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http://www.startribune.com/local/12356581.html
So - heroine risks death to save lives of fellow parishioners, and what's a good reporter to do? Go digging for skeletons in her closet, of course! :steamed:
And for what? A "dirty word?" Pathetic. Though it looks like Forliti tried to get more mud to sling based on the last sentence.
I'd love to give this hack a piece of my mind, but contacting her is harder than just typing her name into Google (at least for me... )
Hmmm...and what's this about the killer's death being a suicide?
By AMY FORLITI , Associated Press
Guard who shot Colorado gunman had been fired from Mpls. force
The security guard credited with bravery for shooting a gunman at a Colorado church was fired from her job as a Minneapolis police officer in the 1990s for lying, Minneapolis police officials said today.
The security guard credited with bravery for shooting a gunman at a Colorado church was fired from her job as a Minneapolis police officer in the 1990s for lying, Minneapolis police officials said Tuesday.
But that didn't bother officials at New Life Church. Pastor Brady Boyd said Jeanne Assam's license to carry a gun, and to work at other police departments, persuaded leaders to allow her to serve on a voluntary security detail at the Colorado Springs church.
Investigators in Colorado said Assam confronted 24-year-old Matthew Murray after he began firing. Murray killed two sisters _ Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachael Works, 16 _ before he died.
His death was ruled a suicide, but authorities and church leaders say Assam's courage on Sunday may have averted a greater tragedy. She shot him several times.
"She is a fairly new believer in Christ," Boyd said of Assam and her background in Minneapolis. "If you go back in any of our pasts, you can dig up something on any of us. She admittedly made lots of bad decisions, but only in the past few months did she become a devoted follower of Christ. Her life has changed. She was let go, but that happens every day to good people."
"I don't want her to be convicted or crucified for being a heroine. That's why a lot of people don't get involved _ for the scrutiny after the fact. She did the right thing at the right time."
"What she did was unbelievable," her brother, Sam Assam, said Tuesday.
"Jeanne is very quick of mind _ and of wit, I might add too. Does it surprise me that she can handle herself in a crisis? No," he said. "She's always been like that. ... But this is off the charts ... an incredibly brave act."
Jeanne Assam, 42, grew up in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sam Assam said his sister has been in Colorado for about eight years. He said she is religious, adding that her faith has grown dramatically over the past few years. He also said she likes helping people and is a "super athlete" who participated on the track team at Hamline University.
On Tuesday, authorities in Minneapolis revealed more about Jeanne Assam's past.
Sgt. Jesse Garcia, a Minneapolis police spokesman, said Jeanne Assam worked at the department from March 1993 to November 1997. She was fired for lying during an internal investigation. Sgt. John Delmonico, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, said police were investigating a complaint that Assam swore at a bus driver while she was handling an incident on a city bus.
"In giving a statement about the incident, she was untruthful and she was fired," Delmonico said. The swearing was caught on tape, he said. "The union arbitrated the case and the arbitrator upheld the termination."
Jeanne Assam's home phone number is unlisted and she couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.
Sam Assam didn't want to comment on the incident, saying it happened 10 years ago.
Other personnel records about Jeanne Assam's time in Minneapolis, such as commendations or disciplinary actions, have been destroyed because she worked at the Minneapolis Police Department so long ago, Garcia said. Such records are destroyed after seven years
So - heroine risks death to save lives of fellow parishioners, and what's a good reporter to do? Go digging for skeletons in her closet, of course! :steamed:
And for what? A "dirty word?" Pathetic. Though it looks like Forliti tried to get more mud to sling based on the last sentence.
I'd love to give this hack a piece of my mind, but contacting her is harder than just typing her name into Google (at least for me... )
Hmmm...and what's this about the killer's death being a suicide?