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Title: Grenade throwing fake Army Ranger kills 4
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The Dallas Morning News
URL Source: http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/201 ... nd-desoto-late-wednesday.html/
Published: Aug 8, 2013
Author: Tasha Tsiaperas
Post Date: 2013-08-08 11:57:09 by Hondo68
Keywords: Army Ranger tattoos, threw hand grenade, into living room
Views: 2729
Comments: 2
Two were shot and killed in the 100 block of Galleria Drive in Desoto. (Liz Farmer) [Editor's note: This story will be updated with new information throughout the day.] Tanya Eiserer, Liz Farmer, Tasha Tsiaperas, Selwyn Crawford and Tristan Hallman report: Authorities say a grenade-wielding man went on a shooting rampage in Dallas and DeSoto late Wednesday, killing four people and wounding four others. The suspect has been identified as Erbie Bowser, 44. Authorities say it appears he was trying to kill a former girlfriend and his estranged wife. It is believed both are among the victims. Erbie Bowser (Facebook) Officials say the rampage began about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in Dallas at a home in the 7100 block of Long Canyon Trail, near West Wheatland Road and Mountain Creek Parkway. He killed two women and wounded two others there, police said. Toya Smith, 43, and her 17-year-old daughter, Tasmia Allen died at the scene, according to Dallas police reports. Two others, Smith’s 14-year-old son and a 17-year-old family friend, were taken to a local hospital, according to police reports. Their conditions were not released. Dallas police Maj. Jeff Cotner said the 43-year-old had been talking to her mother earlier in the night, and the substance of that conversation worried the older woman. She called back later but couldn’t get through to anyone at the home. When the mother went to the Long Canyon home, she and family members found the victims and called 911, Cotner said. Lurlean Smith told WFAA-TV (Channel 8) that she did not get an answer when she knocked. She said she and her grandchild went to a window of the home and could hear what sounded like someone gasping for air. Reached briefly by phone this morning, an obviously distraught Smith told The Dallas Morning News that she did not know why anyone would want to shoot her loved ones. She was too upset to discuss the case further, however. “This is not the time, this is not the time, ” she said tearfully, before quietly hanging up the phone. Police believe Bowser then went to a home in the 100 block of Galleria Drive in DeSoto, where he threw a hand grenade into the living room before shooting and killing two women, police said. He also wounded two boys, ages 11 and 13, before he ran out of bullets, according to police. DeSoto police said they were contacted about 10:45 p.m. after Dallas police linked the suspect A 3-year-old child in the DeSoto home appeared to be unhurt and was turned over to Child Protective Services, police said. When DeSoto officers arrived, Bowser pretended to be among the victims and seemed catatonic, giving only his name, supposed rank and a serial number. Authorities say Bowser has tattoos indicating he may have been an Army Ranger. Officers quickly determined he was their suspect and took him into custody. Officers also confiscated a pocket knife from him. Erbie Bowser in 2002 as a Mavs Maniaac Authorities say Bowser was previously arrested for violating a protective order and evading arrest. Records show that occurred in December 2011. Records also show he was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. That protective order was ordered by the associate judge presiding over Bowser’s divorce — his second – in 2011. Court records show that on February 3, 2011, a judge wrote that “family violence has occured [sic] and is likely to occur in the future.” The protective order was granted for a year, and Bowser was ordered to get his then-wife’s “wedding ring and tennis bracelet from pawn shops” within two weeks. According to Laura Jobe, administrative officer for the Mesquite ISD, Erbie Bowser worked for the district as a special education teacher from Dec. 10, 2001, to March 1, 2010, when he resigned “on good terms.” She did not know where Bowser went to work from there. Jobe said that Bowser taught at Berry Middle School and at Mesquite Academy. She also said that at some point during his employment with the district, Bowser served as a volunteer football coach at West Mesquite High School, where he taught special education. Jobe did not personally know Bowser but said that she spoke another district employee who had worked with Bowser. “From what I understand, he was a very likeable guy,” Jobe said. “He was described to me as a gentle giant; never anything violent about him. In fact, just the opposite.” He is also a former Mavs ManiAACs dancer, and according to a 2011 bio on the group’s website, Bowser is 6-foot-7 and weighs almost 400 pounds. He said he was a special education teacher in the post and went by the nickname E-Luv. Several family members of the victims in the DeSoto home gathered around the house Thursday morning waiting for confirmation on what happened. Verniece Cridell, an aunt of the shooting victims, said she rushed to the house as soon as she heard Bowser’s name on the news. As events were unfolding in DeSoto, Dallas police had received a tip about the suspect’s identity. They found out about the DeSoto residence while checking past addresses and were on their way there when they heard about the incident at the home, police said. Before some relatives left the scene in Dallas to check on the hospitalized victims, they gathered with dozens of friends in the parking lot of Charles Acton Elementary School to pray. Texas Rangers and officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are involved in the investigation. Staff writers Selwyn Crawford and Matt Peterson contributed to this report.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in December of 2011,and he is already out of jail and killing people in Aug of 2013????? How did this happen? Did they need the jail space for pot smokers and zoning violators?
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I thought it was just Californicate that was this stooooopid.
Records show that occurred in December 2011. Records also show he was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
#2. To: sneakypete (#1)
How did this happen? Did they need the jail space for pot smokers and zoning violators?
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