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Shots Fired At Oregon Rep's Office

FBI seek gunman who attacked fed courthouse

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 30, 2009 4:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Oregon police are on high alert after shots were fired at the US district courthouse in Eugene over Wednesday night. Three of the four shots hit the windows of Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, although FBI investigators say they're not sure if his office was the intended target. No one was injured. "Right now, our biggest concern is determining why this happened," an FBI spokeswoman told the Register-Guard. "We're obviously taking this very seriously."

Then-candidate Barack Obama  shakes hands with Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., after talking to diners at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore., last year.
Then-candidate Barack Obama shakes hands with Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., after talking to diners at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore., last year.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The US District courthouse in Eugene, Oregon.
The US District courthouse in Eugene, Oregon.   (?functoruser)
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, questions a panel of oil industry economists last year.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, questions a panel of oil industry economists last year.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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odowd80
Oct 30, 2009 11:45 AM CDT
hmmm...could it be the crazy right-wingers that Nepolitano warned about in spring?
rakewell
Oct 30, 2009 9:30 AM CDT
"Four of the three shots hit the windows of Democratic Rep. Peter DeFazio's office".... talk about your magic bullet....
cornelison
Oct 30, 2009 7:45 AM CDT
This may be unrelated to the hate we've seen over the summer. Having said that, any violence influenced by Fox Fringe & its tea baggers will influence the FCC.

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