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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Ind. Courts - Howard County Courthouse installs metal detectors
An AP story in the Indianapolis Star this morning reports:
KOKOMO, Ind. -- Visitors to the Howard County Courthouse must now pass through metal detectors, 20 years after a man smuggled a bomb inside and detonated it, killing himself and injuring 15 others.
Those passing through the security checkpoint during its first hours of operation on Monday said they believed the increased measures were long overdue."I'm surprised it took them this long," Kokomo resident Maurice Lawson said. "I think people will come to appreciate the fact that the county is looking out for the public's safety." * * *
In 1987, Robert David Gray, who was being tried on drug charges, smuggled a briefcase loaded with four pipe bombs into the courthouse about 40 miles north of Indianapolis.
Then-Sheriff John D. Beatty steered Gray into his office to examine the contents of the briefcase, and the explosives went off, killing Gray. Beatty was standing about 5 feet away from Gray and was injured when the bomb exploded. He died in 1999.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 21, 2007 10:48 AM
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