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1. With sadness: member's spouse avoided protection, was ultimate
victim
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It is with shock and great sadness, we update a report from last week
[url]http://tinyurl.com/2nq688[/url] about the shooting in Fairfax County
where a man was given bail against the urging of the prosecutor, and
shortly thereafter murdered an elderly woman in a park and then took
over a bus.
The woman was in the VCDL family.
I offer my personal condolences and the condolences on behalf of VCDL.
I hope that by publishing this, maybe other spouses who are also
afraid of guns will rethink their position and possibly save their
own lives someday.
A bereaved Roy S. Gillinson M.D., wrote to us, and gave his kind
permission to reprint here, in his hope it might help others:
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I am a member of VCDL and several other 2nd Amendment defense
organizations.
The Victim of the Murder in Huntley Meadows Park and wildlife
preserve on October 17 was my 80 yr old wife of 60 years.
She sat reading on a bench and was a frequent visitor to the park and
was well known to the employees and other visitors. The released
violent criminal was apparently attempting to obtain the keys to her
car, presumably to evade his court orders and escape the area. She
was pistol whipped about the head, and then shot through the eye
dying instantly.
She was a sweet natured lady 5' 0",and not physically strong; but
fearful of carrying a weapon or even using a personal alarm device.
I am hoping that this event will bring retribution and remorse to the
so called "Judge(s)" who basically were the root cause of this
tragedy.
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Here is a recent article on this horribly tragedy:
[url=http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1271194]http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1271194[/url]
Suspect in Killing, Barricade Was Free on Bond
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A man suspected of killing a woman in the Hybla
Valley area of Fairfax County, then barricading himself on a bus, was
free on bond while awaiting sentencing in another crime.
Kevin C. Kline, 18, of Woodbridge is charged with murdering a woman
whose body was found in Huntley Meadows Park, just off Route 1.
Police haven't described a motive or any relationship between the two.
The Culpeper County State's Attorney's office says Kline was
convicted of malicious wounding earlier this month in a taser attack
on a woman this spring. But he was set free on bond while awaiting
sentencing in that crime.
In Fairfax County, the body of Joan Gillinson, 80, was found just
after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Shortly thereafter, Kline, armed with a
gun and blood on his clothes, ran out of the bushes, and onto the
Fairfax Connector Bus, police say.
Once on the bus, he ordered everybody off and then he threatened to
kill himself. The armed standoff with police ended peacefully shortly
after 6:30 p.m. Armed SWAT team members arrested him and took him
into custody.
Police had received a call about a suspicious man riding a bus and
when they drove up to the bus and attempted to pull over the bus.
Police closed off Route 1 in both directions near the Mount Vernon
Plaza shopping center, snarling traffic in the area for several hours.
No one was injured in the incident, police say.