A man jumped out of a car and fired an AK-47 assault rifle into another car stopped at an intersection, hitting the two men in the front seats. One of the men died from his injuries. A woman and a two year old boy in the back seat were not injured. Police believe the shooting was retaliation for another shooting. (Ian Ith, Four men charged with murder in SeaTac shooting, SEATTLE TIMES, April 13, 2009) St. Petersburg, FL 4/5/2009 Two gunman sprayed more than 50 rounds from two AR-15 assault rifles into a house overnight, killing an eight year old girl who was asleep inside. (Jamal Thalji and Lenora LaPeter Anton, In wake of Paris' shooting, one question looms: How did they get assault weapons?, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, April 10, 2009) Pittsburgh, PA 4/4/2009 Richard Poplawski, a reported CCW licensee, opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call placed by Poplawski’s mother, killing three. Poplawski, 23, met officers Stephen Mayhle, 29, and Paul Sciullo III, 37, at the doorway of the home where he was “lying in wait” and shot them in the head immediately; an officer who heard the call for help on his way home, Eric Kelly, 41, rushed to the scene and was also killed. Poplawski, wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an assault rifle and two other guns, held police at bay for four hours as the fallen officers were left bleeding nearby, their colleagues unable to reach them. In 202005, Poplawski was discharged from the Marine Corps during basic training and a girlfriend filed a protection-from-abuse order against him. (Ramit Plushnick-Masti & Dan Nephin, Gunman 'lying in wait' kills 3 Pittsburgh officers, ASSOCIATED PRESS, April 5, 2009) Seattle, WA 4/2/2009 A 22 year old man shot and killed a man with an assault rifle outside a home. Police believe the shooting stemmed from an earlier argument. (Levi Pulkkinen, Seattle man faces murder charges in assault rifle drive-by, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, April 30, 2009) Cincinnati, OH 1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005 i(202) 898-0792 iFAX (202) 371-9615 www.bradycampaign.org
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