He Didn’t Use a Gun. Do You Feel Better?


If you’re in Amarillo, the weekend’s sensational tabloid-esque story du jour was all about the murder of “troubled” real estate developer Paul Gillette’s wife Sherri, at the hands of Gillette himself. First reports trickling out had Gillette shooting his wife, possibly in front of his kids, and police discovering her body as the kids tried to revive her, with Gillette sitting nearby, waiting for the cops. Some of this is inaccurate, according to revised reports in the local rags.

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Austin Police Raid Basement – I Mean Bunker

Is Jose Del Rio of East Austin, Texas, a heroic defender of the Second Amendment or paranoid schizophrenic? His neighbors thought the 70-year-old wildcatter was a nuisance for building a multilevel “basement” under his 586 square foot castle. Complaints led to a search warrant and a sweep of the property by a police SWAT team, bomb squad and fire department search and rescue personnel. Who discovered…

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