Man Shoots Traffic Camera To Avoid Ticket

piemaker720 · 11-27-2007, 12:37 PM

http://www.wsmv.com/news/14697709/detail.html

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Police said a Knoxville man said he shot at a red light camera in an attempt to avoid a ticket.
Officers were on patrol around 2 a.m. Sunday when they heard shots and found Clifford Edward Clark III, 47, in his car with a hunting rifle. Authorities then spotted the damaged camera with three holes in it.
According WBIR-TV, investigators found a Ruger M77, Mack II 30-60 Rifle, and a new box of bullets with four missing. Police said one of the bullets went clear through the camera's casing
Police said they have no record of Clark getting a citation from a red light camera. However, records are only current through Nov. 20.

This is too much.

rhertz · 11-27-2007, 03:57 PM

3 out of 4 shots? He missed one? How do you miss a stationary target maybe 50 feet away with a scope? Maybe he wasn't sighted in for close range....

Morpheus · 11-27-2007, 06:04 PM

More likely he was drunk.

Al Swearengen · 11-27-2007, 06:58 PM

Now they've got him for destruction of property. Ya shoot the camera, then get the hell out of Dodge!

piemaker720 · 11-27-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Al Swearengen

Now they've got him for destruction of property. Ya shoot the camera, then get the hell out of Dodge!

I'm with you, he should have hauled his #ss but I guess he was determined to take it all down.

Al Swearengen · 11-27-2007, 08:07 PM

A 12 gauge stoked with buckshot would be better for that purpose than a high-powered rifle anyway.

11-27-2007, 06:58 PM	#4
Al Swearengen Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 849 Rep Power: 269	Now they've got him for destruction of property. Ya shoot the camera, then get the hell out of Dodge! __________________ Molon Labe!

11-27-2007, 08:07 PM	#6
Al Swearengen Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 849 Rep Power: 269	A 12 gauge stoked with buckshot would be better for that purpose than a high-powered rifle anyway. __________________ Molon Labe!

11-27-2007, 03:57 PM	#2
rhertz SBLive! Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,834 Rep Power: 316	3 out of 4 shots? He missed one? How do you miss a stationary target maybe 50 feet away with a scope? Maybe he wasn't sighted in for close range....

11-27-2007, 06:04 PM	#3
Morpheus Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 499 Rep Power: 246	More likely he was drunk.

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