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there is a chase on TV now, the police are after a white tacoma on I40.  the woman driving it is being held at gun point by her husband.  pretty strange stuff.  if you are in NC, you can watch it on WRAL 5 news
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on news chan. 11 they are talking to the sheriff.  the chase started about 2 hours ago.  at one point there were chilren in the truck, but they were released before the chase began.  the husband (holding the wife hostage) did fire shots at the police.  they are headed for the virginia border.  this is really horrible, i hope the woman makes it though this and her husband is arrested.
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they made it into virginia.  the police finally used spike stips and the truck went off the road.  they are chasing the gun man in the woods now.  the kids (3 of them) are OK, no word on the woman tho.
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this is truly horrible.  after the truck crashed, the ex-husband shot the woman, killing her.  he then shot himself in the woods.  this is horrible.  it's just not fair that it has to end like this.  can you imagine being kidnapped, forced to run from police, then shot?   :D   :D   :)   :(
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here is more info... apparently the victim had moved to NC from FL to get away from her kidnapper.  he also had the intent to kill or cause serious harm to her the whole time the chase was going on (she wasn't just an escape driver for him).

 

the police talked to them by cell phone for much of the chase.  unfourtuanately the kidnapper was not clamed or pursuaded to stop.  i wish the police had taken him out before he even made it out of raleigh.

 

it makes me so mad that this happened.  she tried so #### hard to save her life and the lives of those around her.  she tried to calm the man down, she tried to be as safe a driver as she could be.  she was a fighter, i wish that she could have lived.  now there are 3 kids with no mother.  :D   :angry:

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here is the story...

http://www.wral.com/news/1682786/detail.html

 

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Gunman Who Led Authorities On Two-State Chase Shoots Ex-Wife, Self

Domestic Incident Led To Chase Throughout Triangle Area, Va.

Kamal Wallace, Staff Writer

 

POSTED: 5:54 p.m. EDT September 23, 2002

UPDATED: 9:13 p.m. EDT September 23, 2002

 

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Authorities say a man killed his ex-wife and shot himself after leading authorities for hours on a high-speed chase throughout the Triangle area and Virginia.

 

 

 

 

Authorities say the incident began around 5 p.m. Monday on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh when they received a domestic call. They say the man took his ex-wife and her children, ages 4 and 7, hostage with a gun.

However, authorities say the children were released early in the chase, where they were later taken to the hospital for observation.

 

The man then forced his ex-wife at gunpoint to drive around the Triangle area in a white pickup truck. The high-speed chase led authorities around the Beltline and later on I-40 West.

 

The vehicle later headed northbound on I-85 through Petersburg, Va., where authorities decided to use stop sticks.

 

Authorities said when the truck pulled off to the side of the road, the man shot his ex-wife and went into the woods where he later shot himself.

 

 

Authorities say the chase reached speeds of up to 90 miles per hour. At one point in the chase, the man and woman in the vehicle could be seen changing clothes.

 

 

Authorities say the man in the vehicle fired shots at police and other civilians.

 

 

Raleigh Police Capt. D.S. Overman said the couple had an ongoing, longtime dispute. He was unclear about led to the shootings and declined to release their names.

 

 

Stay tuned to WRAL-TV and WRAL.com for further updates to this developing story.

 

Copyright 2002 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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im still really pissed about this.  5 years ago Lourdes Gusman (the victim) left FL to get away from Roberto Campos.  yet he came after her.  that is 5 years the courts had to put that nut job in jail... 5 YEARS!  this should have never happened.  the courts need to do a better job of protecting people in this kind of abusive situation.  

 

http://www.wral.com/news/1684066/detail.html

detailed info and videos are avail here

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That is an awful story Paco. I feel so bad for those kids.

I have a sister who was kidnapped by her ex-boyfreind. He beat her up pretty good in front of her four year old daughter before they were caught.

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