after Capt. Jerry Minger with the Indiana University Police Department said a warrant was issued for Leary early today.
He was arrested on Thursday night before the IU-Purdue game. According to a report he is charged with 18 counts of misappropriations of escrow funds. Currently, he is at Monroe County Jail and waiting to be extradited to Allen County.
In 2002, Indiana University announced Leary, it’s former men’s basketball guardm would start his second year as the men’s basketball color analyston WGCT (105.5 in Bloomington) along with Don Fischer.
From 1989 to 1994 he played at IU. In 1992 Leary also earned a trip to the Final Four. He is on at 11th place in the IU record books and as a Hoosier Leary sunk 77 3-point baskets.
