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U.S. Senator Jim Webb found dead from apparent gunshot wound 29 Jul 2008
Authorities in Botetourt County this morning discovered the body of a well-known
Democratic operative and U.S. Senate aide along U.S. 220, dead from an apparent
gunshot wound. The body of Frederick W. Hutchins Jr., 26, of Roanoke was found
shortly after 7 a.m. along southbound U.S. 220 by a Botetourt County deputy who
had stopped to check on a vehicle parked on the highway's shoulder, according to
the sheriff's office. Hutchins was an aide to U.S. Senator Jim Webb, D-Va.
Hutchins had been shot in the head, and a gun was found beneath his body,
Sheriff Ronnie Sprinkle said.
Air Force brigadier general dies of gunshot wound 28 Jul
2008 An Air Force brigadier general died of a gunshot wound that likely was
self-inflicted [!?!], a spokesman said Monday. Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Tinsley, the
commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, suffered a gunshot wound to
his chest late Sunday night and was pronounced dead within a half hour, said
Col. Richard Walberg, who assumed command at Elmendorf after Tinsley's death.
"To the best information, it's possible it was a self-inflicted gunshot
wound," Walberg said at a news conference. The weapon was likely a handgun. His
previous 22-month assignment was executive officer to the Air Force chief of
staff, Gen. T. Michael "Buzz" Mosely, who in June resigned under pressure in an
agency shake-up. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ousted both Mosely,
the Air Force military chief, and Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne, the
agency's civilian head, holding them accountable for failing to fully correct an
erosion of nuclear-related performance standards. One
concern was a cross-country flight in August 2007 of a B-52 carrying armed
nuclear weapons. [See: Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities' --Updated!]
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