BillyVance 35 #1 July 23, 2007 Misunderstood Hand Signs Trigger Brawl ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A brawl involving five men apparently began over a misunderstanding when a man who is deaf and mute was communicating through sign language and another man took offense, thinking that the hand gestures were disrespectful. Police say what resulted was a brawl in which a gun was fired Sunday outside a pizza store in east Anchorage. Raymond Keith McWain, 26, had just turned a corner in his car when he noticed a truck with three men alongside his car. The deaf man was communicating with the other two in the truck through sign language, police said. McWain thought the sign language gestures were some sort of slight or "disrespect" toward him, police said. He made some gestures of his own and honked and cut in front of the truck before pulling into the pizza store. The men in the truck followed. In the parking lot, McWain and the three men from the truck began pushing and shoving, police said. McWain's cousin, Daniel Harris, 20, who works at the pizza store, came out and began beating the deaf man as the deaf man's companions pummeled McWain. Multiple shots were fired from at least one gun. Police are looking into whether Harris pistol-whipped the deaf man. A shot might have gone off then, police spokesman Paul Honeman said. The men from the truck left the parking lot. When police arrived they found McWain lying in the parking lot bleeding heavily from his head and upper body, Honeman said. At first police thought he'd been shot, but it turned out his injuries were from being beaten and kicked. McWain was taken to a local hospital where he was listed in fair condition. The deaf man also went to a hospital later that night for treatment. Police found Harris crying, crouched near the front counter inside the pizza store, court documents said. The only man arrested was Harris, who was charged with possession of methamphetamine. When police searched Harris they found several plastic baggies of meth, a glass pipe and $4,691 in his pockets, court documents said. Harris' bail was set at $15,000. According to a public database, he has no prior convictions in Alaska. The investigation into the fight and gunshots is ongoing. --- Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Armour666 0 #2 July 23, 2007 thay also cause stand off's http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23405223-details/Deaf+woman+slept+through+five-hour+gun+siege/article.do After laying siege to a house for five hours, police gave a final warning before storming the house where a gunman had been reported inside. A police dog rushed upstairs and, finding a woman in bed, proceeded to sink its teeth into her arms. But as armed officers surrounded a terrified Sonia Pellow, they realised two things. First, she wasn't a gunman. Second, she was deaf and had been sleeping throughout the entire stand-off. Yesterday Miss Pellow, 36, was still too afraid to return to her home in Hayle, Cornwall, after the ordeal, which followed a hoax call to police that a gunman was inside. "I don't know what happened - I was asleep but then this dog was all over me," she said. "I got bitten on both of my arms. I was terrified." Her father Esmond, 67, added: "Sonia is hard of hearing and is also very difficult to wake up once she is asleep. It looks like she was attacked by a crocodile, not a dog." Miss Pellow was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully possessing a firearm but released without charge. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said the matter would be investigated if she made a complaint. He added: "Police negotiators had been at the scene trying to make contact with anyone inside the house for several hours."SO this one time at band camp..... "Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 334 #3 July 23, 2007 I hear what you are saying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #4 July 23, 2007 but they're really funny to watch when you handcuff and blindfold them Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
